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Colonel John Miller Stotsenburg: Man of Valor
Some men live long and accomplish little. Others, cut down in their prime, accomplish much. Such a man was John Miller Stotsenburg.
He and General John Joseph ...
Rock Creek Ranch Fight: An Introduction
On July 12, 1861, at Rock Creek Ranch on the Oregon Trail, in what is now Jefferson County, Nebraska, occurred an affray in which three men were killed. The character in ...
Territorial Omaha as a Staging and Freighting Center
The area designated by Congress in 1854 as the Nebraska Territory was organized in part to clear the way for the eventual passage of a transcontinental railroad through ...
The Patronage Battle Between Bryan and Hitchcock
Soon after William Jennings Bryan 's arrival in Nebraska from Illinois in the fall of 1887, his attacks upon the purveyors of patronage and the pampered monopolies and ...
A Reflective View by George W. Norris
Defeated in the 1942 election for a sixth term in the United States Senate, George W. Norris, by the provisions of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution for which ...
Water, A Frontier Problem
The gradual decrease in average yearly rainfall from east to west in Nebraska was reflected in the difficulty of securing water for domestic use. The first settlers ...
The Making of a Senator: The Early Life of Hugh Butler
Senator Hugh Alfred Butler was one of Nebraska's most well-known, but least understood politicians. The voters of Nebraska who elected Butler to the United States Senate ...
Covington, Nebraska’s Sinful City
Most Nebraskans don't realize the town of Covington ever existed, much less that in the late 1800s it was considered one of the "three wickedest places in the ...
NH Spring Issue 19
These efforts crystallized in two initiatives. One was the Migrant Action Program, which assisted in the creation of the Nebraska Association of Farm Workers. The other ...
Marker Monday: Coffee Siding
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on an important shipping point for Nebraska's ...
Marker Monday: Hastings Chautauqua Pavilion
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on the largest Chautauqua Pavilion in Nebraska, ...
Marker Monday: Governor Frederick Valdemar Erastus Peterson
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on Nebraska's 27th governor, who presided over ...
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