The Highway 83 Chronicles

Devoted to the cultures, communities, history and ecosystems found along the 1,885 miles of U.S. Route 83!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Excerpt From the Upcoming book, The Last American Highway: Nebraska-Kansas-Oklahoma

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The following is an excerpt from the upcoming book, The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: Nebraska-...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The Mystery of The Great Plains Highway (Partly) Solved

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Note: Since this blog was first published on Aug. 26 I have received lots of new information from readers.  I believe this information will...
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Monday, July 21, 2014

Highway 83 Community Brownsville, Texas, to Enter Space Age

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Credit: SpaceX By STEW MAGNUSON When it comes to transportation history, Highway 83 has it all. The first keel boats to ...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

South Dakota Filmmaker to Explore Life of Rodeo Legend Casey Tibbs

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By STEW MAGNUSON I ’ ve said that the Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas , is history ...
Monday, May 19, 2014

A Morning Exploring Some Mysterious Grain Bins Found on Old Highway 83

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By STEW MAGNUSON For a road buff such as myself, figuring out where U.S. Highway 83 once traversed is a constant pursuit. The f...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Stop Nebraska Public Power From Destroying the Beauty of the Sand Hills on Hwy 83

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By STEW MAGNUSON Easter Sunday morning last month, I woke up in Stapleton, Nebraska, at 5:30 a.m. so I could get on the road goi...
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Stew Magnuson is the author of The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas and the second edition: Nebraska-Kansas-Oklahoma. He also penned The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns, published by Texas Tech University Press, and winner of the 2009 Nebraska nonfiction book of the year. More recently, he wrote, Wounded Knee 1973: Still Bleeding published by Now & Then Reader. Highway 83 runs 1,885 miles from the Canadian border to Brownsville at the southern-most tip of Texas, and passes through North Dakota, South Dakota, the Rosebud Reservation, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Very little of it is spoiled by soulless four-lane Interstates. As unique as this road is, The Highway 83 Chronicles blog isn't devoted to asphalt, but rather the peoples, cultures, natural history and human history found along the way.
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