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Neligh Mill at 150
By David L. Bristow
April 10, 2024
Neligh Mill, in the northeast Nebraska town of Neligh, is a place where the past doesn’t feel all that long ago—as if the ...
1889 New Year’s Day Eclipse
New Year's Day in Omaha in 1889 was crisp but sunny. "The streets were thronged from 9 o'clock in the morning," said the Omaha Daily Bee on January 2. "The saloons were ...
Willa Cather’s Real-Life Ántonia on the Radio
By David L. Bristow
Ántonia Shimerda is perhaps Willa Cather’s most beloved fictional character, the namesake of her 1918 novel, My Ántonia.
Cather based Ántonia ...
Evelyn Sharp, Nebraska’s teen airmail pilot
Evelyn Sharp wasn’t Nebraska’s first female pilot, but is remembered for all she accomplished during her brief life.
Sharp’s father owned a café in Ord and rented ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Platte County Historical Society
History Nebraska isn’t the only organization preserving and sharing the stories of Nebraska's history. This post is our first “Nebraska History Spotlight,” in which ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska School for the Deaf
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the Nebraska School for the Deaf, established in ...
When Fort Robinson had walls, 1875
During his many years as curator at Fort Robinson, historian Tom Buecker used to say that visitors’ most-asked question was, “Where’s the fort?” People came expecting to ...
The Story of Omaha Police Fingerprint Expert Emily Byram
Trained by the Army during World War I, Emily Byram Ruffner became one of the first female fingerprint examiners in United States law enforcement.
As the United ...
Marker Monday: Cather Childhood Home
Marker Text
Built ca. 1876, this is the house in which Willa Cather lived from 1884 to 1890. She describes it in “Old Mrs. Harris,” in “The Best Years,” and in ...
Yutan Tornado – March 23, 1913
Most Nebraskans remember the devastating tornado outbreak of March 23, 1913, for the destruction it wrought in Omaha, but there were other communities devastated by the ...
The Destruction of Omaha’s Easter Sunday Tornado
While it was absolutely the worse off, Omaha was not the only Nebraska town to get hit by a tornado that day; a total of seven tornados touched down that day. We also ...
Marker Monday: Kearney Cotton Mill
Marker Text
In the late 1880’s, Kearney business leaders envisioned the city as a major manufacturing center. The Kearney Cotton Mill was among the many ...
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