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Marker Monday Capitol Hill
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This site on Capitol Hill was for a decade the location of Nebraska’s second territorial capitol. The building was erected here in 1857 and 1858 and ...
How a Lexington meatpacking plant changed Nebraska
Historians will mark the opening of the Lexington IBP plant on November 8, 1990, as a major event in Nebraska history.
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Blizzard of 1949
Blizzard, 1949. Francis Bateman, Box 142, Gordon, NE. Railroad tracks with snowdrifts towering above it to either side.
Custer County. Blizzard, 1949. A dog by ...
Fort Kearny as ‘a Sort of One-Horse Affair’
Fort Kearny was an important stop along the Platte River Road, the route shared by the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails. Some did not think it looked like a fort at ...
Patzel’s “Poo-ey” Piques Pigs’ Passion
When his last dynamic “Poo-ey” died away at the Omaha Auditorium on the night of September 11, 1926, Fred Patzel had won the title of World’s Champion Hog Caller.
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Conservation Tools – Fume Extraction
Conservators use a lot of different tools and equipment when treating objects and artwork in the lab. This quarter’s blog posts from the Ford Center have been about ...
Marker Monday: St Wenceslaus Catholic Cemetery Warsaw
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The cemetery was established in 1876, one year after the first settlers of the Czech club “Slovania” arrived in the Warsaw vicinity. The plot was donated ...
Silver Spoon Collections
Collecting souvenir spoons became a popular hobby for Americans in the late 1800s when this European fad swept the nation. Wealthy Americans visiting Europe brought home ...
Conservation Tools – Heat and Suction Table
Conservators use a lot of different tools and equipment when treating objects and artwork in the lab. This quarter’s blog posts from the Ford Center will be about ...
The Ndee in Nebraska
When people think of Indigenous Nebraska, the Apache (or Ndee as they prefer) is not a tribe that comes to mind. In fact, however, the ancestors of the Ndee lived across ...
Collaboration Among History Nebraska, Pawnee Nation, NDOT
Nebraska archeology is renowned for its collection of artifacts and other information related to the Pawnee Tribe. The Pawnee lived over a wide expanse of what is now ...
The Great Depression in Dawes County
For several years bank crises, national economic depression, and environmental calamity descended on Dawes County.
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