Vachel Lindsay

Vachel Lindsay

male, deceased (1931)
poet, Hiram College alumni, suicide by poison, School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni, committed suicide, troubador…prairie
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was an American poet. His exuberant recitation of some of his work led some critics to compare it to jazz poetry despite...
Wes Jackson

Wes Jackson

male
perennial plant, University of Kansas alumni, North Carolina State University alumni, polyculture, intercropping, Land Institute…prairie
Wes Jackson is president of The Land Institute, an innovative research and educational organization dedicated to the search for principles of...

Stephen Langlois

male
chef, Prairie Cuisine from the Heartland, from DuPage County, Illinois, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Chicagoland, Triton College…prairie
Stephen Langlois is a Chicagoland chef and co-author of "Prairie: Cuisine from the Heartland" with Margaret Guthrie. Currently executive chef of...
Kenneth Norrie

Kenneth Norrie

male, 63 years old
Yale University, Macdonald Royal Commission, Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement, economic history, Western Canada, From Saskatoon…prairie
Kenneth Harold Norrie (b. 1946 in Saskatoon) is a Canadian economic historian specializing in the economy of Western Canada at the turn of the...
Charles Francis Colcord

Charles Francis Colcord

male, deceased (1934)
american civil war, Businessman, teepee, wright brother, From Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. Marshal…prairie
Charles Francis Colcord (August 18, 1859 - December 10, 1934), also known as Charlie and even Chuck by some, was a successful rancher, U.S....
Eugene C. Pulliam

Eugene C. Pulliam

male, deceased (1975)
newspaper, DePauw University alumni, Publisher, Businessman, delta kappa epsilon, corporation…prairie
Eugene Collins Pulliam (May 3, 1889 - June 23, 1975) was an American newspaper publisher and businessman who was the founder and longtime president...

Lucy Johnston Sypher

female, deceased (1990)
from Massachusetts, children's writer, American, prairie, North Dakota writer, University of North Dakota alumni
Lucy Johnston Sypher, (August 6, 1907) - (December 1990), was the author of four children's books loosely based on her childhood in the small...

John Ernest Weaver

male
University of Nebraska, University of Minnesota, Botanist, American, prairie, Washington State College
John Ernest Weaver (5 May 1884 - 8 June 1966) was an American botanist, prairie ecologist, and university professor. Weaver was born in Villisca,...
Allen Melancthon Sumner

Allen Melancthon Sumner

male, deceased (1918)
American military, From Boston, World War I, dekalb, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, United States Marine Corps officer…prairie, USS Prairie
Allen M. Sumner (1 October 1882-19 July 1918) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he initially went to...

Hollister Brothers

deceased (1943)
torpedo, United States Navy sailor, aircraft carrier, relief, purple heart, prairie…USS Prairie
Lyle Eugene Hollister, born 6 July 1923 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, enlisted in the Navy 26 March 1941 at Minneapolis, Minn. Radioman Second...