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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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Patrick Egan and Nebraska’s Center For Irish Home Rule
Patrick Egan's political career spanned both sides of the Atlantic and included a stint in Lincoln, during which time he helped make the capital a center for Irish Home ...
Terence Duren, Shelby’s Famous Artist
Terence Duren's journey to becoming one of Nebraska's leading artists began at age 6 during a battle with polio.
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Dr. Rustin’s Mysterious Death
The strange death of prominent Omaha physician and surgeon Frederick Rustin in September of 1908 ushered in a series of widely publicized events culminating in ...
Dawson County’s True Namesake
For a while, people assumed Dawson county was named after the first postmaster of Lincoln. As it turns out, the true namesake never even stepped foot in Nebraska.
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One Thousand Miles from Home on the Wild Prairie
Like many men in 1849, Charles Darwin (not that one) was struck with gold fever and headed to the California gold fields. And, like many men in 1849, he failed. But his ...
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