Marker Monday: Sandhill Cranes
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The Big Bend of the Platte River in central Nebraska is one of the most important staging areas for the spring migration of the world’s largest ...
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Why John G. Neihardt was named Nebraska Poet Laureate in 1921
By David L. Bristow, Editor
On April 18, 1921, the Nebraska state legislature became the first* to name a state poet laureate, honoring forty-year-old ...
Angel DeCora Portrait – Ford Conservation Center
One of the most important Native American artists of the early 20th century was born in Nebraska. Angel DeCora was born on May 3, 1871, on the Winnebago ...
Heritage Hero 2021 Recipients
The Heritage Hero Award was created by the History Nebraska Board of Trustees to recognize and thank local volunteers of history organizations around the state ...
Becoming Arbor Lodge
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park in Nebraska City features a small house that became a 52-room mansion. It belonged to Arbor ...
Genoa Indian Industrial School and Federal Indian Boarding School Program Selected Resources
Selected resources for more information about the Genoa Indian Industrial School, Federal Indian Boarding School program, and boarding school experience:
Genoa ...
How ‘Equality Before the Law’ became our state motto
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Did you know that we got our state motto due to a post-Civil War controversy over Black voting rights?
In another post, we looked ...
Actor Robert Taylor testifies before House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1947
Born in Filley, Nebraska, Robert Taylor became one of Hollywood's biggest stars. In 1947 he testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about purposed ...
The Abbotts Play Host to Susan B. Anthony
Nebraska lawyer Othman Abbott and his wife, early settlers in Grand Island, shared an interest in women's rights. In his Recollections of a Pioneer Lawyer, published by ...
Marker Monday: Chalk Mine
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we focus on a site near Scotia, Nebraska once called Happy ...
Marker Monday: Inventor of Center-Pivot Irrigation Machine
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Born in 1894, Frank Zybach grew up in Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska. He began inventing at age 13. In 1948, he developed a prototype of a ...
Marker Monday: Czech Capital
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Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs. They left a land which ...
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