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Housing Problems in 1850s Nebraska
It's never easy to find good housing, but for newcomers to Nebraska in the 1850s it was especially difficult.
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Tragedy at the 1931 Omaha Air Races
Aviator Charles Holman was the star of Omaha's first air races in 1931, but his final race ended with a grisly crash.
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Halley’s Comet lights up Nebraska in 1910
The appearance of Halley's comet in Nebraska skies during the spring of 1910 generated a lot of excitement, but it was especially popular in Omaha.
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Nebraska to Alaska: Klondike Gold Rush of 1896
When gold was discovered in the Klondike, many Nebraskans joined in the mass journey to the gold fields. Even a pair of Omaha World-Herald reporters!
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Dr. Keeley’s Gold Cure for the Liquor Habit
The preeminent anti-addiction specialist of the late-nineteenth century was Dr. Leslie Keeley, who promised to cure addicts with injections of "gold bichloride." It ...
Throwback Thursday, History Nebraska Archeology Lab 1935
A glimpse into History Nebraska's own past! This photo shows three men working in our Archeology Lab in 1935.
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Replacing Old Dobbin With a Delivery Truck
The advent of cars radically changed personal and professional transportation for Nebraskans. The 1911 Nebraska State Journal cheered this revolution with an article ...
Griswold’s Description of Corbett vs. Mitchell
Samuel Griswold, the early 20th-century World-Herald sports editor, was well known for his fiery boxing reporting.
He once described a match between James Corbett and ...
Omaha, A Stop on the Great Race of 1908
The Thomas car that won the 1908 New York to Paris Race, on display in the National Automobile Museum in Reno, Nevada.
On March 5, 1908, a Thomas automobile, the ...
Early Nebraska Roads: Costly but Necessary
The introduction of cars to Nebraska brought with it the need for decent (and costly) roads. Rural areas often had trouble with roads, but who was to blame varied from ...
The Nebraska Fur Trade
During the seventeenth century, Native Americans in Nebraska were starting to trade for European goods, such as glass beads and metal items. One of the first trading ...
Quality 19th Century Entertainment At The Lincoln’s Funke Opera House
In its heyday, the Funke Opera House was a popular Lincoln destination. It even had the distinction of being the venue for the city's very first screened movies.
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