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Marker Monday: The Death of Marshal Suverkrubbe
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on this marker in Fort Calhoun commemorating the only ...
Marker Monday: Rushville
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Rushville, which began life two miles north as ...
Marker Monday: Swan City
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Swan City, the first town and county seat in ...
Marker Monday: Susan O. Hail Grave
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the story behind the unusually masterful ...
How to Cross the Platte River at Fort Kearny, 1866
How difficult was it to cross the Platte River without a bridge? This 1866 map gives you some idea. The river was notorious for its braided channel and patches of ...
Investigating a 1910 Scottsbluff Panorama
Here's a panoramic view of Scottsbluff from about 1910. It's too wide for this blog, so we've broken it into pieces below. (You can also see and zoom in on this ...
Nebraska’s Unique Contribution To The Entertainment World
The election of William F. Cody in August 1967, to the Nebraska Hall of Fame indicated a popular interest in the history of Western America and the people contributing ...
Was William Jennings Bryan a Good Newspaper Editor?
Did you know William Jennings Bryan was the editor of the Omaha World-Herald for two years? Or that he didn't do a lot of actual editing in that time?
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Creating the Fruited Plains
During the early years of Nebraska statehood, settlers along the Missouri River began to find life somewhat less burdensome. Road travel, although still rough, presented ...
Scurvy in 19th Century Nebraska
For most modern Americans, the word scurvy holds little weight. To nineteenth-century Americans, however, the word conjured vivid images of misery, suffering, and ...
Marker Monday: Cook
Marker Text
Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was ...
Marker Monday: Youst Cemetery
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on the Youst Cemetery near Hampton, the final ...
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