The Highway 83 Chronicles

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

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The Hunter: An Excerpt from The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83 in Texas

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This excerpt takes place in May 2010 in the Rio Grande Valley.   The Hunter By Stew Magnuson On my way ...
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Friday, May 27, 2016

A Salute to the War Heroes Encoutered Along Highway 83

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By STEW MAGNUSON During the week preceding Memorial Day 2016, I highlighted on the Fans of U.S. Route 83 page several young...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Nebraska's 150 Greatest Literary Works Named; Many Set Along Highway 83

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By STEW MAGNUSON The Nebraska Literary Heritage Association, in partnership with the Nebraska State Historical Society and the ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Descendants of Nebraska African-American Settlement to Attend Historical Marker Ceremony on Highway 83

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Turnoff for the DeWitty historical marker Descendants of an African-American settlement in Nebraska’s Sand ...
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Monday, March 21, 2016

Highway 83 to Be Featured on South Dakota Public Television

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Award Winning author Stew Magnuson and his book, The Last American Highway: A Journey Through Time Down U.S. Route 83: The Dakotas ...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Highway 83's Laredo Goes All Out to Celebrate George Washington’s Birthday

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By Stew Magnuson “I get that question all the time,” says Veronica Castillon, “What are a bunch of Linda Leyendecker Gutierrez and so...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Exploring the Historic ‘Streets of Laredo’ Along Highway 83

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By STEW MAGNUSON San Augustin church. Photos by Stew Magnuson It’s the first Friday night of the month in Laredo and the ...
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Stew Magnuson
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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