The American West: land of the free, home of the brave, frontiersmen on the brink of discovery and families that braved it all for a piece of  the big sky.  Pioneers heeding the call of mystery: the invisible pull on your heart, a quiet whisper on the breath of the wind, that takes hold and doesn’t let go until you strap on your spurs and head out, following the sunset.

A couple hundred years later, frontier librarians have taken the charge of this bedrock region and are forging new alliances; merging melting pot wisdom with traditional American values.  The result? The Douglas County History Research Center.

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