By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Jason Combs discovered the first postcard at an estate sale in Funk, Nebraska. The subject matter immediately captured his attention, just as the creator intended. It featured a couple cows standing near an ear of corn with a garden in the background – a pretty common Midwest scene. Except the corn towered above the livestock, making it appear to be a good 10 feet tall with hoof-sized kernels. Combs was intrigued … [Read more...] about ‘Giant Grasshoppers and Two-Ton Potatoes’: Father-son research team studies history of state’s ‘exaggeration postcards’
Jason Combs
UNK hosts Association of American Geographers, irrigation tour
KEARNEY – The University of Nebraska at Kearney is hosting research presentations and a tour of Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District as part of the Oct. 2-3 Association of American Geographers Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division meeting. The event is hosted and organized by the UNK Department of Geography. The Oct. 2 field trip allows attendees to see the many roles of CNPPID, which delivers irrigation water to 111,000 acres on the south side of the … [Read more...] about UNK hosts Association of American Geographers, irrigation tour