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Strange, but True?
These articles were featured in newpapers across Nebraska. Are they true? You be the judge.
"Drunken Baboon Plays Nick. Attacks Actors and Stage Hands and ...
Sonja Henie’s Cold, Cold Heart
In 1941 ice skater and movie star Sonja Henie performed in Omaha. Her agent asked Nebraskan Barney Oldfield to help publicize the show. Oldfield decided to ...
Silly Structures or Artful Architecture?
Can you tell what this building is supposed to be?
A strange alien, a bizarre monster? It is a restaurant shaped like a mug (or at least it's supposed to look that ...
Behemoth Baby of Beaver City
Mary Chambers of Beaver City, said to be the world's largest baby, weighed a hundred pounds when she was two years old.
Mary's remarkable proportions (as well as the ...
Nebraska’s Perfectly Peculiar People
Each state has its share of wonderfully wacky, unique, and downright fabulous people. Here are a few of ours.
Miles Maryott
Miles Maryott, born in Burt County ...
Wildcat Notes
The first Nebraska banks were created by the territorial legislature in 1855.
They were authorized to issue bank notes as money without any underlying assets. These ...
Politics Makes for Strange Campaign Memorabilia
As the saying goes, politics makes for strange bedfellows. Although in the case of these items developed for Nebraska political candidates, it might be more accurate to ...
It’s All in Your Head
Phrenology bust and chart belonging to Frederick Blaine Humphrey of Lincoln. Phrenology was a popular nineteenth-century pseudoscience that claimed a person's ...
Shocking Medical Breakthroughs
From the snake oil salesmen of the past to the infomercial pitchmen of today, the public has been bombarded with devices, diets, and medicines promising relief from ...
But He Looks So Natural!
Source: Nebraska State Historical Society Public Records
John O'Connor died on August 17, 1913, in Hastings, leaving no known heirs or will and a $100,000 fortune. ...
Chadron’s Petrified Man
In 1893 John G. Maher concocted a hoax inspired by fossil discoveries. Maher commissioned a detailed concrete cast of a man, then buried it north of Chadron. It was ...
Monsters Make Big Splash in Small Lake
Walgren Lake (formerly Alkali Lake) near Hay Springs, Nebraska has long been the purported home of an elusive "sea monster." Descriptions range from a "roaring, ...
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