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Introducing Deborah Uhl, Paintings Conservator
Whether it’s bringing community theaters back to life in small town Nebraska or saving opulent rooms in Washington, DC, Conservator Deborah Uhl has a ...
Winter Quarters GPR Survey
Early in September, State Archeology Office staff assisted the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Omaha with a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey of ...
The Girls of Company Z
An 1890s Omaha photo shows three young women dressed in what look like men’s military cadet uniforms. It was frowned upon for women to be dressed in such a manner, so ...
American Archives Month: 9 Types of Photographs
There are many different types of photographs. Knowing what type of photograph you have can help you determine how best to care for the artifact. You can also have a ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Burt County Museum
The Burt County Museum was established in 1967 in Tekamah, Neb. It was founded to collect, preserve and develop an appreciation of the history of Burt County and ...
Marker Monday: Republican Pawnee Village
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Near here was a large permanent village of the Republican band of the Pawnee tribe which may have been occupied as early as 1777. On September 25, ...
Archeology of the Sedentary Siouan Tribes in Nebraska
While Nebraska is known for its remarkable record of Pawnee archeology, the state also is home to an important archeological record of tribes known collectively as ...
Nebraskans Held Captive In North Korea
In January of 1968 the USS Pueblo, a navy vessel on an intelligence mission off the coast of North Korea, was attacked and captured by North Korean forces. One sailor ...
A Pleasant Surprise in Gosper County
Staff from the State Archeology Office (SAO), a program of the Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS), were in Gosper County the week of April 29 for an archeological ...
Unexpected Discovery in Western Nebraska
On a recent project in western Nebraska, archeologists from the Nebraska State Historical Society’s (NSHS) State Archeology Office (SAO) made an unexpected discovery. ...
When a dragon boat came to Nebraska
Venting steam from its nostrils, the serpent-headed white boat moved mysteriously up the Missouri River without sails or oarsmen.
The boat’s source of power may have ...
When Nebraskans ruled the country albums chart for three straight months
In 1976, the "Outlaw" country movement was in full swing and truck drivers were revered as folk heroes.
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