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The Men of South Omaha, 1892
By the 1890s South Omaha had a reputation as a rough, violent place. But Omaha World-Herald columnist Elia Peattie saw something else:
“South Omaha is ...
ArchivesSpace: Database Improvements
Some of you may have noticed that we have a new way to search our collections online – through a database called ArchivesSpace. The Nebraska State Historical Society ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Museum of American Speed
Preserving America’s Automotive Heritage: Inside the Museum of American Speed
Nestled in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Museum of American Speed is dedicated to preserving ...
The Harold Trombla Mystery
Here at the Nebraska State Historical Society Archives, staff receive questions and requests for information on a wide variety of topics. We recently received a request ...
Marker Monday: The 100th Meridian
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The 100th longitudinal line west of Greenwich was the major goal set by Congress in building the first transcontinental railroad. ...
Frontier Fences
By David L. Bristow
It takes a good fence to keep livestock out of a farmer's crops or garden. In the heavily wooded eastern United States, this was ...
Spotlight on a Star: Conserving the Art of Actor Sig Arno
The career of actor Siegfried “Sig” Arno started in his native Germany in the 1910s and eventually spanned more than 100 film and theater roles across Europe and the ...
Marker Monday: Shell Creek Pawnee Settlements
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By the early 1600s, the ancestors of the Pawnee Nation began consolidating into a few large communities. Each was home to hundreds, if not ...
Marker Monday: Republican Pawnee Village
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Near here was a large permanent village of the Republican band of the Pawnee tribe which may have been occupied as early as 1777. On September 25, ...
Trust and Horsemanship at Fort Robinson
“Thru These Portals Pass the Army’s Best Horsemen,” reads a sign above a barracks doorway at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. As the army’s largest quartermaster ...
Marker Monday: Nehawka Flint Quarries
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Flint nodules embedded within subsurface Pennsylvanian Formation limestone deposits in this vicinity were an important source of stone used ...
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 ...
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