St Kearny Revisited in 1872 by Ric Porter at Fort Kearny
Ric Porter revisits Fort Kearny noting dilapidated garrison and relics while praising the budding town of Kearney Junction five miles away. He recalls old quarters, a solitary sergeant family, and a flagstaff linked to a legendary incident. Porter comments on vermin, smallpox rumors, and compares weather and fuel choices with corn prices driving wood scarcity.
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Ric Porter
Fort Kearny
Sam
Gen. Mitchell
Polk Bennett
Lawler
Porter
Nebraska
Nineteen Nebraska counties vote to exit educational service units
Nineteen counties including four in the Panhandle voted last November to exclude themselves from educational service units, per the official canvass by Secretary of State Frank Marsh. Fourteen counties had no valid petitions and stayed in the units automatically. Counties voting to be excluded were Arthur Blaine Cherry Custer Dawes Frontier Garden Garfield Hayes Howard Key Paha McPherson Merrick Pierce Red Willow Sheridan Sioux Thayer Wheeler. The closest margins were Red Willow 8 and Arthur 10, with Thayer largest at 686.
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Panhandle
Frank Marsh
Arthur
Blaine
Cherry
Custer
Dawes
Frontier
Garden
Garfield
Hayes
Howard
Key Paha
McPherson
Merrick
Pierce
Red Willow
Sheridan
Sioux
Thayer
Wheeler
Thayer County
Mulching Best But Also Has Some Problems
Stubble mulching controls wind erosion on plains but can lower yields of subsequent crops. Microbiologist T. M. McCalla notes toxic substances from microbial decomposition near the surface harm germinating seeds, especially in corn and sorghum stubble, with toxicity varying by stubble type, decay rate, and rainfall. Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station aided the study.
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Great Plains
T. M. McCalla
Lincoln
McCalin
W. D. Guenzi
F. A. Norstadt
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station
McCalla
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St. Kearny Revisited
Sidr
Ving Room
Samuel Paul
Jamaica
N.Y
Crook, Colorado
M&m
Oliver
John Deere
R. C
Eversman
Ark Valley
J.D
Oliver Grain
Kelly Ryan
J.D. S-ft
Witmore Clipper
Continental
Briggs Stratton Motor
Burl Brownell & Others
Audioneen
Ed Summers
Damon Koch
Clerk Security State Bank
Telegraph
Gambler the Friendly Store
Washington
Dept
Block
3S Ko
America
19Th St
Ron
Faee
Hester Lumber
15Th & Quince
Burlington
Don Foxhoven
Sterling Livestock Commission Co
Riverside Drive
Sterling, Colorado
Colorado
Hawthorne
Kodak
Maytag
Ironrite Trower
Red Dale
Dennis & Lucille Mahaney van Berg
Krube, Koch & Schutte
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