An Old Cowboy Writes
Cowboy poets, saddle-bound bards who record life on the range in verse, have lately been thesubject of much media attention. Cowboy poets recite their verses on ...
Peru State
What We Found
Straight, Henry Harrison, Educator
Henry Harrison Straight, second president of Peru Normal School (now Peru State College), was among the earliest Nebraska educators to influence American public ...
C. L. Brainard at the Nebraska State Normal School
In September of 1872 C. L. Brainard, Sr., entered the state normal school at Peru, Nebraska, in what he called "my first real venture away from home." Brainard was then ...
Nebraska writer Marion Marsh Brown
Marion Marsh Brown grew up in a hurry. She published her first story at age 10 and graduated from high school at age 14. Her beloved father died when she was a ...
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