Recipe Train
Dolores Haskell got this barbecue meatball recipe from a friend in Grant, Nebraska. Years ago, it was a winner at the Keith County Fair in Nebraska.
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These wagons were often used in corn picking in the first half of the 20th century. The taller part on one side of the wagon was called a “bang board.” Back when corn was picked by hand, the picker threw each ear of corn into a wagon, which was pulled by a horse, and the corn would bang against the board and fall into the wagon. — source: Mary Lou Lebsack
Peekin’ into the past
Five Years Ago
July 25, 2013
Ogallala, Nebraska, native and country western singer Lexi Larsen will be entertaining in the beer garden at the Phillips County Fairgrounds Saturday, July 28, at approximately 9:30 p.m., following the Bulls Gone Wild! show. She will also be available for a meet and greet at the Holyoke Viaero Wireless store from noon-2 p.m. Saturday.
Phillips County Fair princesses Josie Schlachter, pictured at left, and Gracie Gibson, ride in the 2017 fair parade. The girls serve as the sitting royalty for this year’s fair.
Ready for a showdown
Four nights in a row of crowd-pleasing events, plus livestock shows, exhibits from a wide variety of interests, a parade, good food and fun for all ages will highlight the Small Town Showdown a
In the distance, an old barn serves as a chapel. A Quonset has been transformed into a gym, with offices and a game room housed there as well. The multipurpose building currently under construction, however, has been custom-built specifically for Camp Machasay’s purposes and will be front and center at the July 21 open house. — Johnson Publications
A multipurpose building with a higher purpose
“It’s His camp.”
Dearest Ida,
June 17, 1900 — October 3, 1900
To Charles Peter and Ida Wishart, those dates marked the final months of their nine-year courtship.