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Nebraska Statehood Launched in Troubled Times
On March 1, 1867, President Andrew Johnson reluctantly signed the proclamation declaring Nebraska’s statehood. The signing ended the life of a territory which ...
Racial Politics at UNO
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
African American students fought to seize their “educational destiny” in the 1960s, but history has been slow to acknowledge ...
Sugar beet farming, circa 1940
Nebraska is known for corn and cattle, but sugar beets have long been a major crop in the North Platte Valley. Here are scenes from the farm of brothers Glenn and ...
Malcolm X in Omaha, 1964
By David L. Bristow, Editor
The Omaha World-Herald reporter seemed surprised that Malcolm X smiled so much. The famous activist was not “the surly, ...
May Day a Snow Day in 1911
Many Nebraskans, after enjoying spring weather only a few days earlier, spent May 1 of 1911 wading through snow and shoveling the white stuff off their ...
Why are the curbs so high?
This 1902 Kearney photo shows a growing city that is no longer a frontier town. Some of the old false-front wooden buildings remain, but we also see a substantial ...
“Because I Was a Woman”: Ruth Bryan Owen and Her American Citizenship
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
In the early 20th century, women’s citizenship depended on their spouse’s status. Many women lost their US citizenship by ...
America Birth Certificate
Everyone dreams of finding buried treasure. But imagine going to your local flea market and finding a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence. That’s just what ...
Julius Meyer Indian Wigwam, 1878
A Jewish immigrant from Prussia, Julius Meyer followed his brothers to Omaha in the 1860s and made contact with various Indigenous nations in the region. Meyer said he ...
The Church Built Top to Bottom – St. Mary Magdalene Church in Omaha
Omaha’s St. Mary Magdalene Church has the distinction of being built in reverse order. It's upper level was completed in 1903, its lower level in 1920. How is this possible?
FDR at the Martin Bomber Plant
World War II raged in both theaters as President Franklin Roosevelt set out on a seventeen-city tour. The Omaha World-Herald reported on April 30, 1943, that the ...
Friday the Thirteenth Superstitions
"At first glance, Friday the thirteenth, seemed much like any other day," said the Kearney Daily Hub on Friday, January 13, 1922, "and had it not been ...
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