Dawes County Journal
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Remembering Larry Matthesen

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  (Editor's Note:  One of the best-known student athletes at Chadron High School in the 1950s and 1960s has died.  Larry Matthesen was b...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Clever intro for a high school yearbook–75 years ago!

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A few of our "senior" readers will remember several of these folks.  We were taken aback by the clever humor they injected into th...
Friday, March 1, 2024

Dawes County pioneer John A. Macumber

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NOTE:  This is another in a series of area pioneer stories included in the Compendium & Biography of Western Nebraska published in 1909...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Chadron Native Rubbed Shoulders with Stars

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Ted Turechek grew up on a cattle ranch and went to school at Chadron High, where he graduated in 1953. One of 10 children, Ted pursued a ca...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Shredded Wheat breakfasts with Straight Arrow!

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by Larry Miller Most followers of Dawes County Journal are likely old enough to remember "Straight Arrow," a radio show that becam...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Crawford Fire Department members of Yesteryear

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  We have no names for these fellows, but we suspect that someone may know a few of these gents....and might be kind enough to share them wi...
Saturday, January 20, 2024

Remembering the Blizzard of 1949

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It was 75 years ago this month that the devastating "Blizzard of 1949" blew across the High Plains region of the heartland.  Nebra...
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