Baseball, Ruth vs Gehrig
Considered by many to have been the best baseball team ever fielded, the 1927 New York Yankees featured a "Murderer's Row" of batters including Babe Ruth (this was his ...
Baseball
What We Found
Baseball
Interest in baseball goes back to the late l860s in this state. The Nebraska Herald of Plattsmouth said on May 1, 1867: "The friends of athletic sports in Omaha, and ...
Baseball at Cushman Park
Baseball was a part of the Lancaster County Old Settlers' Association reunion and picnic on June 19, 1889, at Cushman Park in Lincoln. The Nebraska State Journal of June ...
Baseball at North Bend
Baseball was a popular leisure activity for boys and young men in Nebraska during the 1890s and early 1900s. Small towns often fielded teams, giving rise to strong ...
Baseball in Early Lincoln
Edward Manley, a Chicago educator, was the son of Samuel Manley, one of the five men that composed the faculty of the University of Nebraska when classes first began in ...
Baseball Sportswriter Insults, 1894
Baseball was a popular pastime during the 1890s, and so was newspaper coverage full of colorful insults. In late summer of 1894 the Lincoln, Nebraska, baseball team ...
Baseball in Nebraska City, 1870
Information about the Otoes, an early baseball team at Nebraska City, is found in the Daily Nebraska City News, April 23, 1870: "Editor News:- We wish through the ...
Baseball, Ruth vs Gehrig
Considered by many to have been the best baseball team ever fielded, the 1927 New York Yankees featured a "Murderer's Row" of batters including Babe Ruth (this was his ...
Bat and Bible
With the family Bible on father’s knee and a baseball bat under the youngest daughter’s chair, these Nebraska homesteaders are ready for anything Custer County can pitch ...
Nebraska’s American Legion
The NSHS Library/Archives is being assisted this summer by graduate intern, Nina Herzog. Nina comes to us from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She is working ...
Marker Monday: Grover Cleveland Alexander, a baseball great
Marker Location
801-899 5th St, St Paul, Howard County, Nebraska;
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Marker Text
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the ...
Nebraska’s 1908 World Series Connection
William Jennings Bryan campaigns in Lincoln on August 12, 1908. RG3198-41-10
Whether you’re happy the Cubs won the 2016 World Series or disgruntled your ...
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