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The Church Built Top to Bottom – St. Mary Magdalene Church in Omaha
Omaha’s St. Mary Magdalene Church has the distinction of being built in reverse order. It's upper level was completed in 1903, its lower level in 1920. How is this possible?
FDR at the Martin Bomber Plant
World War II raged in both theaters as President Franklin Roosevelt set out on a seventeen-city tour. The Omaha World-Herald reported on April 30, 1943, that the ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Visit to Lincoln
On December 30th, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Lincoln and spoke at the Methodist Student Movement Conference at Pershing Auditorium. Approximately 5,000 people ...
Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions
"At first glance, Friday the thirteenth, seemed much like any other day," said the Kearney Daily Hub on Friday, January 13, 1922, "and had it not been ...
Blizzard of January 12, 1888
The early settlers of Nebraska faced many hardships, a great number of these weather and climate-related. Among the most destructive natural disasters were the sudden ...
The Power of Suggestion
Photographer Solomon Butcher was not shy about altering photos if he felt they needed it. He tells the story of this 1886 photo of the Theodore Hohman family of Woods ...
