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Anselmo: The End of Farming

Published July 29, 2019

Mules Brick, Cracker and I have arrived in Anselmo and the end of farming in this part of central Nebraska.

Satellite view of Anselmo, Nebraska showing dividing line between green farmland and brown ranch land — Anselmo as seen from space: the dividing line between green (farm land) and brown (ranch land)

Downtown Anselmo, Nebraska with abandoned 1915 Peoples State Bank building on right during cross-country mule ride — Anselmo as seen from where I’m writing you. The building on the right is the old Peoples State Bank built in 1915. Now abandoned.

By “the end of farming”, no, I don’t mean they’re canceling the Husker corn crop this year. Rather, the mules… Continue reading →

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