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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Too Thick to Drink, Too Thin to Plow
Continuing our adventures with the rivers of the Great Plains, the next major river as we head south from the Yellowstone is the Platte River. The Platte is really the joining of its two main tributaries, the North Platte and … Continue reading
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Tagged nebraska, north platte, outdoors, pioneers, platte river, platte river valley, sandhill cranes, south platte
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All Rivers Flow to the The Big Easy
Here’s very quick update on my earlier post regarding Great Plains teams in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. It appears that the Great Plains will be sending one team to New Orleans in what is known as the Final Four. … Continue reading
Flow on Mighty Yellowstone! Flow on!
Continuing our look at rivers that cross the Great Plains Trail, as we head south, the next major river after the Missouri is none other than the majestic Yellowstone. The Yellowstone is about 700 miles long from where it begins in … Continue reading
Goin’ to the Dance
I love basketball. I grew up playing it, but now I’m just a big fan, particularly of the college game. So just for fun, I couldn’t help but notice, pleasantly, that this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament contained a fair … Continue reading
A River No More
The next few entries will take a look at the various rivers that cross the Great Plains. From the Missouri in Montana to the Pecos in New Mexico, many great rivers flow across the region. They are scenic, historic, big, … Continue reading
The Boy Henry Kelsey
We tend to want to think of the history of America (or even North America) as a great noble experiment, a grand epic struggle for freedom. Often the reality was much more mundane, and far less noble. For the most … Continue reading
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Tagged epic struggle, Henry Kelsey, Hudson Bay, Hudson Bay Company, london company, Manitoba, northern plains, Saskatchewan
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The Great Plains Trail 