McCook, Nebraska

First timer? In this once-a-day blog, I have my computer select a random latitude and longitude that puts me somewhere in the continental United States (the lower 48). I call this “landing.” I keep track of the watersheds I land in, as well as the town I land near. I do some internet research to hopefully find something of interest about my landing location. To find out more about A Landing A Day (like who “Dan” is and what the various numbers and abbreviations mean), please see “About Landing,” above.

Dan – Unable to break out, I might as well hit an old-fashioned WBer . . . NE; 51/43; 5/10; 17; 165.8.  For the 18th time, I landed in the Republican River watershed, on to the Kansas (52nd hit); on to the Missouri.

Here’s my landing map:

As you see, I landed between the larger town of McCook (pop 8,000), and the smaller town of Culbertson (pop 600).
Here’s a broader view:

Keeping a not-so-wonderful string alive, I’m once again having trouble finding anything of particular interest about my landing site.  Once again, I’m sure that McCook and Culbertson and great towns; once again, I’m having trouble find my hook.

Note from the landing map how close I landed to the Republican River. Let me check it out. I’ll start with a pretty NE Republican River picture:

Here’s something that Wiki says about the Republican:
The river was named after a branch of Pawnee Indians known as “the Republicans.”

Wait a second!!! Pawnee Indians known as the Republicans!!! You’ve got to be kidding me!!!
I just checked a second reference, and they said basically the same thing!  Anyway, here’s a cool aerial shot of a barn in Culbertson . . .

KS

Greg

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