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Informationen zum Autor Elaine Nielsen (1930-99) was raised on a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills and continued to ranch with her husband and five children after attending Ottawa College in Kansas. A reporter and freelance writer for the Keith County News, Western Outlook, and the North Platte Telegraph, Nielsen won several awards for her writing. Klappentext Elaine Nielsen (1930¿99) was raised on a ranch in the Nebraska Sandhills and continued to ranch with her husband and five children after attending Ottawa College in Kansas. A reporter and freelance writer for the Keith County News, Western Outlook, and the North Platte Telegraph, Nielsen won several awards for her writing. Zusammenfassung Founded in the late 1800s as the hub of the burgeoning plains cattle trade! Ogallala serves as a microcosm of western history. Ogallala details the fascinating history of a small town on the edge of the Nebraska Sandhills from 1823 to 1923 and provides a lens through which we can examine the social! economic! environmental! political! and cultural development of the American West. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. The Platte Valley Becomes The Way WestII. A Water Tower Along The Union PacificIII. The Era Of Cowboys And Cattle KingsIV. Homesteaders, Family, And CivilizationV. Drouth And Hard TimesVI. Change And A New CenturyVII. Community Conflict And Cooperation