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Homestead Bell
In the early 1900s, this bell was used on a homestead in Otoe County to call farmhands to meals. In the 1920s, it was used by WJAG radio announcer, and future ...
Indianola Herb tablets
NSHS 8073-123-(1), Source: Dr. Richard Tanner (heirs)
This is an envelope (above) that was used to hold Indianola herb tablets, concocted by Richard "Diamond ...
A Seat of Honor
The oak chair that had been sitting so long in our vault had been used in the House Chamber of the second Nebraska State Capitol. The first State Capitol was built in ...
Timeline Tuesday: U.S. Weather Bureau in 1890s Nebraska
The U.S. Weather Bureau was established by an act of Congress on October 1, 1890. It took over the weather service that had been established in the office of the Chief ...
Marker Monday: Shinn’s Ferry
Location
1290-1292 Road 41, Bellwood, Butler County, Nebraska
Marker Text
Moses Shinn and his son Dick began operating Shinn's Ferry across the Platte in ...
Flashback Friday: The Shoulders of Atlas: Rural Communities and Nuclear Missile Base Construction in Nebraska, 1958-1962 – Nick Batter
On a Friday afternoon in October 1958, more than a thousand people gathered in Mead, Nebraska, for the opening of the Farmer's Union Co-op Grain Elevator. Flyers ...
Timeline Tuesday: A Blustery Thanksgiving in Valentine
President Grover Cleveland in a proclamation issued November 4, 1896, set aside November 26 "to be kept and observed as a day of thanksgiving and prayer throughout our ...
“Big, Ugly Red Brick Buildings”: The Fight to Save Jobbers Canyon – Daniel D. Spegel
"The use of warehouses will offend some citizens. They will ask how a warehouse can be beautiful, for only state capitols or things that had an aesthetic intent can be ...
Timeline Tuesday: Plenty of Work
Job hunters in Omaha during the booming 1880s had an easier time than those seeking work today. A reporter for the Omaha Daily Bee in the fall of 1888 "made the rounds ...
Too Much Beef, a complaint about football
The football schedules of early Nebraska teams sometimes matched or mismatched-high school and college teams and paired both with teams organized by other groups such ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Balloon Ascension 1910
Up, up, and away with today’s Throwback Thursday photograph. On September 1910, the city of Polk held a three day celebration for the fourth anniversary of their town ...
Recent Awards and Honors
It's been a busy autumn! In recent weeks the NSHS has recognized the generosity of a major donor, honored history makers at our annual banquet, and received a Nebraska ...
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