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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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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
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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 ...
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