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Marker Monday: Pawnee
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments in our state's past. Today we're highlighting a marker that tells the story of a people who lived in ...
NSHS Awards 2015
Last Friday was the Nebraska State Historical Society's 137th Annual Meeting and its annual award luncheon. We were thrilled to celebrate the year with a packed room ...
From the Kitchen Table to Congress: Doris Royal’s Tax Campaign
“Do you realize I haven’t contributed a dime to this farm today according to the IRS?” Doris Royal told her husband after a twelve-hour day pitching hay and feeding ...
The Long Journey of Dan Jibreus
Last year this blog featured a post that discussed a Nebrsaka History article, "The Long Journey of White Fox." The article tells the story of three Pawnee men who ...
The Unitarian Church of Lincoln
The Unitarian Church in Lincoln has a long and interesting history. The first meeting of the First Universalist Society of Lincoln was held on September 1, 1870. Charter ...
Did Nebraska’s James Iler Discover Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)? and Other Tales of Life and Death in Territorial Nebraska
During the 1860s, Nebraska City was a major depot for freighting across the plains by both individuals and large companies. NSHS RG2294-37
In 1860 James ...
Masonry in the First Nebraska Regiment, 1863-66
Col. Robert R. Livingston of Plattsmouth, who commanded the First Nebraska Regiment in 1863-64, also participated in the regiment’s “traveling” Masonic Lodge. NSHS ...
Like Father, like Son: Dressing By the Numbers
The Coryells at Thanksgiving, 1948. NSHS RG2183-1948-112-6-1
The Coryells were a prominent Lincoln family with roots in Nemaha County. Perhaps some of you ...
Victorian Symbolism for Death
The Harvey Andrews family of Custer County at the grave of their son, Willie, in 1887. The marker includes a sleeping lamb motif typical of Victorian-era symbolism. NSHS ...
Free Speech and Temperance: Rosewater vs. Gougar
Edward Rosewater. HN RG2411.PH0-4772-2
A wave of temperance feeling during the late 1880s (promoted by “dry” societies, churches, and the Prohibition ...
Nebraska’s American Legion
The NSHS Library/Archives is being assisted this summer by graduate intern, Nina Herzog. Nina comes to us from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She is working ...
Nebraska Nicknames
Cartoon depicting Lincoln sportswriter “Cy” Sherman reflecting on Nebraska nicknames. The cartoon was drawn by George Hartman and appeared in the 1939 Almanac for ...
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