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Marker Monday: Grover Cleveland Alexander, a baseball great
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Grover Cleveland Alexander, the third-winningest pitcher in major league baseball history, was born near Elba, Nebraska, on February 26, 1887. ...
Flashback Friday: Our World-Traveling Beaver Effigy Bowl
One of the upcoming Nebraska Unwrapped: Selections from the Collections exhibit artifacts has traveled the world since the last time it was available for the public to ...
Flashback Friday: From Our Special Correspondent, NSHS Press’s newest book
While many history textbook authors have erased humor from history, primary sources reveal that jokes and hardships together make up an important part of the past. Our ...
Barbara and Ralph Fox Photo Exhibit
American Dreams in the Cold War: Photos by Barbara and Ralph Fox
Barbara and Ralph Fox, 1943 Ralph C. and Barbara Rehberg Fox Collection (NSHS ...
Marker Monday: The Skala Timber House
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The Joseph and Katherine Severa Skala house, built near Battle Creek by 1869, is a rare product of Czech-American culture. Discovered inside a ...
Half-Century of Historic Preservation
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act, which was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in October 1966. The act was passed in ...
Marker Monday: Fairmont Army Air Field (1 and 2)
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Construction began on the Fairmont Army Air Field September 17, 1942. Located east of here, it was one of eleven built in Nebraska during World ...
Marker Monday: Courthouse and Jail Rocks
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on a pair of famous landmarks of westward ...
Welcome to Marker Mondays!
In honor of Nebraska's historical markers, the History Nebraska blog is instituting Marker Mondays. Each Monday, we will feature one of our state's historical markers, ...
Marker Monday: Court House Rock, Chimney Rock and Scott’s Bluffs
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on the North Platte Valley's trio of ...
Marker Monday: Winter Quarters
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Here in 1846 an oppressed people fleeing from a vengeful mob found a haven in the wilderness. Winter Quarters, established under the direction of the ...
Marker Monday: Kearney – Fort Kearny
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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 ...
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