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Nebraskan Perspectives on Slavery After The Civil War
(The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.)
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
At the brink of the ...
Made in Nebraska: Vineyards
(Published April 1, 2003)
A recent boom in Nebraska vineyards harkens back to an earlier time when grape vines were plentiful. In 1879 there were 84,000 vines ...
New Washington in Nebraska
Moses H. Sydenham (1835-1907) had a long and eventful life as a freighter, newspaperman, postmaster and storekeeper at Fort Kearny, and settler in the Platte valley. In ...
Marker Monday: Lincoln’s Founding Block
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The Territorial Legislature at Omaha drew the boundaries of Lancaster County in 1855. Settlers first arrived in 1856 and a county government was ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Kearney Cotton Mill
Take a peek inside the Kearney Cotton Mill in today’s Throwback Thursday Photograph. Construction on the Mill started in 1890 by the Cumnock brothers (A. G., John, J. ...
Marker Monday: Custer County’s First Courthouse
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the private residence that eventually became Custer ...
Malcolm X Selected to Nebraska Hall of Fame
September 12, 2022
The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission today selected Malcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X and El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, as the next member of the ...
Marker Monday: Czech Capital
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Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs. They left a land which ...
Marker Monday: Chalk Mine
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we focus on a site near Scotia, Nebraska once called Happy ...
The Abbotts Play Host to Susan B. Anthony
Nebraska lawyer Othman Abbott and his wife, early settlers in Grand Island, shared an interest in women's rights. In his Recollections of a Pioneer Lawyer, published by ...
Actor Robert Taylor testifies before House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1947
Born in Filley, Nebraska, Robert Taylor became one of Hollywood's biggest stars. In 1947 he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about purposed ...
Genoa Indian Industrial School and Federal Indian Boarding School Program Selected Resources
Selected resources for more information about the Genoa Indian Industrial School, Federal Indian Boarding School program, and boarding school experience:
Genoa ...
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