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Recent Archeological Work at Ft. Atkinson
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) and History Nebraska (HN) have long cooperated to interpret and preserve the historical archeological remains of Fort ...
Willie Nelson FarmAid Concert
Despite the rain, Willie Nelson's 1987 Farm Aid concert at Memorial Stadium drew 69,000 people and raised $1.7 million for farmers during the 1980s farm crisis.
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Before Memorial Stadium
This article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. Household-plus members of History Nebraska receive four issues per year. Learn more.
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Technology in Archeology
Archeologists have at their disposal a wide array of technology that can help us identify and analyze sites. Geophysical survey is one way to investigate archeological ...
Football is a Crime
The Anti-Football Bill:
In the Legislature of 1897, J. N. Gaffin, a farmer from Saunders County, introduced a bill to make football illegal. A violation would bring a ...
Storage Recommendations for Family Archives
At the Ford Conservation Center, we often work with documents and paper memorabilia that have been in clients’ families for years. Heirlooms like old letters, ...
A Happy Surprise at Chadron State Park
The Chadron State Park site (25DW1) is situated on a nearly level butte within the Chadron State Park grounds, overlooking the gently-flowing Chadron ...
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 ...
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