Wednesday, June 24, 2015

How Long Before Driverless Trucks Are Plying Highway 83?

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By STEW MAGNUSON Look carefully at this picture. That driver doesn’t have his hands on the wheel. The truck is driving itself...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Group Raising Funds for Nebraska Historical Marker on Highway 83

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Spot near North Loup River on Hwy 83 in where the marker may be placed. Note: It appears that we have reached our goal, or are ...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

A Memorial Day Tribute to Staff Sgt. Edwin L. Magnuson of Stapleton, Nebraska

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By STEW MAGNUSON Edwin L. Magnuson There are undoubtedly hundreds of war heroes who hail from towns found along Highway 83. ...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Asian-Americans in Valentine, Nebraska: New Stories of the 'Prairie Mosaic'

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By STEW MAGNUSON For Sale at Plains Trading Co, Valentine, NE Readers who have finished my two Highway 83 books may have pick...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Nazi Sympathizers in Scott City, Kansas? No. Just Lumps of Coal: The Stories That Old Pictures Tell Us

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By STEW MAGNUSON I had my eye on the picture of a giant black dust cloud descending on the town of Scott City, Kansas, for at l...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

May 10, 1926: A Newly Established Great Plains Highway Association Clamors for a North-to-South Road

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Look for the new book Feb. 9! By STEW MAGNUSON “The peppiest bunch of good road enthusiasts ever assembled in southwestern Ne...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

New Book Celebrates Highway 83 Town’s Cowboys' Christmas Ball

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By STEW MAGNUSON The weekend before Christmas 1885, the owner of the Star Hotel in the sleepy little ranching town of Anson, ...