Greer Farmstead FINAL Nebraskahistory Form

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(HORSE WHINNY) NARRATOR: IN ALL THEIR LIVES, THEY COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED A PLACE LIKE THTH. (CHURCH BELLS) OR A TIME. (BARNYARD SOUNDS), THE PRAIRIE WIDE OPEN TO FAMILIES AND FRIENDS..., (DOG BARKING), ...EAGER TO YIELD THE GRASSY PLAINS INTO FIELDS OF BOUNTY. (COWS MOOING), THE LAND WAS FREE. EVEN THOUGH THE PRICE TO SETTLE IT - WASN'T., ♪MUSIC♪ NARRATOR: IN 1886, THE FAMILY OF SYLVESTER RAWDING GATHEHED IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME FOR A PHOTOGRAPH. CAPTURED ON THIS FRAGILE GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE - THE IMAGE HAS EVOLVED INTO AN ICONIC SCENE OF WESTERN SETTLEMENT. IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND NEGATIVES MADE DURING THE ERA OF PRAIRIE SETTLEMENT, BY ONE MAN WITH A SINGULAR VISION. A MAN WHOSE PHOTOGRAPHS OF FRONTIER LIFE ON THE GREAT PLAINS ARE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER. JOHN CARTER, NE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: KEN BURNS ONCE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT SOLOMON BUTCHER WAS AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS BECAUSE HE CAPTURED THE BIRTHING OF THAT DISTINCT AMERICAN CULTURE. NARRATO