Gilbert Stewart cultivates his crop behind a team of horses near Albion, Neb., in the 1950s.
Willis Loseke stands with Dean (Earl) and Larry Mohrman with their pony with Deb Loseke along for the ride at Willis' farm west of Platte Center, NE. Photo taken in 1956.
Rolland A. Trively of Randolph, Iowa, is proud of his “GP” with GP301 Cultivator.
The Lone Start tick is the second most frequently reported tick and its bite may trigger a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction in humans after they eat red meat.
Vorus Myers stands with his hogs at his Fillmore County, Neb., farm in 1949.
Johnny Stilwell sits up high in the saddle on Champ circa 1940. He lived between Unadilla and Palmyra, Neb.
Paul Fuerst shows one of his first tractors, and his favorite tractor, on his family’s farm in Colorado, probably in the 1920s. His family owned a farm east of Battle Creek, Neb., before moving to Greeley, Colo., a dryland farming area. Paul was the farmer of the family; his brother became a…
Victor Schoen with his pony Roxie in 1938. His parents were Bill and Olga Schoen, and they lived on their farm southwest of Platte Center, Neb.
Charles Schark stands with his horses on his farm northeast of Utica, Neb., in the 1930s. The farm was homesteaded by Charles’ father-in-law, Adrian Van Delft, in 1889, when he purchased the land from the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The farm is still in the family today.
In the late 1940s, Richard Horne and his children (left to right) John Horne, Frances Horne, and James Horne were riding on a wagon pulled by their team of horses, at their farm yard outside of Exeter, Neb. James Horne continues to live on the farm with his wife Sandra Horne. Their sons and …
William Schoen and his hogs by new hog shed on farm southwest of Platte Center, Neb., in 1943 after his old shed washed away when the canal flooded.
Gilbert Stewart’s buggy and horse stand at the ready in the early 1920s. Stewart farmed near Albion, in Boone County, Neb.
Three-year-old Art Wallman and his dad pose with a one-row lister planter in May 1939. Art’s brother-in-law, Ervin Buhr, was 9 at the time. He recalled how his family went from a one-row lister to a 16-row planter. “That’s how fast time has changed,” Buhr said.
Students pose in front of the Dist. 10 schoolhouse in Butler County circa 1921. Teacher was Agnes Peltz Kracman. From left to right: Clarence Votava, Bedrick Juranek, Adaline Cipera Votava, Olga Ustohal, three unknown girls, Julia Ustohal, Blanch Ustohal, Agnes Juranek, Leo Juranek and Albin…
This photo is from the Dakota Co. Fair 1962. Ralph Beermann, sitting on the elephant’s trunk, was republican candidate for US Congress. Pictured with him (front to back) are his siblings Lamoyle, Velma, Ellen, Lowell, Walter, Richard, Melvin and Gordon. Ralph was successful serving two terms…
Fred Furhmann of Norfolk, Neb., delivered groceries for Nash Finch Co., a wholesale grocery company. His territory covered west and north to Butte, Neb., and almost to Valentine, Neb. The truck was refrigerated as he sometimes transported ice cream. Here, Furhmann was driving between snow dr…
Roy Young Sr.’s livery and horse boarding/sale business in Omaha around 1900. That’s Roy leaning in the door way. The business was located at 24th and Grace Street in Omaha.
Bob Wirz shared this photo of his father, R.A. (Fat) Wirz. He said, “Dad got this deer in the Nebraska National Forest at Halsey during the first legal hunt in the state in some time (1945...only 500 permits for the state).” The deer head was mounted and is now on display in a museum in Linc…
Students, all from the same family, attend Boone County School, District 82, near Albion, Neb. The photo is from 1938. Pictured in the back row is Miss Helen Thomas, Dorie Jensen, Iver Nore, Lyle Stewart and Willma Stewart. Middle row: Ernest Jensen, Arnold Skellersted, Russel Nore, Louise J…
In February of 1971, the Missouri River flooded after a 5-inch rain. Water wouldn’t soak into the frozen ground and so rain came down from the hills to the river, flooded and froze. Elva Mather (on the sled) was rescued by three men on a snowmobile (from left to right) Jim Schmidt, Lloyd Ols…
A crowd gathers at William “Bill” Schoen's retirement farm sale in winter 1958, southwest of Platte Center, Neb.
Merry Christmas to you! This card from the 1930s was exchanged by mother and son Floy Buell and Merle Buell of Murdock, Neb. (Shared by Merele’s daughter Carolyn Geschke of Dakota City, Neb.)
Vorus Myers stands with his hogs at his Fillmore County, Neb., farm in 1949.
Maurice Rainforth plays with a homemade tractor in the early 1920s. The tractor was probably made by his uncle Miles Rainforth who was a farmer and blacksmith. Maurice was born in 1916 southwest of Doniphan, Neb. He lived and farmed his entire life on the same farm that his grandfather Richa…
Roger Frahm tends to his pet cow, Roscoe, and border collie, Tippy, in this 1961 photo taken at the Leroy and Rose Frahm farm where he grew up in Ceresco, Neb. Without money to buy a horse, Roger broke a cow to ride around the farm and in parades. He still has the saddle.
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