Three Nebraska Locations Added to National Register of Historic Places
For more information on the National Register program in Nebraska, contact the Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office at (402) 471-4775 or visit ...
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Something is happening… and it’s getting closer
Stay tuned for a major announcement on April 30, 2018!
Find Nebraska on the Internet*, 1973
This is a schematic map of the entire internet as it existed in 1973. Each oval represents a single computer. Can you find Nebraska's lone connection? (Remember, a ...
What’s inside the “Engineer Cantonment” issue of Nebraska History
The Spring 2018 issue of Nebraska History is devoted to the history and archeology of Engineer Cantonment. The 80-page magazine comes with a membership to the Nebraska ...
“The Artist”
When a fire damaged Lila Vamosi's drawing "The Artist," she turned to our Gerald Ford Conservation Center to restore it. Although it still shows some scars, they now ...
Throwback Thursday Photograph, Belly Laughs
What do you think these boys are laughing about?
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Twentieth Century Sign Sees Light of Day Thanks to Construction
History is all around us, but sometimes it is out of sight. A member of our staff was walking the streets of Lincoln recently when they happened upon a piece of history ...
Danish Tug ‘o War Team
Tug of War was serious business in 1890s Nebraska. Just ask the Omaha Danes, reigning state champions in 1892.
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Throwback Thursday Photograph, Omaha 1868
Today’s Throwback Thursday photo takes way, way back to August 1868 to the northwest corner of 13th and Douglas Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Several employees of the Omaha ...
The Art of Making Moonshine
Law enforcement seized this still and jugs of moonshine from a Lincoln basement in 1931. We wanted to know more about it, so we asked Nebraska author and folklorist ...
New Look, New Conservation Guide
The History Nebraska Conservation Division has a new name, new look, and new ways to help you preserve your own collections.
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Throwback Thursday Photograph, Edward and Maggie Gehrke
Nebraskans Maggie and Edward Gehrke traveled extensively around the United States and Canada in the early 1900s. Things could and frequently did get pretty messy.
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