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September 4, 2019, October 2, 2019, November 6, 2019, December 4, 2019, January 8, 2020, February 5, 2020, March 4, 2020, April 1, 2020, May 6, 2020
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Nebraska History Museum, 131 Centennial Mall N, Lincoln, NE

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Marker Monday: Sam Bass and the Big Springs Robbery

03/02/2020

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.

Today, we're focusing on a marker in Big Springs, which commemorates the first and greatest robbery of...

2020 History Nebraska Award Winners Receive Awards

02/28/2020

oil portrait of mid-1800s white man holding rifle, with bison in background

Sarpy County’s namesake “a legend in his own time”

02/26/2020

The namesake of Sarpy County, Peter Sarpy (1805-1865) was an important trader whose career spanned Nebraska’s fur trade and territorial periods. “Sarpy’s life is not easy to chronicle for he became a legend in...

old Nebraska map showing a river labeled "Republican Fork"

How the Republican River Got its Name

02/25/2020

Have you ever wondered how the Republican River got its name? The name is older than the Republican Party and has a surprising origin.

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Northwest corner 13th and Douglas, Omaha, August 1868

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Northwest corner 13th and Douglas, Omaha, August 1868

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