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Marker Monday: Nebraska 4-H Clubs Began in York County
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on E. C. Bishop, the teacher who is regarded ...
Marker Monday: Lewis and Clark Campsite
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The members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped a short distance south of here on the Nebraska side of the river, on July 15, 1804. They ...
Luella’s Lightning Shoe
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Carol Pearson was browsing an estate sale in California when she found an old shoe containing a yellowed newspaper clipping and ...
How Does Chimney Rock Change Every Day? CR365 Puts the Rock on Daily Display
One of Nebraska’s most iconic landmarks is getting some daily attention from two Sandhills photographers and over 3,000 of their fans. Friends and photography partners ...
‘The Greatest Gathering of Indians Ever Assembled’ – the Black Hills Council of 1875
Red Dog's village southeast of Red Cloud Agency.
For a month in late summer 1875 the nation’s gaze was drawn to proceedings at the remote Red Cloud Agency ...
Flashback Friday: Rare Photos from a Troubled Time Featured in Newest NSHS Book
Last Days of Red Cloud Agency: Rare Photos from a Troubled Time In the final year of his life, longtime NSHS curator Thomas R. Buecker investigated and wrote about a ...
Marker Monday: German P.O.W. Camp
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on a small marker that tells a big story: the ...
Marker Monday: B-24J Bomber Crash in Deuel County, 1944
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During World War II Nebraska was home to eleven air bases, which filled the sky with planes engaged in training aircrews. On June 7, 1944, ...
Fremont Man Visits All of Nebraska’s 500-plus Historical Markers
Butch Springgate is the grand champion of Nebraska’s biggest scavenger hunt. If you’ve driven on a Nebraska highway, you’ve even played it. But while you might have ...
Bridges Sesquicentennial Photo Exhibit Winners Announced
Announcing winners of the Statewide Photography Call “Bridges: Sharing Our Past to Enrich the Future.” Photos to be featured in a Bridges Sesquicentennial Photo Exhibit ...
Marker Monday Encore: Omaha Central Students Restore Historical Markers
Left to right: Omaha Central Social Studies teacher Gary Groff with students Maddie Badura and Micah Martin
In the fall of 2015, several students ...
Marker Monday Encore: “Haumann Sisters: Lost in the Sandhills”
Six generations of the Haumann family attended the marker dedicaiton in Thedford on Sunday, May 1, 2016. From left to right: Alan & wife Ronda Haumann, Shari and ...
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