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Where Kolach is King images   by Curt Arens
Come early-June, Pete and Mary Pavlik can be found at their bakery in Verdigre, Neb. (pop. 486), working around the clock to make more than 6,000 kolaches
first appeared: 5/28/2007
Saving St. James images   by Curt Arens
In 2000, St. James, Neb., literally disappeared from state highway maps, leaving behind a single tavern and a vibrant Catholic parish as the only establishments left to anchor the Cedar County hamlet.
first appeared: 3/4/2007
A Sweet Legacy images   by Diana Lambdin Meyer
Tom Ward respectfully disagrees with Forrest Gump’s mother, who offered up the famous advice: “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.”
first appeared: 2/4/2007
Busy Building Buckets images   by Marti Attoun
On the chalkboard in his log house, cooper Jim Gaster has written his to-do list for the week: one 3-gallon primitive camp bucket, one flour barrel, six butter paddles.
first appeared: 11/19/2006
What Makes Your Hometown Great? images
When American Profile posed this question to readers, responses brimming with passion and pride poured in from across the nation.
first appeared: 10/22/2006
My America images
The Stars & Stripes, our national parks and the next generation best exemplify America and the American spirit based on the hundreds of images entered in American Profile’s “My America” Photo Contest.
first appeared: 9/3/2006
Valuable Lessons   by Marti Attoun
Volunteers are a key ingredient to success in school.
first appeared: 8/6/2006
The Smallest Biggest Oldest Tallest   by Melissa L. Jones
Superlatives abound across America
first appeared: 7/23/2006
Where the Land Is Free   by Marti Attoun
Great Plains communities attract modern-day homesteaders
first appeared: 4/30/2006
The Santa of Sound   by Cindy Murphy McMahon
Because Mannheim Steamroller’s Chip Davis is the best-selling Christmas recording artist of all time, executives from New York and Los Angeles gladly make frequent treks to Omaha, Neb., to meet with him.
first appeared: 12/12/2004
The Great American Hamburger   by Marti Attoun
The All-American Burger
first appeared: 6/27/2004
We Proceeded On   by Vicki Brown
ln May 1804, Capts. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set off from winter camp near St. Louis with their party of men—dubbed the Corps of Discovery by President Thomas Jefferson—on an epic journey to the Pacific Ocean.
first appeared: 4/11/2004
Restoring the Little Sisters of Lady Liberty   by Marti Attoun
All across America, towns are shining up a symbol of freedom—200 little sisters of liberty that were dedicated from 1949 to 1951.
first appeared: 9/7/2003
Discovering America   by Carol Davis
One way to know what America is, is to see where it's been.
first appeared: 4/27/2003
Creating Art to Save and Honor the Farm   by Cindy Murphy McMahon
When Nebraska farmer and rancher Vern Friesen’s livelihood was jeopardized by an uncertain agricultural market in the mid-1990s, he turned to his creative instincts to save the family farm.
first appeared: 2/4/2001

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