#greatplains — Public Fediverse posts
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Hype for the Future 184C: Gage County, Nebraska
Overview Located in the southeastern portion of the State of Nebraska is Gage County, which uses the City of Beatrice as the county seat. The county is located along Routes 77 and 136, as well as N-8 to the south, N-112 to the southwest, and N-4 in the vicinity. At the northern end of the county are N-41, N-43, and N-34B. Interestingly, Wymore is notable for the Great Plains Welsh Heritage Center and the Wymore Heritage Inn, while Beatrice is home to the Creative Arts Gallery for the county […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/hype-for-the-future-184c-gage-county-nebraska/
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Hype for the Future 183O: Route 81 Communities in Southern Nebraska
Introduction Within the State of Nebraska, Route 81 is a notable mainline highway largely located to the east of the 98th Meridian West in Eastern Nebraska’s more humid climatological areas, with the surrounding areas often more characteristic of the Midwest as with much of the eastern Great Plains region as a whole. Historically associated with the tallgrass and mixed-grass prairie zones, the modern context of the region is associated with residential and especially agricultural zones […] -
Hype for the Future 145I: Glacier Park Area
Introduction Within the eastern vicinity of Glacier National Park, beyond which the territory associated with the surrounding region exits the Rocky Mountains and gives way to the Great Plains, are such areas in the community as the Blackfeet Indian Reservation headquartered within Glacier County, as well as more easterly communities in the region including Shelby, home to the Marias Museum of History and Art in Toole County; Chester, home to the Great North Bed and Breakfast in Liberty […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/hype-for-the-future-145i-glacier-park-area/
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Hype for the Future 144E: City of Vermillion, South Dakota
Introduction The City of Vermillion, South Dakota, serves as the county seat of Clay County in the State of South Dakota. The community is located along South Dakota Routes 19 and 50, with the former in a north-south direction and the latter in an east-west direction. Regardless of circumstances, the community is connected primarily to Madison along Route 19 northbound and to Yankton along Route 50 westbound. Eastbound Route 50 provides access to Iowa Route 3 and southbound Route 19 provides […] -
Hype for the Future 143B: The South Plains of Texas
Introduction Within the South Plains of the State of Texas, communities of notable interest between the Cities of Lubbock to the northwest and San Angelo to the southeast include Lamesa, along Routes 87 and 180 in Dawson County and home to the Dal Paso Museum, within the general vicinity of the Midland-Odessa area to the south. To the east along Route 180, the rural community of Gail is located within Borden County and is notable for the Dorward Drug historic site and the namesake inventor […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/hype-for-the-future-143b-the-south-plains-of-texas/
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Hype for the Future 136B: Westernmost Counties in Kansas
Introduction Within the State of Kansas, the westernmost portion is situated within a total of seven (7) counties, four (4) of which represent the Mountain Time Zone within the area. The three (3) counties not in the Mountain Time Zone are associated with the remainder of the State and are situated within the boundaries of Central Time. Today, the counties are, from north to south, Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, and Morton. The county seats are, in the same order, […] -
Hype for the Future 79U: The Nebraska Panhandle
Introduction The westernmost portion of the State of Nebraska forms a panhandle between the forty-first and forty-third parallels, between the States of Colorado and South Dakota. Located on the western edge of the State of Nebraska are such communities as Scottsbluff, Alliance, and Chadron. Chadron Area The community of Chadron is a city in and the county seat of Dawes County, home to Chadron State College, the Museum of the Fur Trade, the Dawes County Historical Museum, and the Mari […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/hype-for-the-future-79u-the-nebraska-panhandle/
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I've now been here on the 'Don for a little more than a year. The pace is slower and the bandwidth lesser, but so is the stress. This seems to be good people having honest conversations and sharing information, like grown-ups.
Anyway, to celebrate and thank you for joining me, here's the beautiful but much-maligned #EasternRedcedar: #native but #invasive in the #GreatPlains, rapidly converting us from #grassland to #shrubland.