By Jeff Kurrus Reading Grits Gresham’s 1966 book entitled Bass Fishing, I came across the following quote explaining how folks were to cook fish in those days. “Fry the fish in an iron skillet, in deep fat. Get that fat smoking hot before you ease the fillets into it. A …
Prairie gentian (Eustoma grandiflorum) is a very pretty annual wildflower that can change quickly in abundance from year to year. This year it’s putting on a spectacular show along some of our restored wetlands in the Platte River Prairies. Click below to see more photos of gentian from this week. …
Check out the following July, 2012 Nebraskaland story about fly fishing, snakes, and an introduction to the Commish.
Its the age old story of a bull Elk versus a cowboy, his rope, and his horse. Back when herds of Elk roamed the Nebraska Plains, cattle and horses weren’t the only animals cowboys tried to lasso. See more here: http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=967
Each year, colleague Mike Groenwold and his friend Mike Blair take a float tube fishing trip to Kansas. I’ve now seen at least two videos from these trips and they both remind me of two important things: 1) Whatever I’m doing today, I should be fishing instead; and 2) Good friends …
I have no idea what I’m doing while shooting this robin in my backyard. But it’s a start. Jeff Kurrus
Posted by Dominique Worthing Before GPS, before the internet, before smart phones–there were maps; and every time land was exchanged, or nature redefined the landscape, a new map had to be made. These maps tell the story of the history of Nebraska, when it was so much more than the …
I’m not big on giving parenting advice, but there are certain things I can say have worked for me, my sisters, and my kids regarding the outdoors: it’s never too young to introduce a little one to nature. Just teach them to be careful, not scared.
Uploaded by Dominique Worthing With temperatures across the state near, or above 100 degrees this week, its nice to think of a cooler time in Nebraska’s history. For example, the blizzard of January 1888, when the cities of Omaha, Nebraska and Council Bluffs, Iowa were connected by a frozen Missouri River. See …
Posted by Dominique Worthing 100 years ago community picnics were a staple of summertime. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal tells the story of a 1907 picnic that ended in a blaze. See more here: http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=4463
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