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Trust and Horsemanship at Fort Robinson
“Thru These Portals Pass the Army’s Best Horsemen,” reads a sign above a barracks doorway at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. As the army’s largest quartermaster ...
Marker Monday: Nehawka Flint Quarries
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Flint nodules embedded within subsurface Pennsylvanian Formation limestone deposits in this vicinity were an important source of stone used ...
Beer and Blood: The Butchers’ Picnic
The South Omaha butchers conceived the idea that it would be fun to stay away and play a practical joke on their Council Bluffs brethren, . . . They sent a defiant ...
The Year Nobody Scored on the Huskers
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Husker fans argue about whether the 1971 or 1995 championship team was the greatest in school history. But one year the Cornhuskers ...
Saloon-Smashing Carrie Nation in Nebraska
By David L. Bristow
Imagine that you are in a bar in the early 1900s—a glass of cold beer in your hand, a spittoon within easy spitting distance on the hardwood ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Boone County Historical Society
Founded in 1968, the Boone County Historical Society, Inc. built the first section of its museum in four years, finishing in 1972. The museum almost doubled in size ...
Another Year in the Trenches: SAO Achievements and Discoveries
September is upon us again, and for the Nebraska community of archeologists, that means we’re back to the best month of the year—Nebraska Archeology Month! It should ...
Marker Monday: Buffalo Bill at the Trans-Mississippi & International Expo. & Indian Congress of 1898
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William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody held the first official performance of his Wild West show just half a mile northeast of here on May 19, 1883. Eight ...
Marker Monday: The Ionia Volcano
Early settlers worried that the so-called Ionia volcano would destroy its namesake town. It nearly did, but with a flood rather than an ...
Paintings Conservator Melissa Gardner joins Ford Center
The Ford Center has welcomed a new Paintings Conservator with 20 years of experience in the field.
Melissa Gardner joined the conservation team in April and has ...
Union Pacific World Premiere in Omaha, 1939
Various Hollywood movies have been filmed at least partly in Nebraska, with a smaller number holding their world premier event in the state. The first was ...
Marker Monday: Coffee Siding
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on an important shipping point for Nebraska's ...
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