4 Nebraskaland • May 2025
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Volume 103 No. 4
May 2025
F E A T U R E S
20
A HAMMER, AND A GOOD SWING
Fort Atkinson Blacksmiths
Story and photos by Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley
28
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in May
By Renae Blum
30
LIVE WELL. GO FISH.
Catching Fish, and Smiles
Story and photos by Eric Fowler
36
DID NEBRASKA START THE CIVIL WAR?
By David L. Bristow, Nebraska State Historical Society
40
CUTTING BACK TO ANOTHER TIME
By Justin Haag
42
THE BOISTEROUS, BUSY HOUSE WREN
A Natural History with Nesting Habitats
Story and photos by Justin Haag
46
INSECT CAMOUFLAGE AND MIMICRY
Story and photos by Brianna Nugent
D E P A R T M E N T S
12 In the Field
50 Mixed Bag
60 Portraits from the Past
62 The Last Stop
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