Near-beer and cone-topped cans: The Columbus (Nebraska) Brewing Company
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Founded in 1863, Columbus Brewing Company was one of Nebraska’s oldest breweries, and the last outside of Omaha when it ...
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Marker Monday: Ward Bond’s Boyhood Home
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the childhood home of Ward Bond, an actor who ...
How to make corn mush (1861)
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Many Nebraska pioneers remembered living on cornmeal when there was little else to eat. Most common and easily prepared was ...
Gabriel Field—The Face of a Soldier
By Patricia C. Gaster, Assistant Editor
This article first appeared in the January-February-March 2010 issue of Nebraska History News, published by the ...
Nebraska’s 1921 Alien Land Law targeted Japanese immigrants
In 1921 the state legislature passed a law barring noncitizens from owning rural land or leasing it longer than five years. Because Japanese immigrants ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska City
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Permanent settlement in this area dates from 1846, with the establishment of old Fort Kearny on Table Creek. Nebraska City, founded in 1854, became an ...
Highlights from Digital Curation
The Digital Curation department has been working hard in 2023 to make several new manuscript and photograph collections available online. Below are a few highlights from ...
Arbor Day Ceremonies Plant New Trees at Schools
Arbor Day originated in Nebraska in 1872 through the efforts of J. Sterling Morton and the State Board of Agriculture. The day became a legal holiday in ...
Journey to Freedom – Celia and Eliza Grayson’s escape from Nebraska slavery
Editor's note: Below is the first part of "Journey to Freedom from Nebraska Territory," from the Summer 2022 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. Read the complete ...
Arbor Day 1982
Here's a look back at 1982 when a man helps a group of children plant a tree in honor of Arbor Day. Arbor Day originated in Nebraska in 1872, when the State Board of ...
Marker Monday: The Neligh Mills
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The Neligh Mills, built from locally fired brick in 1873 by John D. Neligh, was the first business and industry in the then newly platted town. Later owners ...
Courthouse and Jail Rocks
By David L. Bristow, Editor
How were Courthouse and Jail Rocks formed?
Imagine the North Platte Valley filled to the brim with land, as it once was. ...
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