Pershing the Martinet
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Was Gen. John J. Pershing a ruthless martinet or a man whose dignified military bearing inspired respect and even adoration? Opinions ...
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How Nebraska author Bess Streeter Aldrich rescued her local bank during the Great Depression
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was the bestselling author of books such as The Rim of the Prairie and A Lantern in Her ...
How Nebraska’s Bess Streeter Aldrich became a bestselling author
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Bess Streeter Aldrich became a bestselling author with novels such as A Lantern in Her Hand (1928), Spring Came on Forever (1935), and ...
Dust and Snow
During the 1930s, Nebraska suffered one of the most serious droughts in its history. In all parts of the state, rainfall was far below normal. The dry powdered soil ...
The Irish in Lincoln
St. Patrick’s Day is a good time to remember the role the Irish played in the history of Nebraska, particularly in the history of Lincoln. Well before 1890 the ...
Maj. Helen Sagl, a Nebraskan in World War II
The Nebraska History Museum’s collection includes thousands of objects from World War II. Among them are uniforms worn by Helen Sagl while serving in the WAAC/WAC. ...
Vanderzee Prayer Book
Earlier this year, the Ford Conservation Center took on a project to conserve an interesting piece of the History Nebraska collection. The item was unique in its own ...
Marker Monday: Rebecca Winters
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Rebecca Winters, daughter of Gideon Burdick, a drummer boy in Washington’s army, was born in New York State in 1802. She was a pioneer in the Church of the ...
Niobrara: A Town Too Tough to Stay Put
Niobrara had a big problem with flooding early in its history, so its residents did the only sensible thing. They moved the town. The whole town.
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For career woman in 1930, “home’s still home”
"I honestly believe there is no sound reason why women should not be in business," Miss Loretta Larsen told the Omaha Bee-News in 1930. Larsen appeared in ...
“Wine” poisoning kills five in Lyons, 1930
Five young men, ages 17 to 22, died in Lyons after drinking what they thought was wine. A report in the Omaha Bee-News (Feb. 23, 1930) explained that the jug actually ...
What was this 100-pound steamboat anchor doing in a central Nebraska field?
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Gloria Liljestrand-Barber found this four-foot-high, 100-pound anchor in 1985. It was mostly buried in a hayfield on her ...
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