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What Is It Wednesday REVEALED – August 3 – Cream skimmer

“What Is It Wednesday” Revealed – every Wednesday we post an unusual artifact from our collections and encourage viewers to guess the object. While this object is not on ...

What Is It Wednesday – August 3 – Metal disk with a slight curve

Welcome to “What Is It Wednesday”! We’ll post a photo of an unusual artifact from our collections every Wednesday morning. Post your guess in the comments, and share ...

Flashback Friday Encore: Selections from the Cora Baumann Collection

As mentioned in an earlier post, the Cora Baumann collection contains a wealth of information about Lemoyne and the surrounding area near what is now Lake McConaughy. Of ...

Marker Monday: Martin Brothers – Two brothers shot by single arrow

Location Near Exit 305, interchange visitor center south of I-80 on Road 40C, Hall County, Nebraska View this marker's location: 40.79653, -98.492595 Marker ...

What Is It Wednesday – July 27 – Skinny metal stick with a loopy deal

Welcome to “What Is It Wednesday”! We’ll post a photo of an unusual artifact from our collections every Wednesday morning. Post your guess in the comments, and share ...

What Is It Wednesday REVEALED – July 27 – Collar Hook

"What Is It Wednesday" Revealed - every Wednesday we post an unusual artifact from our collections and encourage viewers to guess the object. While this object is not on ...

Shelton Farm Girl Remembers the WWII North Platte Canteen

By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor (From the July-August-September 2016 issue of Nebraska History News)   April 1 of this year marked the seventieth ...

Flashback Friday Encore: Town of Lemoyne Sacrificed for Lake McConaughy, 1941

Lemoyne population sign, ca. 1938 [NSHS RG5995.AM, B22, V1]   This year marks 75 years since the the completion of Kingsley Dam and the creation of Lake ...

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