Getting Cozy In Cozad (Nebraska, That Is)

    

   This past August I had the time and opportunity to stop in Cozad, Nebraska, a town of just under 4,000 residents that is a little east of the 100th meridian along US 30, and is not too far off of I-80.

   As one drives along I-80 (east or west bound, doesn't matter which direction) there are prominent signs along the interstate that declare to travelers that they are approaching Cozad, and that it was the birthplace of Robert Henri (which is pronounced in Nebraska as "Hen- Rye"), a prominent American artist of the late 19th, early 20th century.

   It may seem a bit odd for a small farming community such as Cozad is to take such pride in an artist, but they do indeed - to the point where a palette and brush sculpture has become the symbol of the town.

   Here, let me show you a few: