Flashback Friday Encore: Lemoyne Veterans Honored
Lemoyne Veterans Honored, December 1, 1945 [RG5995.AM, B22, V1]
Last week we showcased a poem and a recent addition to our collections, the Cora Baumann ...
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Flashback Friday Encore: Selections from the Cora Baumann Collection
As mentioned in an earlier post, the Cora Baumann collection contains a wealth of information about Lemoyne and the surrounding area near what is now Lake McConaughy. Of ...
Flashback Friday: “Uncle Sam’s Sharpshooters”: Military Marksmanship at Fort Omaha and Bellevue, 1882-1894
In this 1888 image of the Bellevue rifle range, the men are firing from prone or sitting positions. The targets appear in the distance, with the enlisted men's camp ...
Recent Acquisition: Architectural Plan – Lincoln School, Norfolk, Nebraska
Architectural drawing for the Lincoln Public School, Norfolk, Nebraska, by James C. Stitt. [NSHS RG6034.AM]
The Nebraska State Historical Society recently ...
76-year-old man takes covered wagon along Oregon Trail to highlight historical significance
Caption: Ezra Meeker and his ox team at Chimney Rock, July 1906. NSHS RG0959.PH5-1
One hundred ten years ago in July 1906 Ezra Meeker stopped at Chimney ...
Timeline Tuesday: Burwell, Nebraska, Flying Machines, 1912 and 1964
Welcome to our weekly series, "Timeline Tuesday." Every Tuesday, we'll post a brief Nebraska history story. The late NSHS historian and Nebraska History Associate ...
Timeline Tuesday: Schuyler Flour Mill Once the Largest West of Missouri River
The Schuyler Mill in its heyday. RG3466.PH4-6
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries more than five hundred flour mills were built in ...
Sellers Award Winner for 2015 Announced
The Lincoln Star, August 17, 1955
The winner of the Sellers Award, which recognizes the best article published in Nebraska History Journal in the course ...
NSHS mourns death of esteemed colleague Jim Potter
The NSHS has lost an esteemed colleague and dear friend with the unexpected death of Senior Research Historian Jim Potter on Saturday, August 6. Jim began work at the ...
Beatrice, Crete, and Schuyler Downtown Historic Districts Now Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Corner of 11th and C Streets, view west, 1953. Photo courtesy of City of Schuyler
The historic downtown districts of Beatrice, Crete, and Schuyler are now ...
Marker Monday: Post South Loup Fork – a.k.a “Fort Banishment”
Marker Text
On the South Loup River southwest of here was the site of the U.S. Army's Post South Loup Fork. This small outpost of Fort Kearney was ...
Timeline Tuesday: Cambridge vs. Omaha Tech for State Football Title, 1924
Welcome to our weekly series, "Timeline Tuesday." Every Tuesday, we'll post a brief Nebraska history story. The late NSHS historian and Nebraska History Associate Editor ...
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