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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 ...
Wilmot F. Crozier and Tractor Testing in Nebraska
The Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, established in 1920, is the officially designated tractor testing station for the United States. It all started with Wilmot F. ...
Finding a New Nickname for Nebraskans
The Pioneer Record (Verdon), the organ of the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers Association, in November 1894 included a brief article written by John A. MacMurphy on ...
The Founding of the Nebraska Hall of Fame
The current Nebraska Hall of Fame was established in 1961 to officially recognize prominent Nebraskans. The Hall of Fame Commission, with members appointed by the ...
Marker Monday: Cheyenne County
Marker Text
Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was ...
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