Pioneer Village is an amazing museum in Minden, Nebraska. It was founded by Harold Warp, son of Norwegian immigrants and raised in the area around Minden. He became an early plastics tycoon by developing “Flex-o-glass”, a product similar to Plexiglass. After becoming quite wealthy by selling his product, he returned to Minden and opened this [...]
We visited Moses Hill cemetary, where my grandparents and many other relatives have been laid to rest. Just to clarify- Moses Hill Church and Moses Hill Cemetary are NOT related to Salem Church, which I posted about earlier.
This cemetary is VERY Swedish. The vast majority of the people buried here are named Johnson, Ericson, Anderson, [...]
**edit: sorry for the delay, but here’s some more photos from my trip to Nebraska this summer.**
We also drove through Holdrege, Nebraska, which is the town where my father was born and where he lived through his junior high years.
Holdrege is a farm community, so all of the land nearby is farmland!
The farming co-op plays [...]
I have noticed that, in this economy, many tourist places are advertising a lot more than they did during the boom economies. I don’t know if that is a good thing or a bad thing. From a marketing perspective, it makes a lot of sense to spread the word about your business, like if you [...]
My family- and I’m referring to my (very!) extended family – met at Salem Church in Phelps County, Nebraska (near Funk) to honor my great-uncle, David, who passed away suddenly due to a heart attack a few months ago. It was very pleasant- it was nice to get together and reminisce. Isn’t it always?
Salem Church [...]
As I’ve become more and more successful as a self employed american, I’ve made one discovery…
You cannot avoid the tax man!
I have to start making quarterly “deposits” to the IRS, to prove that I will have enough money at the end of the year to pay off my taxes. It’s crazy and kind of annoying, [...]
In Nebraska, my parents and I stayed at the Pioneer Village hotel in Minden, Nebraska. I am writing a whole other post about Pioneer Village- it is such a neat place and I have so much to say about it! The “campus” also includes a hotel, a campground/rv park, and a restaurant. The choices of [...]
I read an article today about the (alleged) connection between moderate drinking and good health. It kind of concerns me. Personally I don’t drink. It’s not that I think drinking is (necessarily) wrong- in moderation there is nothing wrong with it. Of course drinking to excess is wrong. I’ve studied enough addiction resource information to [...]
I took oodles of photos from the car while we were driving to Nebraska. Many of them turned out blurry (no surprise, since I took these from a moving car) but a lot of them turned out surprisingly good. In fact, I’m using one of them as the wallpaper on my cell phone.
Also, an apology: [...]
Lately I have been so glad to see my church go on. Just six months ago, when our pastor announced he was leaving, there were a lot of people that wanted to jump ship, close the doors, and sell our assets. I’m so thankful that a few people stuck together and pressed on. They figured [...]