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Marker Monday: Discovery Oil Well – Marathon Oil Company
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's subject is the Discovery Oil Well, which marks the spot of ...
Marker Monday: Victor Colson Homestead
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Victor Colson's homestead in Oakland, Nebraska. ...
Marker Monday: Gibbon, 1871-1971
Location
2625 State Highway 10C Link, Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.706858, -98.84454
Marker Text
Gibbon, on the old Mormon ...
Throwback Thursday: Blue Springs High School Girls Basketball Team
Today's Throwback Thursday features a set of images depicting the 1924 Blue Springs High School girls basketball team.The six young women (and occasionally their coach) ...
Terms of Endearment and the Governor’s Hollywood “First Lady Friend”
The Oscars are coming up this Sunday, and while many people are looking ahead to see which of the year's films will be honored, we can't help but look back to the ...
Creighton Side Saddle – The Big Reveal
The treatment of the Creighton Side Saddle included many different types of materials, a variety of repair methods, and over 100 hours to complete! Some of the most ...
WWI, Omaha, and eBay
By Oliver B. Pollak
The war is 100 years past; all participants are dead. Thousands of stone memorials around the world honor the combatants. New-found ephemera ...
Something is Happening
What, you clicked here thinking we’re going to tell you what this is all about?
We will, but not yet. Soon.
What is Engineer Cantonment? And why is it so cool that we found it?
Back in 2003, NSHS archeologist Gayle Carlson quipped (in his usual deadpan way) that he could “die in peace, now that Engineer Cantonment has been found.”
He was ...
Downtown Style: Three New National Historic Districts
By David Calease
Three Nebraska downtowns are destined for the National Register of Historic Places. Grand Island, Kearney, and Neligh were all nominated for listing ...
Marker Monday: Wild Horse Spring
Location
Wild Horse Spring, Eckery, Perkins County, Nebraska
View this marker's location at 40.906586, -101.7283
Marker Text
Named for the beautiful, spirited ...
Mildred Brown and the De Porres Club: Collective Activism in Omaha
Precisely at 10 a.m. on June 20, 1952, a stylishly dressed middle-aged black woman named Mildred Brown urged the Omaha City Council to “do all in their power to see that ...
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