“Wild Bill” Hickok in Nebraska
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-1876), ca. 1869. (RG2603.PH0-000006)
Before the Civil War, James Butler Hickok was a driver for Russell, Majors, & ...
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History in Glass Plate Negatives
Today you can easily snap a photo with your cell phone or digital camera. But capturing a photograph was a complex and time-consuming process in the early days of ...
Marker Monday: The Armour and Company Icehouse
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The Armour and Company Icehouse was built in 1897-98 northwest of Memphis, Nebraska. It was one of the largest ...
Flashback Friday: NAACP Youth Council’s Peaceful Swimming Pool Protest Deemed “hysteria” in 1963 Omaha
A number of people at the Peony Park pool in Omaha in 1930. The pool was not de-segregated until 1963.
Simone Manuel made history at the 2016 Summer ...
History Nebraska Receives Highest National Recognition
History Nebraska has achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums. Accreditation signifies ...
Flashback Friday: The Best-Dressed Doll in the World: Nebraska’s Own Terri Lee
World War II had been over little more than a year when the Terri Lee doll entered the toy market in time for Christmas 1946. Invented and manufactured in Nebraska, the ...
Jenner’s Park Once a Popular Summer Attraction
From about 1900 to the early 1940s Jenner’s Zoological, Educational and Amusement Park in Loup City was a place for central Nebraska to gather, play, and ...
Day in the Life of Digital Curation
Ever wonder how History Nebraska’s collection materials end up online? That would be the work of the Digital Curation Department! Hi, my name is Kayla, and I am a ...
Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Robinson, Nebraska
In the racially segregated military that followed the Civil War, one of the first Cavalry regiments for black soldiers was headquartered in Nebraska for more than a ...
Grace Crandall Richardson: Nebraska’s Persistent Suffragist
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
Scrapbooks often hold sentimental value, but for historians like Amy Helene Forss, they can serve as primary sources by ...
Marker Monday: Massacre Canyon
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The adjacent stone monument erected in 1930 was first placed about a mile south of this area. Originally on the highway overlooking the ...
From Territory to Today: Nebraska Governor’s Records Digitization Project
From territory to statehood, agriculture to railroads, the early governors of Nebraska oversaw an explosive period of growth and change. Each of Nebraska’s early ...
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