The Burwell Tribune

07/10/2025

🌑😮💫!

07/10/2025

Awesomeness!

Believe it or not, this is a picture of Andy Peterson 92 yrs old, he stopped in tonight to show me this larger than life cottonwood tree located East side of Pibel Lake, 38 FT circumference, 138 foot canopy, not sure how tall. It's been, just now, recorded as the largest Cottonwood in the US in plain sight for YEARS and Noone noticed. But Andy got his picture in front of it!🤗

07/10/2025

Woo-hoo!🙌 🐎🐎

The Chuckwagon Races return to Burwell for the 104th Annual Event.

The man in charge of this year’s Chuckwagon racers, Reed Rosencrans, has been racing all across Canada for 38 years now. Reed started in chariots when he was 13 years old and moved up to the chuckwagons by the time he turned 17. Reed is a second-generation wagon racer as his father did it prior to his starting. Reed has won shows all over Canada including 3-time (2018,2019,2022) champion of the North American Chuckwagon Championship in Red Deer, Alberta and also the aggregate champion at the Ponoka Stampede in 2022. Also, the first American wagon driver to compete at the Ponoka Stampede in Ponoka Alberta. In 2018 Reed got his PRCA specialty act and started bringing his Circle 7 wagons to rodeos across the United States including Houston, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Greeley CO, Redding and Salinas CA, Salt Lake City, Lehi and Coalville, Ut to name a few. Wife Kim and 3 daughters Hannah, Paige and Leah will also be along for the ride in Burwell this year.

We hope you'll be here to help us welcome Reed and his crew to Burwell for the first time.

07/10/2025

New Rodeo royalty are waiting in the wings!
Meet our six talented, beautiful competitors in this week’s The Burwell Tribune! 👑👸🐎

Also in the news:

—-Alleged killer of rare white bison faces charges 😮🦬⚪️
—-Our editor’s tribute to Nebraska's Big Rodeo now destroyed West Grandstand
—-Another amazing Horse Camp and Bible School edition at Heartland Youth Ranch, chronicled by Sue Dowse 🐴 📕🌞
—-Sacred Heart Church bids fond farewell to beloved pastor of six years ♥️
—-Ericson July 4th Parade (see “Bartlett Bits”)⭐️
—-Fourth fun with Burwell Volunteer Fire Department 🇺🇸👏🏻🍔

… and much more!

Get ready, Rodeo will be here before you know it!🤠😀💫

07/04/2025

“She had never known before how much the country meant to her. The chirping of the insects down in the long grass had been like the sweetest music. She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring.”
~O Pioneers, by Willa Cather

07/04/2025

😂!

The Sandhills of Nebraska. 3 million square acres of nothing, except these things.

07/04/2025

We’re so sad to see our Rodeo Queens go! 👑👸🥲
Jessica Lange and Adaya Miihlbach are the best of the best Miss Burwell Rodeo and Little Miss Burwell Rodeo! We’ll miss you and wish you both all the best!🤠💖

In this week’s The Burwell Tribune:

—-A heartfelt update from Nebraska's Big Rodeo Board President Philip Simpson ❤️
—- Fond farewells from our beloved Rodeo Queens! 👸 🐎
—-Honoring and Respecting the Flag— BHS alum Gracie Conrad commemorates May 21st’s ceremony 🇺🇸
—- An incredible TeamMates success story!— Via Becky Mroczek

—- and much more!
⭐️Thank you to our color sponsors MCMULLEN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC. and Spelts Lumber and Hardware!👏🏻⭐️

A safe and Happy 4th of July to all!

🇺🇸🇺🇸God Bless America!🇺🇸🇺🇸

06/26/2025

😮😮! The big picture…

06/26/2025

It was a nasty one! Prayers for those affected, especially Nebraska's Big Rodeo!🤠🫂💞

06/26/2025

A brutal Summer storm takes out our beloved Nebraska's Big Rodeo’s West grandstand! 🥲💔🌪️
Our resilient community will surely band together to help. 🫂

Also in this week’s The Burwell Tribune:

—-2025 Nebraska Youth Range Camp in Chadron
—-Awesome entertainment, food, and fellowship at Sacred Heart’s annual Salad Supper 😋🥗🎸🎼
—-Exploring the state of our culture— “The Nones,” by Jaehne Moebius Lamm
—-From pasture to policy: Weekly Update with Tanya Storer for Legislature🏛️
—-Exciting installments of our regulars “Remember When” and “Bartlett Bits”

🌞Enjoy the calm weather! ☀️

06/19/2025

👏👏!