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Preliminary Operation Survival Plan
This Preliminary Operational Survival Plan names Columbus as the new capital of Nebraska in the event of Lincoln's destruction by a nuclear attack.
Source: Nebraska ...
Fallout Shelters are for Cows Too
In 1963 the Roberts Dairy Company of Omaha conducted a two-week survival test for thirty-five cows, one bull, and two unfortunate university students in a concrete ...
“Cesspool of Politics”
In 1859 Nebraska Territorial Secretary J. Sterling Morton asked the U.S. Treasury for money to build a privy at the capitol building in Omaha. Mother Nature was ...
Still-Tasty Bagel Makes Perilous Journey
Members of the Heinrich family of Sutton, Nebraska, are said to have brought these bagels with them on their ocean voyage from Germany to the United States in the 1870s. ...
Armadillo Basket
Decline in Armadillo Population Linked to Fashionable Basket Increase
Armadillo baskets became popular after the 1902 New York World's Fair, where they were first ...
Fascination, the Space Age Transportation Innovation
The Fascination, touted as a "Space Age Transportation Innovation" by its inventor, Paul M. Lewis, was produced by the Highway Aircraft Corporation of Sidney in 1974. ...
Stronger Than Steel
Frank J. Richtig of Clarkson, a blacksmith by trade, experimented with aluminum alloys until he came up with a knife that could easily cut through thick steel bars. ...
Pioneer Zephyr’s Giant Knife
Giant knife, used to cut cake celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the Pioneer Zephyr, Lincoln, 1944. (Source: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, ...
Carhenge
In the summer of 1987 Jim Reinders, with the help of family members, built a replica of Stonehenge just north of Alliance along Highway 87. Carhenge consists of ...
Andy, the Footless Goose
In the late 1980s a gosling was born in Harvard, Nebraska. Although this is a relatively common occurrence, this little hatchling was different, as he was born with ...
Hogzilla of Nebraska
Dazzler, a Poland China from Leigh, Nebraska, held the unofficial title of World's Largest Hog in 1928.
As a piglet, Dazzler ate normally but started to grow very ...
Nebraska Ship Sails on a Sea of Grass
"Wind ship wagon now used for traveling over the prairies - from a sketch by our correspondent," (Source: Leslie's, NSHS RG1576.PH2)
This illustration ...
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