INGOMAR — The prairies will swallow you whole.

There is nowhere on this planet — other than maybe the middle of the ocean — that will make you feel so small, so insignificant, so alone, than the wide-open plains. Drive to Roundup, head east on U.S. Highway 12 and as soon as you get past Melstone you’ll start to feel it.

The land opens, the sky is everywhere, and it’s just you and your thoughts. Those waves of grass can stretch from horizon to horizon without breaking, but your own brain might not be so lucky.

“The first time I came here I actually had to stop the car and scream,” remembered Suzanne Hackett-Morgan. “There’s nothing here. There’s not even a building.”

But she’s changing that. Hackett-Morgan is the new owner of the Jersey Lilly Saloon and Eatery, the Ingomar-based oasis o

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