9/27/2022 1 Comment Ghost Towns...Series...Nacora, NE In the early days of Nebraska and South Dakota Territories, there were a number of once-thriving towns that are no longer even remembered. Many pioneers came up the rivers and established communities on the banks, which then were washed away. A myriad of these towns followed the path of the railroads, and then disappeared as either the tracks ended up bypassing them or the railroad went out of business. Others sprang up around gold strikes and ceased to exist in a short amount of time. Mostly they are now only a name on a vintage map. In some extreme cases, especially in South Dakota, they were flooded out by dams on the Missouri River and are now decaying waterlogged structures inhabited only by fish.
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Beaded clothing once worn by Indigenous children. Tools made by hand from the remains of bison and other animals. Even uniforms worn by Native Americans as they patrolled reservations as police officers with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Akta Lakota Museum in Chamberlain, South Dakota, showcases the lives, culture, history, and traditions of northern Plains tribes, including the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota nations of the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation).
The museum is located on the grounds of the St. Joseph’s Indian School, whose campus briefly served as part of the federal residential school system that sought to assimilate Native American youth from the Dakotas into the “white man’s world.” By Tim Trudell Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081 9/27/2022 0 Comments Keller Pharmacy...Ponca, NE The heat outside ranks high on the unbearable scale. But, inside Keller Pharmacy, sitting on a stool at the counter of its soda fountain, sipping the sweetness of a frozen ice cream soda makes any summer day enjoyable. For as long as anyone can remember, it seems as though Ponca has always been home to an old-fashioned soda fountain, dating back to Nebraska’s earliest days as a state.
Virginia “Ginny” Keller fondly recalls when Bessie Townsend, for whom she worked as a teenager, made chocolate ice cream by hand. Townsend was among the first women to become a registered pharmacist in Nebraska, graduating from the University of Nebraska in 1916. By Tim Trudell Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081 9/27/2022 0 Comments The Savidge Brothers...Ewing, NE Hawks gliding on the winds inspired them to create their own aircraft
We Nebraskans love our blue sky days of puffy clouds – days where the blue is so deep we know in our souls the sky is magical. For farm and ranch people who live outside and study the sky for rain, for God’s blessings on their endeavors, for inspiration, the connection is even deeper. For seven ranch brothers who grew up 11 miles south and a half mile west of Ewing at what was then Deloit with their sisters and parents in the early 1900s, the sky and the soaring hawks riding the Sandhills’ ever-present breezes and winds gave birth to and nurtured their dreams. These were the dreams of the young, the young for whom “impossible” is simply a challenging word. They dreamed of flying in the air. And then they employed their skills as inventors, researchers, mechanics and engineers to make their dreams real. By Alexandra McClanahan Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081 In 1909 Historian George Fitch wrote, “The Missouri River is harder to suit in the matter of beds than a traveling man. Time after time it has gotten out of its bed in the middle of the night with no apparent provocation and has hunted up a new bed. It goes traveling sidewise, rearranges geography and dabbles in real estate.”
The penchant of the Missouri River to move seemingly whenever and wherever it feels like, without regard to the consequences, is evident in the story of the Decatur Bridge that spans the river midway between Omaha and Sioux City. By Terry Turner Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081 Charles “Chuck” Trimble was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the little town of Wambli, South Dakota. He was a member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe. He attended Holy Rosary Mission near the town of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. He attended the University of South Dakota and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. He founded and became the executive director of the American Indian Press Association, was elected the Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians, received numerous awards during his lifetime and he was my Grandma Emma Trimble Nelson’s youngest brother. In 2013 he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
The first time I heard about the South Dakota Hall of Fame was in 2013 when my mom, Irene Nelson Rempp, received an invitation to attend the induction ceremony for her uncle, Charles “Chuck” Trimble. She was determined to attend and she made sure that I could attend with her and dad. On Saturday, September 14, 2013, I rode with my parents from their home in Spencer, Nebraska to Chamberlain, South Dakota where, along with nine other people, Uncle Chuck was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. By Carol Remp Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081 |