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Marker Monday: George W. Norris, 1861-1944
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George W. Norris, whose home is on Norris Avenue, McCook, Nebraska, served forty years in the Congress of the United States. Born in Ohio, he worked his way ...
Conservation of A Watercolor Mosaic
The Ford Conservation Center has been conserving a unique painting on paper by celebrated Nebraska artist Gale D. Jones.
Jones was born in Tilden, NE in 1956 and grew ...
A Drink for New Year’s Eve
Douglas County sheriffs after a raid on an illegal still around 1922. RG3348-10-11
New Year's Eve in the 1920s saw Nebraskans unable to legally include ...
Marker Monday: Grace Episcopal Church
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Built in 1884 on the corner of Second and Walnut, the Grace Protestant Episcopal Church was moved to its present location in 1891. The brick veneer was ...
J. Sterling Morton’s War on Christmas Trees
As you prepare to take down your tree after the holidays, here’s Nebraska Hall-of-Famer J. Sterling Morton with a cup of holiday cheer for you. Morton (1832-1902) is ...
Turkey from a Hog: Omaha’s First Christmases
To mark the approach of Christmas in 1889 the Omaha Bee published brief recollections by some of the city’s earliest settlers about their first observances of the ...
Marker Monday: Crystal Lake
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In 1893 the Crystal Ice Company dammed a portion of the Little Blue River 1 1/4 miles north of Ayr, creating "Crystal Lake" for harvesting and ...
Treasures from the Nebraska History Museum: Winter Items
As we enter another month of winter, here are some cold-weather-related items from the Nebraska History Museum collections, legacies of winters past:
This pair of ...
Cudahy Kidnapping
The kidnapping of sixteen-year-old Edward Cudahy Jr., son of the prominent Omaha meatpacker, was one of the most sensational crimes in Nebraska history. The boy was ...
Chief, The Last U.S. Cavalry Horse
The Library/Archives Division holds a small collection of papers and photos relating to “Chief,” the last U.S. Cavalry horse. Foaled in 1932, the U.S. Army purchased ...
The First Frisbee Competition? Lincoln, 1957
By Kylie Kinley, Editorial Assistant
The year 1957 had its problems. Americans feared nukes from space after the Soviet launch of Sputnik. Baseball fans ...
Check Your Bags? Scenes from the Ogallala Depot
Among the thousands of railroad photos in our collections is a series shot outside the Union Pacific Depot in Ogallala around 1900. The photos were apparently meant to ...
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