Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface viii
Graveyard Watering Hole-Twelve Million Years Ago 1
Battle of the Mammoths-Ten Thousand Years Ago 4
Private Shannon Gets Lost-1804 8
Chimney on the Plains-1855 13
John Brown's Cave-1859 20
Pony Express Success-1860 28
Steam Wagon-1862 32
Homesteading-1863 38
Capital Politics-1868 43
A Gift for the Future-1872 47
Massacre Canyon-1873 51
Grasshopper Invasion-1874 55
Big Springs Robbery-1877 58
I Am a Man-1879 61
Buffalo Bill Cody Rides Again-1883 71
Schoolchildren's Blizzard-1888 75
Flippin Plays Football-1892 80
Orphan Train-1899 84
Hand-Planted Forest-1902 88
Buffalo Soldiers Against the Indians-1906 93
The Little Church of Keystone-1908 99
He Ain't Heavy, He's M' Brother-1921 103
Kool-Aid, Anyone?-1927 108
A Helping Heart-1936 113
Here's Johnny-1937 118
Sharpie-1938 122
North Platte Canteen-1941 127
Proving His Loyalty-1941 133
Hastings Supplies the Navy with Ammo-1942 138
Nisei Students at UNL-1942 142
War Dogs and POWs: Fort Robinson During World War II-1942 147
POW in the Plains-1943 152
An Important Bomber-1945 156
Center Pivot Irrigation-1947 160
Grand Island Tornadoes-1980 165
Sandhill Cranes-Every Year 170
Bibliography 173
Index 177
About the Author 182
