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The Nebraska Highway Archaeology Program in Action
These layers of sand in the side of the excavation are evidence of an active floodplain and were likely deposited during individual flood episodes. It was not ...
Crime Along the Overland Trail
Lawlessness along the Overland Trail to Oregon and California, according to Merrill Mattes, author of The Great Platte River Road, was relatively low. There were no ...
Marker Monday: Wayne State College
Location
1111 Main St, Wayne State College, Wayne County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 42.240700, -97.01476
Marker Text
The Nebraska Normal College was ...
Nebraska’s First Governor’s Mansion
Nebraska has had two official gubernatorial mansions, the first purchased in 1899, the second built in 1956. The first building was a two-and-one-half story, ...
Marker Monday: Post Headquarters, 1905
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the story of a building we know very well. ...
Special Issue of Nebraska History Investigates Engineer Cantonment
How do you find a historic site that’s been lost for nearly 200 years? Until 2003 no one knew if the 1819-20 winter quarters of the Stephen Long Expedition still ...
New exhibit opens Friday! “What We Carried: Lincoln”
Fareda Kader brought this photo of her parents when she fled Iraq. It is part of What We Carried: Lincoln, an exhibit that opens Friday, January 26, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., ...
Creighton Side Saddle – Continued
When we last left the Creighton side saddle, it was in a sorry state. It had been brought to the Ford Conservation Center for treatment in hopes that it could be ...
Ada C. Bittenbender and the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association
Ada Cole Bittenbender, a leader in the woman suffrage and temperance movements, was also one of Nebraska's first woman lawyers and only the third woman admitted to ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, John A. Anderson Collection
Today’s #ThrowbackThursday features the photographs of Nebraska photographer John A. Anderson, including this portrait of Mato He Oklogeca (also known as Chief Hollow ...
Runaway Train in Lincoln
In the early morning of July 21, 1911, Missouri Pacific engine number 2364 crashed into the Northwestern depot in Lincoln, Nebraska. The crash tore away a portion of the ...
Ft. Atkinson Breaks Sod in Preparation for Upcoming Farming Demonstrations
On Dec 6, 2017, a plow sliced through the sod at Ft. Atkinson State Historical Park (SHP) for the first time in 55 years. Ft. Atkinson was the first military post west ...
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