Japanese Professional Baseball Began in Lincoln?
Japan has long had a passion for baseball. The game was first played there in 1871. It spread first among elite private schools and became the nation’s most popular ...
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Marker Monday: Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home
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Boys Town was founded as a home and school for homeless, abandoned, neglected or otherwise underprivileged boys, regardless of color or creed, by ...
With Warm Love and Best Wishes: Repairing an 1886 Holiday Heirloom
During the Christmas season of 1886, a man from New York gave a scrapbook to his cousin in Connecticut. He’d filled the book with printed materials from the era, and in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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