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Marker Monday: Potter and the Union Pacific Railroad
Marker Location
Potter Depot Museum. 845 Front Street, Potter, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
Marker Text
Potter began as a small Union Pacific Railroad ...
Swing Landscape
A piece recently treated at the Ford Center is this study for a mural entitled Swing Landscape by artist Stuart Davis. Davis was a New York artist who studied under ...
Nebraska writer Marion Marsh Brown
Marion Marsh Brown grew up in a hurry. She published her first story at age 10 and graduated from high school at age 14. Her beloved father died when she was a ...
The historical roots of the George Floyd protests in Nebraska
By David L. Bristow, Editor
(Originally posted June 2, 2020)
Someday a historian will write a Nebraska History article examining the George Floyd protests in ...
History at the Corner of Chadron Avenue and West 2nd Street
I encourage Nebraskans to ask questions and to learn more about the people who once lived in the old buildings still standing all across the state—you might discover ...
Bringing the Property to You: Robber’s Cave and Digital Preservation
From the very beginning of the project, History Nebraska’s State Historic Preservation Office (NeSHPO) knew that adding Lincoln's Robber's Cave to the National Register ...
