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S.A.V.E. Farm Provides Hands-On Agriculture Experience For Veterans Returning To Civilian Life
Transitioning from military service to civilian life sometimes creates mental difficulties and hardships for veterans.
“For our freedoms we so cherish in this country, we...
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Original Silver Screen Western Hero William S. Hart More Actor Than Cowboy
William S. Hart was the most popular cowboy screen star in Hollywood during the second decade of the 20th Century.
Born in Newburgh, New York,...
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Reintroduction Of Buffalo to Flints Hills Could Improve Pasture Quality
Buffalo could again be prominently roaming Kansas’ prairielands.
While buffalo grazed Midwestern grasslands two centuries ago serving as multisource livelihood of Native Americans, they became...
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Frankfort Cowgirl Promoting ‘Western Life’ As New Miss Rodeo Topeka
“I’m anxious to promote rodeo and the Western way of life to more people who don’t know about it.”
Macey Wapp, Frankfort, is excited to...
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Prairie Hay Is Baled
“Make hay when the sun shines.”
Well, the prairie hay is all wrapped up in big round bales. Later than wanted and anticipated but in...
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Oldest American Horses Apparently Arrived After Spanish Shipwreck
About halfway along the United States East Coast, where Delaware meets Maryland and Virginia, there’s a tiny island called Assateague. The most notable permanent...
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Black Cowboys Legacy Recognized In Youth Programs
During the 1870s and 1880s, African-American cowboys made up approximately 25 percent of the 35,000 cowboys in the Western frontier.
“The Federation of Black Cowboys...
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Old Doughnuts Ration Pushes Iowa’s Big Boar To 1,300 Pounds
Hogs were long considered farm mortgage lifters and most farmers produced some hogs.
Corporations now dominate the business produce hogs by the multi-thousands annually, so...
