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Marker Monday: Sandhill Cranes
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The Big Bend of the Platte River in central Nebraska is one of the most important staging areas for the spring migration of the world’s largest ...
G.I. Josephine
Editor's note, March 2025: "G.I. Josephine" Ruth Diamond Levinson's army jacket is currently displayed in the "Nebraska Unwrapped" exhibit at the Nebraska History ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Thayer County Historical Society and Museum
The Thayer County Historical Society and Museum (TCHS) began on June 14, 1970. “The purpose of TCHS is to: Collect, preserve, and display articles and information ...
Marker Monday: Alfred Maximilian Gruenther
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Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, four-star general in the U.S. Army, was born in Platte Center, Nebraska, on March 3, 1899, to Christian and Mary Shea ...
How ‘Equality Before the Law’ became our state motto
By David L. Bristow, Editor
In another post, we looked at Nebraska’s territorial seal. Here is the more familiar state seal, likewise shown on ...
Buffalo Bill in the Nebraska Legislature
Buffalo Bill at age thirty-five. (RG3004-12)
Many of William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody's exploits as a buffalo hunter, scout, and showman have been publicized ...
The Great Sheedy Murder Trial of 1891
It was Lincoln’s most sensational criminal trial of the nineteenth century. But as historian Timothy Mahoney argues, the Sheedy case was more than just a sordid tale of ...
City of Crete and Hebron named Nebraska Certified Local Governments
The Nebraska State Historical Society is pleased to announce that the National Park Service has designated the City of Crete and Hebron as Certified Local ...
An Archeologist’s Favorite Tool: LiDAR
By Nolan Johnson, NSHS Archeologist
LiDAR is one of my favorite tools as an archeologist. What is LiDAR you may ask? LiDAR stands for “Light Detection and Ranging” ...
Lincoln and Washington Counties Named for U.S. Presidents
Several other Nebraska localities were named for presidents Lincoln or Washington, the most prominent of which is the state’s capital city, the largest one in the U.S. ...
Send a Valentine to your Valentine from Valentine: History of the Cachet Program
When your name is easily used in puns and songs, the novelty wears off quickly. But instead settling for cheap laughs, one Nebraska town has turned a notable name into ...
Beaten and Battered: Conservation of a Field Drum, War of 1812
The Objects Lab at the Ford Conservation Center has completed treatment of a drum that was used by Moses Littlefield, drum-major of a Boston regiment during the War of ...
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