Buy a Meal, Win a Car
Richi Ugai, the proprietor of the Palace Café and Hotel in North Platte, was an innovator when it came to advertising. In 1914, the June 26 issue of the North Platte ...
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What We Found
Carhenge
In the summer of 1987 Jim Reinders, with the help of family members, built a replica of Stonehenge just north of Alliance along Highway 87. Carhenge consists of ...
Fascination, the Space Age Transportation Innovation
The Fascination, touted as a "Space Age Transportation Innovation" by its inventor, Paul M. Lewis, was produced by the Highway Aircraft Corporation of Sidney in 1974. ...
Lincoln Car Drives Itself
Auto-driving demonstration equipment (Source: Leland M. Hancock, Lincoln, NSHS 10582-7)
This M-1 vehicle detector is from the first automatic driving demonstration ...
Flashback Friday: Mr. Wolf’s Car and the Unknown Girl
Our reference staff can sometimes seem like historical detectives, searching for clues to figure out mysteries that the public needs help with. This is one of those ...
Early Nebraska Roads: Costly but Necessary
The introduction of cars to Nebraska brought with it the need for decent (and costly) roads. Rural areas often had trouble with roads, but who was to blame varied from ...
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