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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 ...
School Safety Patrol
With the rise of automobiles in the 1920s, school safety patrols grew out of concerns for the well-being of students as they walked to school.
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The New Negro Movement in Lincoln, Nebraska
The New Negro Movement (NNM)—a term used here as opposed to the commonly used “Harlem Renaissance”—occurred not just in Harlem, and not just in large metropolitan areas. ...
“A Double Mixture”: Equality and Economy in the Integration of Nebraska Schools, 1858-1883
Most Americans associate the history of school segregation with Southern and urban communities, a physical distance that may create a sense of separation for some ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Fort Niobrara K Troop Kitchen
Today’s Throwback Thursday photograph features an exciting new addition recently donated to the NSHS Photograph Archives. Taken in about 1903, Private Zriny, Private ...
Nebraska’s On-Again Off-Again Relationship with the Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the US Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights for all citizens regardless of the persons’ sex. In ...
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