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The article investigates why Kearney, Nebraska is regarded as located 1,733 miles from Frisco, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts. Kearney measured 1,752 miles from San Francisco, California and 1,632 miles from New York City, New York, according to the 1915 Lincoln Highway guide, placing the midpoint of the highway sixty miles west of town. A possible explanation for the 1733 figure, along with information on the history of the 1733 Ranch in Kearney is presented.

The article discusses the relationship between the rural communities surrounding Mead, Nebraska and the construction of an Atlas nuclear intercontinental missile (ICBM) base in the region from 1958 to 1962. An overview of the communities surrounding Mead's acceptance of the site for the Atlas missile base, including for reasons of economic gain and patriotism, are discussed. The relationship between the nuclear threat that the Soviet Union posed to the U.S. during the Cold War, the construction of the nuclear missile base near Mead and the importance of the U.S.'s nuclear force the Strategic Air Command (SAC) is also discussed.

A photograph of the O. W. Parr and X. D. Johnson Auto Livery in Merna, Nebraska in 1910 is presented.