Marker Monday: Pawnee City
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Pawnee City, the county seat of Pawnee County, was platted and the first lots were sold in the spring of 1857. The county, named for the ...
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What We Found
Nebraska Election Trivia
An election year is a good time to recall oddities from Nebraska elections and politicians of the past.
The youngest governor in Nebraska history was ...
NSHS Employees Recognized for Excellence in Leadership
Governor Pillen has recognized the Nebraska State Historical Society's Lezlee Williams and Bruce Carlson among 100 State of Nebraska public servants whose ...
Christmas at The Rock
Christmas is coming! What better way to celebrate than the way the settlers did in the nineteenth century?
Marker Monday: Catherland
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Here on the Divide between the Republican and the Little Blue lived some of the most courageous people of the frontier. Their fortunes and ...
“Would You Have Voted to Create the Nebraska Unicameral?” DBQ
Students will use primary sources from the NSHS archives to decide if they would have voted to create Nebraska's Unicameral in 1934. Lesson includes a contextual essay, ...
Read All About It: George Norris (Adults)
Suggested reading about George Norris curated for adult readers.
Read All About It: George Norris (Students)
Suggested reading about George Norris curated for K-12 students.
Cudahy Kidnapping
The kidnapping of sixteen-year-old Edward Cudahy Jr., son of the prominent Omaha meatpacker, was one of the most sensational crimes in Nebraska history. The boy was ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Free Admission at the Nebraska History Museum as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.!
Marker Monday: Grace Episcopal Church
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Built in 1884 on the corner of Second and Walnut, the Grace Protestant Episcopal Church was moved to its present location in 1891. The brick veneer was ...
Conservation of A Watercolor Mosaic
The Ford Conservation Center has been conserving a unique painting on paper by celebrated Nebraska artist Gale D. Jones.
Jones was born in Tilden, NE in 1956 and grew ...
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