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Nebraska’s First Jewish Newspaper
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant (2021)
“Newspapers are said to be the first draft of history.”
A short-lived twentieth-century newspaper now provides ...
Christmas Postal Rush
"One great trouble with the Christmas business,” remarked the Nebraska State Journal of December 24, 1892, “is the habit formed by the great unthinking public of waiting ...
Marker Monday: Burlington Depot
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Built in 1897, the main section of Red Cloud’s Burlington Depot contained sleeping quarters on the second floor, and freight room, agent’s office, and ...
World War II Casualties
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
Of the millions of World War II deaths, 3,626 were Nebraska natives. Of those, 114 had ties to Buffalo County. ...
Flowers in the Attic
(Posted June 19, 2019)
The original wallpaper in the attic of Willa Cather's childhood home is an artifact with a rich historical and literary significance. Our ...
Reviving “Lucy” the Milliner’s Doll
A delicately detailed doll named “Lucy” has been in the History Nebraska collection since the mid-1900s. She originally belonged to a woman named Ida Epley Davis, who ...
Why Kearney, Nebraska, will become a second Minneapolis (1889)
Kearney was booming in 1889 when city boosters commissioned a promotional book entitled The City of Kearney, Nebraska. A copy of this boastful, lavishly illustrated book ...
Nebraska’s Five Capitols
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Our state capitol is one of the nation’s most recognizable, but did you know it’s the third capitol built on that spot, and the fifth to ...
Marker Monday: Mitchell & Ketchum Homesteads
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The most infamous Nebraska showdown between settlers and cattlemen began in 1878 on the Custer County homesteads of Luther Mitchell and Ami Ketchum, ...
The Blizzard of 1948-49
The Nebraska National Guard was called out, and volunteers worked to rescue trapped livestock, homes, and even whole communities. But the job was too big for Nebraska ...
Happy Accidents and Photographic Tricks: Double Exposure Images
If you have ever had to load film into a camera, then you may be familiar with double exposures. Double exposures sometimes happen if the film jams inside of the camera ...
Marker Monday: Ponca Trail of Tears – White Buffalo Girl
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight the important stories in our state's past.
Today, we're focusing on a sad story: the death of White Buffalo Girl ...
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