Winter Reading Roundup Nebraska Life’s picks of recent books will fill your winter hours with heartwarming stories, tales of perseverance and architectural wonders. by Lisa Truesdale and Ariella Nardizzi / Cornhusker State on Canvas Ashley Spitsnogle memorializes the Husker’s 400th sellout game at Memorial Stadium, one of many live paintings from the Elkhorn artist. by Ariella Nardizzi / Frontier Matriarchs Many took advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862 to claim land in the Nebraska Territory, but few were owned by women who overcame societal barriers to become pioneers of the Great Plains. by Ariella Nardizzi / Following the Eve Bowring Trail Sandhills ranch shines on with treasures and shadows of Nebraska’s pioneering first female U.S. senator. story by Matthew Spencer photographs by Chris Amundson / ON OUR COVER Hoarfrost covers a stand of cottonwoods, the state tree, at Chalco Hills Recreation Area near Chalco on a cold February morning. photograph by Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston
