Nebraska

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Strut, Cluck, Cackle

by Curt Arens

Sporting homemade tail feathers, Del Hampton struts around the open-air stage in Wayne, Neb. (pop. 5,583), clucking like a nervous hen.

first appeared: 6/22/2008

Gathering The Good News

by Marti Attoun

Seated at the same oak desk she's used since 1938, Mildred Heath works the telephone at The Beacon-Observer newspaper in Overton, Neb.

first appeared: 6/8/2008

Where Kolach is King

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

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

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

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?

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

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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