Voices on the Prairie Wind

David Wolf, Director of the Legacy of the Plains Museum, is joined by Vicki Schmitt and Jack Preston to talk about the impact of the Homestead Act and its impact in the western Nebraska/Wyobraska area. 

The Homestead Act was one of the major contributors to settlement in Wyobraska, and both of Jack’s great grandparents homesteaded in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. He has done extensive research into the early settlers in Scotts Bluff County.   

Jack is a founding member of the Farm and Ranch Museum and a current member of the Legacy of the Plains Board.

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David Wolf, Director of the Legacy of the Plains Museum, speaks with Gary Warrner.  Gary’s family moved to the area in the early 1880’s and settled in south-central Scotts Bluff County.  Gary’s chronicles both sides of his grandparent’s journey to the area and talks about his personal journey which has taken him to the oil fields in Texas and back to the area where he opened his own business.  After he retired, the call of ranching was too much, and he started a herd of his own.

Gary also talks about the history of longhorns and the early cattle breeds in the area.  Gary cares for the Legacy of the Plains longhorn herd and talks a little bit about the Museum’s cattle operation.