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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 ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: the Clarkson Historical Society
The Clarkson Historical Society (CHS) collects, preserves, and displays historical artifacts used in the growth and development of Clarkson. CHS interprets events ...
Nebraska’s Celebration of America’s 250th Birthday
One of the additional roles I currently have is serving as the chair of the Nebraska Semiquincentennial Commission, which was established by the Nebraska Legislature in ...
Marker Monday: Tornado Hill
Seven tornadoes struck Grand Island and surrounding areas on the night of June 3, 1980.
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Seven tornadoes struck Grand Island and ...
Future Radio Controlled Tractor, 1928
Where will all this new farm technology lead? Cartoonist Herbert Johnson’s “Wireless Tractor Control Board” was a joke, but today companies are developing autonomous ...
Marker Monday: The Soldiers’ Monument
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On March 27, 1879, George G. Meade Post 19, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Nebraska, was founded in Sutton by twenty former Union ...
Conserving A Presidential Coconut Head
In late 1990, Smithsonian magazine published a story on gifts given to U.S. presidents. The cover of the issue highlighted a gift once bestowed on Harry S. Truman: a ...
Marker Monday: Ash Hollow Geology
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Ash Hollow is a focal point for understanding the geologic history of the Central Great Plains prior to the onset of the Great Ice Age. It is the type ...
The Nebraska Indians Baseball Team
In 1897 a University of Nebraska law school graduate named Guy Green founded a baseball team he called the Nebraska Indians. While some of the players were white, Green ...
Marker Monday: Susan La Flesche Picotte Memorial Hospital
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This hospital was built in 1912 under the guidance of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American woman physician, with the ...
When Behlen Manufacturing in Columbus Tested Shed With Atomic Bomb
By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor
(Originally published August 6, 2016)
Today, a business promotion might involve a video or a hashtag. In the ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Museum of the Fur Trade
The Museum of the Fur Trade was opened in 1955 near Chadron, Nebraska, on the site of the original Bordeaux trading post. The trading post was originally founded in ...
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