Omaha University at the 1955 Tangerine Bowl
Here’s a trivia question sure to trip up most Husker football fans: Which was the first team from Nebraska to win a bowl game?
The obvious—but incorrect—answer is the ...
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Marker Monday: Custer County’s First Courthouse
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the private residence that eventually became Custer ...
Why John G. Neihardt was named Nebraska Poet Laureate in 1921
By David L. Bristow, Editor
On April 18, 1921, the Nebraska state legislature became the first* to name a state poet laureate, honoring forty-year-old ...
Marker Monday: Lost Airmen of World War II
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On August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Rock County Historical Society Museum
The Rock County Historical Society Museum in Bassett houses artifacts pertaining to the county’s culture and traditions.
The museum centers around the old Chicago ...
The Library and the Rock, June 17, 1892
In this cabinet card photo, University of Nebraska Chancellor James Canfield delivers a speech to the graduating Class of 1892. As a gift to the ...
Marker Monday: Discovery Oil Well – Marathon Oil Company
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's subject is the Discovery Oil Well, which marks the spot of ...
Marker Monday: Coffee Siding
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on an important shipping point for Nebraska's ...
Union Pacific World Premiere in Omaha, 1939
Various Hollywood movies have been filmed at least partly in Nebraska, with a smaller number holding their world premier event in the state. The first was ...
Paintings Conservator Melissa Gardner joins Ford Center
The Ford Center has welcomed a new Paintings Conservator with 20 years of experience in the field.
Melissa Gardner joined the conservation team in April and has ...
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