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Prairie Bluestem
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Prairie Bluestem is a blog about America's heartland, both past and present, and other things that interest me.
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Seen at Hopkinsville's L&N Depot
Old depot in Hopkinsville, KY I took care of two neighbor ladies' flowers and their seven dogs for several days over the past weekend, When the ladies arrived back home again, they insisted on taking me out to eat. We went to the Thai restaurant (th...
Saving Seeds
How to select corn seed to save A few large agribusiness companies have great influence over the kinds of corn, soybeans, wheat, etc. that we grow in America. This wasn't always true. Farmers used to save a portion of each crop as seed for the next ...
Seen in Smiths Grove, KY
Old Farmer's Bank building Another chapter in what Keely calls "Mom's 'American Main Street' series": What a surprise for the eyes to see this little limestone bank in Smiths Grove, KY. (Smiths Grove is a small town in Warren County, about 2...
Stone Church in Auburn, KY
Pearce Memorial United Methodist Church I was so busy photographing this interesting stone church in the little town of Auburn, KY, that I forgot to read the name on its sign! The letters are almost too faded to read in my photograph, but I verified...
Seen at Kirkmansville, KY
A light unto the Gentiles Driving home from Greenville a few weeks ago, I paused in Kirkmansville and photographed the United Methodist Church, It is a simple structure with little adornment. Its fanciest parts are its arched windows and its stee...
