Prairie magic

Febold Feboldson standing in a Nebraska field, whistling as clouds form and crops sprout magically around him.

Febold Feboldson the Drought Fighter

by Elizabeth Fabowale

February 20, 2026

American Folktales·American Tall Tales

On the endless, golden prairies of Nebraska, where the horizon melts into sky and the wind carries the scent of dry earth and wildflowers, there lived a farmer named Febold Feboldson. He was tall, broad-shouldered, and as weather-worn as the fence posts he built. Yet his eyes carried a spark of something unusual, an understanding of the land that went

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