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Conservation Tools: Humidification and Suction Table
Conservators use a lot of different tools and equipment when treating objects and artwork in the lab. This blog post from us at the Ford Conservation Center will be ...
Marker Monday: St Johns Lutheran Church
Marker Text
German Lutheran families began settling in the rich valley of the North Fork of the Elkhorn River in 1869, near what became the city of Pierce. These ...
2017 Lake McConaughy Archeology Survey
In 2017 archeologists from History Nebraska surveyed a section of land near Ogallala at the request of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The landscape was rugged ...
Fort Atkinson Council House
Some of the structures at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park have been reconstructed very accurately from data gathered by archeologists from History Nebraska. Three of ...
Archeology in the Ash Hollow Locality
By Rob Bozell, (former) Nebraska State Archeologist
Ash Hollow State Historical Park is not only one of the most picturesque of Nebraska’s public parks but it and ...
Missteps by an Episcopal Priest that Led to Segregation
Rev. Robert Oliver wanted to help Nebraska City's Black population, but his efforts resulted in the segregation of the local schools.
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Rock Creek Station
Rock Creek Station is the name for two stations or road ranches on either side of a ford of Rock Creek on the Oregon-California Trail in extreme southern Jefferson ...
Bugles at Fort Robinson
Why the fort would need to have so many at any given time remains a mystery.
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Nebraska’s 1876 Centennial Exhibition Photos
Nebraska contributed an exhibit to the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, but for decades had no photos documenting the exhibit. After a string of findings, an image ...
Fort Atkinson Two Bits and Two Insignias
Fort Atkinson was the first U.S. Military post west of the Missouri River.
Making change at Fort Atkinson, Nebraska was a lot harder in the 1820s than it is today. ...
Abbott Ranch, Dana College, and Morgan Fricke House Added to National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the nation’s inventory of properties deemed worthy of preservation. It is part of a national program to coordinate and ...
Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park
Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park is located in the North Loup Valley near the town of Elyria. The fort was a frontier military post from 1874 to 1881, and was built ...
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