Farming family balances rural past and suburban present
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June 17, 2018
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jerry Rohwer takes one hand off the steering wheel and points out his truck window.
We used to farm this ground for the Warren family, he says. Now it's a water treatment plant.
He drives a while and points again. Used to farm this, too. Now it's new houses surrounding Blue Sage Elementary, a brand-new grade school.
Driving northeast, to Elkhorn-area land where the Rohwers long rented ground, grew corn and soybeans, and put up hay.
192nd and Center, now a Kum & Go. 180th and Pacific, now a Hy-Vee. Near 168th and Dodge, a Scheels inside a shopping center.
A hospital. A Hilton...
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