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Flashback Friday: Poor Niobrara!

The town of Niobrara, located along (or as shown here, in) the Missouri River in northeast Nebraska, flooded in 1881. NSHS RG2118-5-14   Poor Niobrara, Nebraska! ...

Marker Monday: Stanton County

Named for Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in 1862, Jacob Hoffman and Francis Scott filed the first homestead applications in the county on November 18, 1865. (more…)

Marker Monday: Austin

Location Rural Nebraska 58, Rockville, Sherman County, Nebraska View this marker's location 41.202247, -98.91130 Marker Text Austin was named in honor of Simeon ...

Marker Monday: Oketo Cutoff

Location 6646-7498 Nebraska 112, Odell, Gage County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.045913, -96.81370 Marker Text From October 1862 until March 1863 ...

Marker Monday: Pershing Rifles

Location 813-857 N 14th St, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.821154, -96.70148 Marker Text General ...

Marker Monday: Harrop

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.  Today, we're focusing on the story of John Harrop, who tried ...

Marker Monday: McCook Army Air Base

Location Blue Star Memorial Hwy, McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.305189, -100.7012933 Marker Text McCook Army Air Base, activated ...

Will Winter Never End?

How bad does it have to be before a locomotive snowplow gets stuck? A crew near Chadron on the Chicago and North Western line resorted to hand shovels to dig out a ...

Dr. Charles Arnold’s Helmet

  With one look at this helmet, you know it has a story to tell.  Fortunately, it has a happy ending. This helmet belonged to Dr. Charles H. Arnold.  Arnold ...

Free Gardens for the Unemployed

These hard times aren’t the first hard times Nebraskans have faced. And it’s not the first time community gardens have helped people put food on the table. On March 4, ...

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History Nebraska was founded in 1878 as the Nebraska State Historical Society by citizens who recognized Nebraska was going through great changes and they sought to record the stories of both indigenous and immigrant peoples. It was designated a state institution and began receiving funds from the legislature in 1883. Legislation in 1994 changed History Nebraska from a state institution to a state agency. The division is headed by Interim Director and CEO Jill Dolberg. They are assisted by an administrative staff responsible for financial and personnel functions, museum store services, security, and facilities maintenance for History Nebraska.
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