Join NSHSF for their four and a half day tour of the Wild West Frontier, led by Dr. Sara Crook.
https://www.nshsf.org/wandernebraska-adventure-tours/wild-west-frontier-tour/
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If you’re interested in local history, urban legends, caves, endangered bats, geology, or ghosts, you will love local author Joel Green’s new book ROBBER’S CAVE: Truths, Legends, Recollections. Purchase a copy at robberscavebook.com or from a local bookstore in Lincoln, Omaha, Seward, Kearney, or at the Nebraska State Capitol Building and Nebraska History Museum. (A full listing of businesses that sell the book can be found at robberscavebook.com). 
School District 58 in Buffalo County was called Wild Horse. The first school there was made of sod and built in 1882.
Yours, Willa Cather airs this evening at 9pm CT on NET-1 and NET-HD. Inspired by The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, the 30 minute documentary features 11 letters Willa Cather wrote of her friendships with a select group of women.
Check out the preview here: http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/television/yours-willa-cather
Northwest Nebraska has always been one of my favorite areas of the state since I was a child. I grew up traveling to family reunions at Fort Robinson and visiting family on my dad’s side around Alliance. While most individuals think Disney World is the happiest place on earth, I believe Fort Robinson is the happiest place for me. The beautiful scenery, the landscape, the history and the people are something everyone should discover at some point in their life. I will guarantee you, once you visit you will want to keep going back each year, if not twice a year. There are so many words to describe Northwest Nebraska. You may be able to get an idea of what it’s about from a photo, however seeing it in person is a thousand times better.
Discover Northwest Nebraska launched a new website. I encourage individuals to learn more information and make plans to visit the area.
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Discovering Nebraska is a new series from NET and begins this Friday August 21, 2015 at 8:30pm CT. This is a 90 minute program with a series of segments. A few of the segments include the Neligh Starlite Drive-In Theater, Wessel’s Living History Farm in York and Five Rocks Amphitheater in Gering.
Nebraska has many places to discover and hopefully this will inspire viewers to get out and explore these places as well as others throughout the state.
Repeats of the segments will be:
8/21/2015 11:30pm CT
8/24/2015 7pm CT
8/22/2015 1pm CT
You may also stream the segments online from NET’s app.
For more information, read the full article from the North Platte Telegraph: http://www.nptelegraph.com/lifestyle/discovering-nebraska-airs-aug-on-net-television/article_d7d13f39-923f-59e1-a1c0-ea0037085574.html?mode=jqm
Taylor, Nebraska is known as the “Western Gateway to the Calamus.” Taylor is the county seat and is now the only town left in the Loup County. Joseph and Josephine Rusho founded the town and named it after their friend Edward H. Taylor.
To learn more on this little town in the Sandhills; visit: http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/loup/taylor/.
Albion received it’s name after a game of euchre. Two men played for the name “Albion” and two men played for the name “Manchester.”
93 Counties 