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Checking dry corn crop in the 1930s drought

Courtesy Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

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Charles W. McConaughy

Courtesy Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

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The Tri-County Project as originally approved in 1935

Courtesy Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

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Eventually, electricity made life easier for everyone, including this woman and her family in a rural farmhouse in Phelps County, Nebraska. She stands in her kitchen with her new electric appliances.

Courtesy Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

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Groundwater map showing changes in groundwater levels from pre-development to Spring 2014

Courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln Conservation and Survey Division

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Anatomy of a Hydroplant

Explore a hydroplant’s process, step by step.

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Goats on Jeffrey Island

Courtesy Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

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Auctioning Farm Equipment on the Zimmerman Farm near Hastings, Nebraska, March 1940

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Electricity added to rural areas in the 1930s

Courtesy Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress, LC-USF34-059557-D Mitchell_8c16374r

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Two articles in The Nebraska Farmer’s first edition, January 1877.Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society

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Results of Drought in Richardson County, Nebraska, 1938

Courtesy Library of Congress

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Read more about it:Beef Plentiful ‘Out Where West Begins’by Winn Nelson, February 20, 1944

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Women supervised by military personnel in meatpacking plant in World War II

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Customers shopping at the meat counter in Freadrich Bros. Cash & Carry Market, 1945

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Buying Cattle at an Auction, 1939

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A cow freed from a drift on the Eldon Miller farm near Belmont, NE, 1949

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Army and National Guard bulldozers were joined by dozers belonging to private contractors

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

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Women taking a break after detasseling corn; Lancaster County, Nebraska, July 1943

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Checking dry corn crop in the 1930s drought

Charles W. McConaughy

The Tri-County Project as originally approved in 1935

Eventually, electricity made life easier for everyone, including this woman and her family in a rural farmhouse in Phelps County, Nebraska. She stands in her kitchen with her new electric appliances.

Groundwater map showing changes in groundwater levels from pre-development to Spring 2014

Anatomy of a Hydroplant

Goats on Jeffrey Island

Auctioning Farm Equipment on the Zimmerman Farm near Hastings, Nebraska, March 1940

Electricity added to rural areas in the 1930s

0807_0201.jpg

Results of Drought in Richardson County, Nebraska, 1938

0807_0303.jpg

Women supervised by military personnel in meatpacking plant in World War II

Customers shopping at the meat counter in Freadrich Bros. Cash & Carry Market, 1945

0805_0408corn.png

Buying Cattle at an Auction, 1939

A cow freed from a drift on the Eldon Miller farm near Belmont, NE, 1949

Army and National Guard bulldozers were joined by dozers belonging to private contractors

Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941

Women taking a break after detasseling corn; Lancaster County, Nebraska, July 1943