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Nebraska’s 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic (Pandemic)
In this picture, a group of men wearing protective masks in front of the Fred J. Stain Furniture and Undertaking Store in Shelby, Nebraska on December 8, ...
“Look! Up in the Air. . .!
Ghostly Airships of the 1890s
Long before airships (dirigibles) were flying successfully, people were seeing ships flying through the air. In November 1896 ...
NSHS Returns Ponca Remains
The NSHS recently returned its last ancestral Ponca remains to the tribe for reburial. The objects include skeletal remains and funerary objects mostly from the 1700s ...
Is the NSHS Even Older Than We Thought?
Recently a sharp-eyed researcher discovered something about the Nebraska State Historical Society that escaped everyone here for nearly 150 years. It reveals Nebraska ...
Why Architect Thomas R. Kimball Belongs in the Nebraska Hall of Fame
Despite his high regard among architects and fans of historic buildings, Thomas Rogers Kimball (1862-1934) isn’t exactly a household name. His recent election to the ...
Cornhuskers in Demand
Cornhusking was once an annual autumn activity on many Nebraska farms. Before the advent of the mechanical corn picker, the corn crop was harvested by hand and "shucked" ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Thanksgiving at Hattie B. Monroe House
Today's Throwback Thursday photograph captured the sweet excitement on the children’s faces as they help prepare the Thanksgiving turkey. Omaha photographer Nathaniel ...
Flashback Friday: Will Pigs Help Win World War I??
After the United States entered World War I in April of 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Herbert Hoover head of the U.S. Food Administration. Hoover believed ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Doughboy’s Goodbye
A long kiss goodbye. Today’s Throwback Thursday photograph captures an American doughboy saying goodbye to his girl in Lincoln, Nebraska on September 5, ...
A Story Shared
Even in larger cities like Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska always feels like a small town where everyone knows everyone else. And the mission statement of the Nebraska ...
Flashback Friday: The 1968 Nebraska Republican Primary
Most political headlines in late 1967 and early 1968 centered on the Democrats: Senator Eugene McCarthy’s surprise showing in the New Hampshire primary, President Lyndon ...
Marker Monday: The Nebraska State Grange
Location
Rural Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 41.437329, -99.71526
Marker Text
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was ...
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