Ogallala is a city in Keith County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,737 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Keith County. In the days of the Nebraska Territory, the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad. The Ogallala Aquifer was named after the city.
- also known as Ogallala, Nebraska; Keith County / Ogallala city
- part of Keith County, Nebraska, United States of America
"Ogallala" is a book by John Opie.
- also known as "Ogallala: water for a dry land"; "Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land, Second Edition (Our Sustainable Future)"; "Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land (Our Sustainable Future)"
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The Krooked Cowboy (2009)
by John Farrington
Ogallala had its own boot hill. Ogallala is an Indian word from the Oglala ...
Farmers' Bulletin (1972)
Ogallala is an everbearing variety grown from ...
by Donald Hyde Scott, Francis J. Lawrence, A. D. Draper, United States. Science and Education Administration
Ogallala is an everbearing variety grown from the Mississippi River west through the Rocky Mountain States. Olympus Washington, 1962. Berries medium in size, uniform, round, very easy capping; medium-firm flesh; tender skin; bright-red ...
Environmental Health (2010)
From Global to Local by Howard Frumkin
However, the Ogallala is a finite resource. It consists of fossil water, water sequestered underground for thousands of years, and the current rate of water extraction far exceeds the rate at which it is replenished. In some states, groundwater ...
A Report of the Task Force on Climate Change in Texas by Gerald R. North, Jurgen Schmandt, Judith Clarkson
Thus, the Ogallala is a finite resource, from a water supply viewpoint, that can only decline monotonically until depleted. There are also WATER reservoirs in the High Plains, but runoff is quite low as a RESOURCES consequence of the arid ...
The Church Times (1913)
Ogallala is a small town on the main line of the Union Pacific Railroad in the western part of Nebraska. Twenty-five years ago, when Bishop Beecher first began to visit this pioneer town, there were not more than about 250 people in the town ...
and thins out beneath Ogallala fm. in E. part of Banner Co. Thickness 400 ft. in Scotts Hi ii it Co. and 500 ft. In Sioux and Dawes Counties, the thickness increasing as the Arikaree displaces the Ogallala fm.
by Grace C. Keroher
Ogallala Formation1 Ogallala Group Pliocene : Western Nebraska, northeastern Colorado, western and central Kansas, eastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, northwestern Texas, and southeastern Wyoming. Original reference : N. H. ...
Encyclopedia of Texas (2001)
by Nancy Capace
The aquifers are the Ogallala Formation of the High Plains, the Trinity Sands of north central Texas, the Edwards Limestone-Trinity Sands group of the Edwards Plateau, the smaller Edwards Limestone of the Balcones fault zone, the Carrizo ...
by Andrew Smith
The Ogallala aquifer, an aquifer formed some 10 million years ago that ...
by Scott Elias, Cary Mock
bedrock, notably the Tertiary Ogallala Formation. This formation occurs over much of the region, crops out close to the land surface, and is rich in clean sand. It is likely that many early investigators were struck by the close geographic match ...
People, Places, Ideas, and Organizations by Andy Crump
OGALLALA AQUIFER The largest source of fossil groundwater in the United States, the Ogallala aquifer stretches from southern South Dakota to north-west Texas. Expansion of agricultural production in the 'Great Plains' of the USA has been ...
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Boot Hill - Ogallala, Nebraska
Entrance to Boot Hill in Ogallala, Nebraska.
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