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A.E. Sheldon and the Nebraska State Historical Society
NSHS Superintendent Addison E. Sheldon and an Omaha tribal leader, probably in the 1930s. NSHS RG1289.PH16-7
Addison E. Sheldon, who led the Nebraska ...
Preservation Success Story: Meridian Highway Bridge
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has released the latest in its series of “Success Stories” on the Meridian Highway Bridge at Yankton, SD. The series ...
Preservation: Fun & Informative
Friday, May 1, 2015 brought not only a beautiful spring day, but also the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Preservation: Plain and Simple Conference, held in Lincoln ...
Two Nebraskans receive Medals of Honor in 1865
Vifquian wearing his Medal of Honor
The first two men with Nebraska connections to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor received their medals
150 years ago, ...
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and the sinking of the Lusitania
President Woodrow Wilson and hist cabinet, 1913. Bryan is seated front right. NSHS RG3198.PH49-5
May 7 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of the sinking ...
Summer 2015 Kids’ Classes, On the Move!
The Nebraska History Museum in Lincoln may be closed for renovation, but there’s a summer full of fun and learning for kids at a variety of locations. Learn about Native ...
The Camp Fire Collection
With generous support from the NSHS Foundation, the Library/Archives was recently able to purchase archival supplies and hire a temporary archives assistant to organize, ...
Nebraska Corn Helps Win the War
In a blog post a few years ago we showcased the gas station operated by Earl Coryell that pioneered the production and sale of an ethyl alcohol blended motor fuel. ...
Original Omaha “foot ball”
Even before Nebraska had the Husker football team, it had Omaha “foot ball” clubs that played what we now call soccer. The game’s growth in Omaha was similar to its ...
Nebraska Prisoners “in the biting stage”
By Joy Carey, Editorial Assistant
February 19, 2015 (updated March 21, 2022)
The prisoners called it a protest. The guards called it a riot. But on ...
Man Seeking Wife, with help from the Mayor
Here's an oddball story for your day. In 1934, a thirty-year-old farmer from South Dakota named John Sourbier wrote the mayor of Omaha with a unique request. "Maybe you ...
When cowboys shot up Niobrara
For a short period of time, cattle drives were big business in Nebraska. After the Civil War ended in 1865, growing demand for beef plus a surplus of longhorn cattle in ...
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