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Kicking Off the 2023 Nebraska Archeology Month
It’s hard to believe that we’re already back around to another Nebraska Archeology Month. As Nebraska’s State Archeologist, I have the great honor to kick off this ...
The Origins of the Husker Volleyball Team
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
The University of Nebraska women’s volleyball team is known for its large fan base and its five national championships. This ...
What Are Legitimate Features of the Fair?
Sideshows have become institutions at most fairs–it just wouldn’t seem like the fair without “the amazing two-headed calf.” More than 125 years ago, when Nebraska ...
Too educated to teach: Letters from a Nebraska educator in the 1890s
Graduating from high school jeopardized your chance to teach in rural schools in the 1800s.
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Brown County’s Sod High School
During the Depression years of the 1930s, Nebraskans were faced with a shortage of funds for school construction. Due to the lack of available wood in many areas of ...
What is deaccessioning?
What Happens When Items are Removed from the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Collections?
Removing items from a museum or historical organization’s ...
Norfolk’s WJAG and the Roots of Political Talk Radio
Does political talk radio go too far? And does a station have a responsibility to present opposing points of view? In 1946, Norfolk, Neb., radio station WJAG had its ...
Marker Monday: The Villasur Expedition, 1720
Marker Text
In June 1720, a Spanish military force led by Sir Pedro de Villasur left Santa Fe, New Mexico, to gather information on French activities near ...
Pershing for President
As a commander of US forces, Gen. John J. Pershing was to be a major contender for the 1920 Republican presidential nomination, but his Nebraska-based campaign failed ...
From Territory to Today: Nebraska Governor’s Records Digitization Project
From territory to statehood, agriculture to railroads, the early governors of Nebraska oversaw an explosive period of growth and change. Each of Nebraska’s early ...
Marker Monday: Massacre Canyon
Marker Text
The adjacent stone monument erected in 1930 was first placed about a mile south of this area. Originally on the highway overlooking the ...
Grace Crandall Richardson: Nebraska’s Persistent Suffragist
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
Scrapbooks often hold sentimental value, but for historians like Amy Helene Forss, they can serve as primary sources by ...
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