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Nebraska's History | Your family's future Stories about Nebraska History
An Archeologist’s Favorite Tool: LiDAR
By Nolan Johnson, NSHS Archeologist
LiDAR is one of my favorite tools as an archeologist. What is LiDAR you may ask? LiDAR stands for “Light Detection and Ranging” ...
Lincoln and Washington Counties Named for U.S. Presidents
Several other Nebraska localities were named for presidents Lincoln or Washington, the most prominent of which is the state’s capital city, the largest one in the U.S. ...
Send a Valentine to your Valentine from Valentine: History of the Cachet Program
When your name is easily used in puns and songs, the novelty wears off quickly. But instead settling for cheap laughs, one Nebraska town has turned a notable name into ...
Beaten and Battered: Conservation of a Field Drum, War of 1812
The Objects Lab at the Ford Conservation Center has completed treatment of a drum that was used by Moses Littlefield, drum-major of a Boston regiment during the War of ...
Marker Monday: DeWitty – An African American Settlement in the Sandhills
Spread out along the North Loup River west of here, DeWitty, later known as Audacious, was the largest and longest-lasting African American settlement in rural ...
How Eliza Grayson escaped Nebraska slavery
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Eliza Grayson was one of the very first enslaved people brought to Nebraska when the territory opened to white settlers in 1854. ...
