2020 History Nebraska Award Winners Receive Awards
History Nebraska's mission is to preserve, share, and teach Nebraska History, but we know that we're not in this alone. There is a whole host of amazing people who help ...
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How to Survive Falling Down a Well
F. W. Carlin survived a 143-foot fall down a well, but then he had another problem. Nobody knew he was there, and no one was likely to come looking for him. If was to ...
HN’s Heritage Hero Awards for 2019
Bruce V. Richman arrived at Buffalo Rill Ranch in North Platte wearing his Buffalo Bill gear, thinking he would be doing a presentation for a school group as he has ...
A New Life for an Old Painting
On January 1, 1863, Daniel Freeman filed the one of the first claims under the Homestead Act of 1862 in what is now Beatrice, Nebraska. When the Freemans built a cabin ...
Marker Monday: Grand Island Veterans Home
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments, places in our state's past.
Today, we're highlighting the Grand Island Veterans Home marker. ...
History Nebraska Seeking Coronavirus Related Objects and Stories for Collections
What would you save so that people tomorrow could understand today? History Nebraska wants the public's help documenting and preserving the experiences of Nebraskans ...
A Farm Boy Comes to Omaha, 1888
"I guess there ain’t any end to Omaha,” wrote sixteen-year-old Frisby Rasp in a letter to his parents in 1888. “You can walk till you are tired out in any direction you ...
Saving Slickers
The staff in the Objects Lab at the Ford Center had an extraordinary challenge this year. They were presented with a group of twelve archeological rubber raincoats, ...
Look closely: This is a previously unknown Solomon Butcher photo
Is it possible to find a “new” Solomon Butcher photo in circulation? A Lincoln man recently discovered that it is
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Conserving a 224-Year-Old Gift Given to Chief Blackbird
When this document arrived at our Ford Conservation Center, it was in pretty rough shape. Thankfully, Hilary LeFevere, our expert Paper Conservator at the Ford Center, ...
Learning About Preservation From Virginia Lee Burton’s “The Little House”
Historic preservation seeks to honor the connection people inherently have between identity and place. Virginia Lee Burton’s classic, The Little House, speaks to that ...
Portrait of the Preservationist as a Young Woman
We've talked a lot about what historic preservationists do over the years, but we haven't talked as much about why they do it.
Here's our own Kelli Bacon's story of ...
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