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Due to a facility issue, the Nebraska History Museum is closed today, 9/9/26. The Homeschool Day event, scheduled for today, has been moved to Thursday Sept. 17th, from 9 am – 12 pm.
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Beer and Blood: The Butchers’ Picnic
The South Omaha butchers conceived the idea that it would be fun to stay away and play a practical joke on their Council Bluffs brethren, . . . They sent a defiant ...
The Year Nobody Scored on the Huskers
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Husker fans argue about whether the 1971 or 1995 championship team was the greatest in school history. But one year the Cornhuskers ...
Saloon-Smashing Carrie Nation in Nebraska
By David L. Bristow
Imagine that you are in a bar in the early 1900s—a glass of cold beer in your hand, a spittoon within easy spitting distance on the hardwood ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Boone County Historical Society
Founded in 1968, the Boone County Historical Society, Inc. built the first section of its museum in four years, finishing in 1972. The museum almost doubled in size ...
Another Year in the Trenches: SAO Achievements and Discoveries
September is upon us again, and for the Nebraska community of archeologists, that means we’re back to the best month of the year—Nebraska Archeology Month! It should ...
Marker Monday: Buffalo Bill at the Trans-Mississippi & International Expo. & Indian Congress of 1898
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William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody held the first official performance of his Wild West show just half a mile northeast of here on May 19, 1883. Eight ...
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