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With Warm Love and Best Wishes: Repairing an 1886 Holiday Heirloom
During the Christmas season of 1886, a man from New York gave a scrapbook to his cousin in Connecticut. He’d filled the book with printed materials from the era, and in ...
Marker Monday: Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home
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Boys Town was founded as a home and school for homeless, abandoned, neglected or otherwise underprivileged boys, regardless of color or creed, by ...
Japanese Professional Baseball Began in Lincoln?
Japan has long had a passion for baseball. The game was first played there in 1871. It spread first among elite private schools and became the nation’s most popular ...
Marker Monday: The O.K. Store
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The first settlers of Hall County, Nebraska, nearly all of whom were German immigrants, arrived on July 5, 1857. They platted Grand Island City and ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Lincoln County Historical Museum
The Bicentennial year of 1976 marked the beginning of the Lincoln County Historical Museum. Planning for the museum began years earlier and culminated in a July 4th ...
Marker Monday: Prisoners of War in Dundy County
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In May 1944 German prisoners of war from Camp Atlanta, Nebraska, were sent to a side camp near here to help area farmers complete the 1943 corn ...
How a Nebraskan Helped Invent the Modern Livestock Industry
By David L. Bristow
Today we take for granted that the livestock business involves large feedlots, management based on nutritional science, and use of ...
Marker Monday: Pibel Lake Recreation Area
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Pibel Lake Recreation Area grew out of an 1897 irrigation claim for ...
Marker Monday: The Loup City Riot, 1934
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the 1934 Loup City Riot, which was sparked by ...
Nebraska’s First Major League Player
1893: After spending years playing in the minor leagues, Falls City native Charles Abbey makes his major league debut.
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Surviving a 1909 Nebraska Glider Flight
By David L. Bristow
In 1909 Ulrick Sorensen faced a decision that would determine his future. It was potentially a life-or-death choice.
This is a story ...
Marker Monday: The Sage Brothers
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on the tragic tale of three brothers from Niobrara who all ...
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