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Marker Monday: St. Edward
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Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was cast.
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William Jennings Bryan as the new George Washington
By David L. Bristow
Countless politicians have tried to claim a piece of George Washington’s legacy. This detail from a campaign postcard is a silly ...
Marker Monday: Willa Cather Memorial Prairie
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Willa Cather first came to Webster County from Virginia in 1883 at the age of nine. The vast open prairies of Nebraska made a lasting impression ...
The Sharp Homestead Case Study Part 3: What steps do archeologists take to excavate an archeological site?
Previous installments of this blog series have shown us why archeology is done and how archeologists know where to look for archeological sites. Part 2 also introduced ...
Marker Monday: Prehistoric Burial Site
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From 1050 - 1400 the lower Platte and Missouri River valleys were home to prehistoric Indian farmers. These people lived in small villages and ...
How a painting helped archeologists find a lost 200-year-old site
(Published in 2018)
How do you find an archeological site that’s been lost for nearly 200 years? Fifteen years ago, NSHS archeologists made the discovery of a ...
The State Capitol’s Lincoln Monument and Nebraska Statehood
By David L. Bristow
An estimated ten thousand people gathered at the Nebraska State Capitol on September 2, 1912, for the unveiling a new bronze sculpture of Abraham ...
The Sharp Homestead Case Study Part 2: How do we know where to look for and find archeological sites?
Now that we’ve learned why archeology is done—particularly through the lens of state and federal legislation (such as the Section 106 process) that mandates ...
Five Nebraska Locations Added to National Register of Historic Places
The Nebraska State Historical Society is pleased to announce that four Nebraska structures and one entity have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...
Marker Monday: B-17G Flying Fortress and P-47D Thunderbolt Crash, 1944
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On September 8, 1944, P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighters from the Bruning Army Air Field conducted training attack maneuvers with two formations of B-17 ...
Crazy Horse’s Sacred Bundle Buried In Minatare Nebraska
The medicine bundle of Oglala Lakota leader Crazy Horse is six feet deep somewhere in Minatare, Nebraska. A medicine bundle was a package that contained a man’s most ...
The Sharp Homestead Case Study, Part 1: Why do we do archeology?
Among the most common questions professional archeologists receive is an important one: Why do you do archeology? This isn’t typically asked in the manner of “What drew ...
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