Frederick Douglass’s Nebraska Sister
Frederick Douglass is remembered for his escape from slavery and for his speeches and autobiographies through which he advocated passionately for freedom and civil ...
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Marker Monday: University of Nebraska at Kearney
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In 1903 the legislature appropriated $50,000 to establish a state normal school in central or western Nebraska. After 111 ballots, the State Board of ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Perkins County Museum
Operated by the Perkins County Historical Society, the Perkins County Museum in Grant includes three buildings, known simply as the House, Country School, and Exhibit ...
Buffalo Soldiers Photographs
Black soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth U.S. Cavalry (called "buffalo soldiers" by the Plains American Indians) garrisoned Fort Robinson for eighteen years and played an ...
How they celebrated the Fourth of July in Bellevue when Nebraska was a new territory (1854)
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Nebraska was a newly-organized US territory in 1854. Not yet whittled down to its present boundaries, “Nebraska” was a ...
The Silver Bugs of 1896
The presidential campaign of 1896 was one of the most impassioned in US history. Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan, age 36, was revered as a godly hero and ...
The Woman on the White Horse
Eighteen-year-old Peggy Johnson had already known tragedy in her young life, but on horseback she felt free. Here is the personal story behind an iconic 1953 photo.
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Marker Monday: Atlas D Missile Site A
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During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in October 1957. A perceived “missile ...
How pioneer trails shaped Omaha streets
Everything has a historical context, even the roads you drive on. Omaha's Military Avenue has a history that stretches back to the 1847 Mormon road to Utah.
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Making Rain
Modern attempts at rainmaking, such as cloud seeding, may be more scientific and effective but are less flamboyant than former methods used by professional ...
Cleaning Amelia Earhart’s Sporting License
The Conservators at the Ford Center work their magic on a piece of history from the Harry Truman Library: A sporting license given to Amelia Earhart in 1928.
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It’s Too Hot to Sleep Inside!
During the Great Depression Nebraskans became accustomed to living under trying conditions. People had to cope not only with hard economic times ...
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