Marker Monday: Pershing Rifles
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General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces to Europe in World War I, was Professor of Military Science at the ...
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Thomas B. Johnson: A Nebraska Artist’s Collection
Thomas Berger Johnson was born in Omaha in 1890 to Swedish immigrant parents. Johnson’s introduction to art came early; his father, Hjalmar, was an artist and craftsman ...
Marker Monday: O.A. Abbott: Nebraska’s First Lieutenant Governor
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Othman Ali (O.A.) Abbott (1842-1935) was a Civil War veteran, pioneer lawyer, Nebraska statesman, and advocate for women's rights. From 1861 to 1865 he ...
The Dawes Act: Why most reservation land is not owned by Native Americans
Tribal lands were held in common before an 1887 law called the Dawes Severalty Act. The government wanted to assimilate Native Americans into US culture, and to do this ...
Marker Monday: The Ionia Volcano
Early settlers worried that the so-called Ionia volcano would destroy its namesake town. It nearly did, but with a flood rather than an ...
Bombs Away!
Many plant workers during World War II were female. On March 24, 1942, construction began on the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant near Grand Island. Bombs and cannon shells were produced there throughout World War II.
Flashback Friday: Omaha’s Bus Boycott of 1952-54
Years before the famous Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott of 1955-56, a group of Omahans led a bus boycott of their own. In this case, the target was the Omaha and ...
Dig Into Archeology Month!
It’s September again, which means we’re jumping into another Nebraska Archeology Month! The Nebraska State Historical Society’s (NSHS) State Archeology Office (SAO) team ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: The Plainsman Museum
The beginnings of the Plainsman Museum trace back to September 1, 1935 – the day the Hamilton County Historical Society was officially formed under the leadership of ...
Nebraska’s Civil War Flags
By David L. Bristow
Here are three flags belonging to the first soldiers to formally represent Nebraska in the U.S. Army.
Nebraska Territory had only ...
The Sharp Homestead Case Study, Part 1: Why do we do archeology?
Among the most common questions professional archeologists receive is an important one: Why do you do archeology? This isn’t typically asked in the manner of “What drew ...
Crazy Horse’s Sacred Bundle Buried In Minatare Nebraska
The medicine bundle of Oglala Lakota leader Crazy Horse is six feet deep somewhere in Minatare, Nebraska. A medicine bundle was a package that contained a man’s most ...
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