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American Idol winner coming to Wayne State College



Has anybody heard of Maddie Poppe?

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A Ghost in Neihardt Hall: An Investigation Into The Urban Legend of Cora

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‘Reveal’ planned of contents found in monument at Neihardt spring conference
Family mum about what was discovered, instead emphasizing the story behind the concrete obelisk erected by the poet/author

LINCOLN — We’ll soon know whether some documents buried inside a concrete monument erected by poet/author John Neihardt 100 years ago survived three floods and decades of harsh winters on the plains of northwest South Dakota. On April 27, the contents of a time capsule embedded inside the monument will be revealed as part of the annual spring conference of the John Neihardt Foundation at Wayne State College.


“This altar to courage” is the inscription on the monument erected a century ago by author/poet John Neihardt and members of the Neihardt Club from what is now Wayne State College. (Courtesy of Joseph Weixelman)

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Contents of memorial to mountain man Hugh Glass revealed at Neihardt event

WAYNE— A “reveal” of what a Nebraska poet hid inside a lonely monument a century ago revealed more of what Mother Nature could wreck over the span of 100 years. On Saturday, descendants of John Neihardt revealed what they’d found inside an “altar to courage” that the poet and members of a fan club from what’s now Wayne State College planted in the rocky soil of northwestern South Dakota in 1923. The homemade, concrete monument memorialized the courage of mountain man Hugh Glass, who was left for dead in August 1823 after being mauled by a grizzly bear but then crawled and limped 200 miles to get help. Neihardt challenged students from Wayne State (then Nebraska Normal College) to return in 100 years to rededicate and open a time capsule he buried within the monument, which he said contained an “original manuscript.”