History Nebraska
Publications
Who We Are
History Nebraska publishes works that explore Nebraska history and culture. Our readers range from professional historians to history buffs to curious people who simply find that learning about the past helps them better enjoy living and traveling here. We all share a passion for well-crafted historical writing.
- Nebraska History Magazine (quarterly for History Nebraska members)
- History Nebraska’s monthly email newsletter (full of history and the latest HN news)
- Nebraska History Moments weekly emails (photo and short story)
- Books
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"Nebraska Timeline" Columns
From 1992 – 2019, History Nebraska wrote a series of articles for newspapers titled “Nebraska Timeline.” Below you can browse or search through those articles and discover interesting stories from Nebraska’s History.
The First Nebraska Regiment’s Baptism of Fire, 1862
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Fort Donelson, fought in the tangled, snow-covered woods of northwestern Tennessee in mid-February 1862. There on ...
The Fool’s Graveyard
Most of us can't resist engaging in one form of foolishness or another. Contrary to commonsense, doctors' advice, and mothers' naggings, we eat too much, exercise too ...
The Free Street Fair
Organizers of the Hastings Free Street Fair held late in the summer of 1899 no doubt hadtheir tongues planted firmly in their cheeks when they printed up this ...
The Fremont Maps
Most of us take road maps for granted. It's easy for today's travelers to get a clear map to guidethem on their way. Not so with early voyagers across Nebraska's "sea of ...
The Garten Institute
Nebraska newspapers from the late nineteenth century include numerous advertisements for local Keeley hospitals or treatment centers for patients addicted to alcohol, ...
The Hoarding Hermits
Nebraska's history is littered with financial panics and disasters. Some Nebraskansweathered these crises, scraped together what fiduciary resources they had left, and ...
The Horseless Delivery Truck
The advent of the horseless carriage revolutionized personal transportation for Nebraskans. The elimination of living, breathing horsepower similarly transformed the ...
The Hot Lunch Plan
Serving Lunch at Lincoln High in 1906
As many Nebraska students head off for school, they'll check to see "what's for lunch." The hot lunch program has become a ...
The Instant Town
Adjusting to rapid change is a trial we associate with "modern" life. But a hundred years agoNebraskans witnessed change almost overnight as new portions of the state ...
The Japanese Invasion
The U.S. trade deficit and America's reliance on foreign-made goods is a topic frequentlydiscussed in the late 1980s. But the problem of foreign competition in the ...
The Lawn Party
Nebraska was a rough-and-tumble place in 1876. But many women settlers here did theirbest to live a "genteel" life--as much as conditions would permit. Great energy and ...
The Lincoln Chicken War
Sometimes it takes a good guy with a chicken to stop a bad guy with a chicken. Consider this strange tale about the founder of today’s Lincoln Journal Star and his ...
Contact Us
David Bristow | Publications
History Nebraska
1500 R St
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-471-4748
[email protected]
History Nebraska
1500 R St
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-471-4748
[email protected]
Information Services:
Looking for research help? Contact Library/Archives, the Museum, or Education. The Publications division is an editorial office; we don’t have archival collections or reference staff here.
Looking for research help? Contact Library/Archives, the Museum, or Education. The Publications division is an editorial office; we don’t have archival collections or reference staff here.
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