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Ziegfeld Girls
Ziegfeld's Follies, stage spectaculars mounted by Broadway impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld from 1907 through 1931, featured prominent composers, elaborate costumes and ...
Flashback Friday: Army Laundresses
U.S. Army laundresses, often wives of senior enlisted men, were once given daily rations, quarters, fuel, bedding straw, and medical services. An article in Nebraska ...
Around the World on Wheels
In April of 1895 Mr. and Mrs. H. Darwin McIlrath pedaled west from Chicago, determined to circle the world on bicycles. During their journey, sponsored by the ...
Marker Monday: Ingham
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Ingham, a railroad town established in 1886 that ...
Marker Monday: The Ohiowa Auditorium
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past.
Today, we focus on the Ohiowa Auditorium. Constructed by the WPA during the ...
Marker Monday: William Henry Jackson, 1843-1942
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on William Henry Jackson, a photographer and explorer ...
Marker Monday: Historic Prospect Hill – Omaha’s Pioneer Cemetery
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Omaha's Prospect Hill Cemetery, which has a ...
Marker Monday: Webster
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we remember the community of Webster, Nebraska. Our marker ...
Marker Monday: Dodge County Poor Farm
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the Dodge County Poor Farm, which helped provide ...
Marker Monday: The Tobin Indian Raid
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's marker describes one instance of the conflicts that arose ...
Marker Monday: 1887 Barracks Row
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's subject is the Barracks Row at Fort Robinson, built during ...
Marker Monday: Harvard Jail
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments in our state's past. Today we look at a 130-year-old jail in Harvard, Nebraska that has been owned ...
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