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Why John G. Neihardt was named Nebraska Poet Laureate in 1921
By David L. Bristow, Editor
On April 18, 1921, the Nebraska state legislature became the first* to name a state poet laureate, honoring forty-year-old ...
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 ...
Omaha University at the 1955 Tangerine Bowl
Here’s a trivia question sure to trip up most Husker football fans: Which was the first team from Nebraska to win a bowl game?
The obvious—but incorrect—answer is the ...
Marker Monday: Atlas D Missile Site A
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During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in October 1957. A perceived “missile ...
With Warm Love and Best Wishes: Repairing an 1886 Holiday Heirloom
During the Christmas season of 1886, a man from New York gave a scrapbook to his cousin in Connecticut. He’d filled the book with printed materials from the era, and in ...
Marker Monday: Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home
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Boys Town was founded as a home and school for homeless, abandoned, neglected or otherwise underprivileged boys, regardless of color or creed, by ...
Japanese Professional Baseball Began in Lincoln?
Japan has long had a passion for baseball. The game was first played there in 1871. It spread first among elite private schools and became the nation’s most popular ...
Marker Monday: The O.K. Store
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The first settlers of Hall County, Nebraska, nearly all of whom were German immigrants, arrived on July 5, 1857. They platted Grand Island City and ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Lincoln County Historical Museum
The Bicentennial year of 1976 marked the beginning of the Lincoln County Historical Museum. Planning for the museum began years earlier and culminated in a July 4th ...
Marker Monday: Prisoners of War in Dundy County
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In May 1944 German prisoners of war from Camp Atlanta, Nebraska, were sent to a side camp near here to help area farmers complete the 1943 corn ...
How a Nebraskan Helped Invent the Modern Livestock Industry
By David L. Bristow
Today we take for granted that the livestock business involves large feedlots, management based on nutritional science, and use of ...
Marker Monday: Pibel Lake Recreation Area
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Pibel Lake Recreation Area grew out of an 1897 irrigation claim for ...
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