America's pivotal move West

A keen-eyed photographer’s collection of Nebraskan settlers opens a historic window to a unique time and place 

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As a photographer in late 19th-century Nebraska, Solomon D. Butcher was a rarity.

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Shannon Geis

Shannon Geis is an oral historian and multimedia producer living in Brooklyn. She graduated from Columbia University and NYU. She is always looking for ways to bring the past back to life.