Marker Monday: Crook House
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On April 27, 1875, General George A. Crook assumed command of the Department of the Platte, which then included Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, ...
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Native American Heritage: Artifact Collections
This is a look at our Native American artifacts and are just a handful of the collections that include information about the past and present influences of Native ...
Native American Heritage Month: Artifacts from Archeology
November is Native American Heritage Month. To celebrate, we will highlight Native American artifacts in our collections every Wednesday during the month of November. ...
Reader Rescue: Can you help us tell the story of our new “Donna Dolls”?
The NSHS recently received a donation of four "Donna Dolls," which were manufactured in Lincoln by a woman named Marguerite Polk Tapley. We know very little about them, ...
Lincoln’s 1963 Sky Park Manor had “thrilling tingle of excitement” and fallout shelter
By Kylie Kinley
This article first appeared in the January-February-March 2017 issue of Nebraska History News. Illustrations are from Sky Park's promotional ...
Flashback Friday: Q&A with Joe Starita, author of A Warrior of the People, biography of Susan La Flesche, America’s First Indian Doctor
UNL professor and author Joseph Starita’s new biography, A Warrior of the People: How Susan La Flesche Overcame Racial and Gender Inequality to Become ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Wings Over Nebraska
Wings Over Nebraska: Historic Aviation Photographs
Wings Over Nebraska by Vince Goeres is now available at Amazon Prime.
Did you know Charles ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Adventures in Telegraph Line Building
Now that all of our book titles are available at Amazon Prime, we’re highlighting a book a day to let you know about all the great Real Nebraska Stories that we offer. ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Nebraska’s Post Office Murals
Nebraska’s Post Office Murals Explores New Deal Legacy
Nebraska's Post Office Murals is now available at Amazon Prime.
Public art is among the most ...
Flashback Friday: ‘Cream-of-the-crop of Nebraska girls’ – Miss Centennial Nebraska 1967
Miss Centennial Nebraska 1967 in a Centennial Parade in O'Neill.
By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor
It won her a crown so heavy it dented her forehead, a ...
Flashback Friday: Rifle of Cowboy and Gunslinger Mike Shonsey Donated to Nebraska History Museum
Mike Shonsey holding the rifle that was later donated to the Nebraska History Museum. RG4232-5-11
The last surviving participant in Wyoming’s 1892 Johnson ...
Early 20th Century Letters to Santa from Pleasant Hill School in Keith County
The NSHS Archives holds a collection relating to the Maunder family from Hastings, Nebraska. The bulk of the collection consists of diaries kept by Edith Maunder and two ...
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