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What have we been doing all year?
If you want the lowdown on what the Nebraska State Historical Society has accomplished in the past year, our Annual Report is now online.
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“Women, High Living, and Diamonds” for Omaha’s Bartenders
Omaha in 1886 boasted about 150 saloons manned by a host of bartenders who ministered to the city’s thirst for beer and hard liquor. The Omaha Bee on September 26, 1886, ...
Chadron’s First Kindergarten
First kindergarten at Chadron, 1893-94. NSHS RG3340-3-25
When Chadron’s first kindergarten was opened in the fall of 1893, the teacher, Miss Elizabeth “Bess” ...
Scopes Wasn’t the First: Nebraska’s 1924 Anti-Evolution Trial
Nebraska had its own anti-evolution trial nearly seven months before the famous Scopes trial opened in Tennessee. “Darwin and Genesis fought out a battle in District ...
Nebraska Cowboys of the Open Range
The American cowboy has come to symbolize bravery, justice, and the nostalgic freedom of the Wild West. But real cowboys didn’t spend all their time fighting bandits and ...
Did Ed Creighton loan $100,000 to Brigham Young?
Having $100,000 in 1874 was the same as being a multimillionaire today. Few people ever amassed so much money, and fewer still were rich enough to make a loan of that ...
Buddy the Dog, Heir to the Estate
Mary Ellen Voorhees of Omaha didn’t leave her dog everything in her will, but she did provide a $1,000 legacy to ensure his continued care (about $17,000 in ...
Sailing through Fort Kearny in a Wind Wagon
This artist’s conception of Samuel Peppard’s wind wagon as it was departing Fort Kearny in May 1860, appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on July 7 of that ...
The Fort McPherson National Cemetery
Photographer Solomon D. Butcher’s view of Memorial Day at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in 1911. NSHS RG2608-2926-b (right).
The approach of Memorial Day calls to ...
Pulitzer Prize Awarded for 1930 Editorial on George Norris
George W. Norris. NSHS RG3298-2-3 (left).
On May 5, 1931, the Fremont Evening Tribune reported that Tribune editor Charles S. Ryckman had been awarded a Pulitzer ...
Sliding to Safety
A student or teacher slides down what appears to be a flexible fire escape outside York’s Central School during a fire drill, February 10, 1910. NSHS RG2856-9-62 ...
Nebraska’s Semicentennial Arbor Day (2013)
Arbor Day parade float at Nebraska City in 1917. The bust at the front of the float depicts J. Sterling Morton, founder of Arbor Day. NSHS RG2991-2-3.
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