Election in Rock Bluff, 1866
Rock Bluff, Cass County, during territorial days was one of Nebraska's thriving river towns although almost nothing of it remains today. The town was founded January 6, ...
Cass County
What We Found
Fourth of July in Southeast Nebraska, 1884
The Daily State Journal of Lincoln on July 1, 1884, remarked on the upcoming Independence Day: "As it has been decided that Lincoln will not celebrate the glorious ...
Coal in Nebraska
Many of the early searches for coal in Nebraska were prompted by settlers' need for fuel, but they also realized that a supply of coal could be a big economic boost for ...
Bobbitt and the Grange
The Grange, a fraternal order known formally as the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, was formed shortly after the Civil War to improve the economic and social ...
Cass County Fair, 1861
The Cass County Agricultural Society held its sixth annual fair in the fall of 1861. The two-day fair was described by E. R. O. of Rock Bluff in a letter to Robert ...
Timeline Tuesday: A Murderer’s Pardon: Governor Poynter and John Benwell Kearns
Governor William A. Poynter. NSHS RG2413.PH0-3
When John Benwell Kearns (aka John Benwell) was released from the Nebraska State Penitentiary on May 23, ...
Timeline Tuesday: Barns in Nebraska Territory
Caption: Photo of the Filley Stone Barn, Gage County, taken on October 20, 1936 by Ruth Stanhope Brugh. NSHS RG0813.668
"Why is it there are no barns in ...
Rudolph E. Umland and the Federal Writers’ Project
The Federal Writers' Project helped many writers get through the hard times of Great Depression. Rudolph Umland was one of many that helped the FWP publish thirty ...
Marker Monday: Weeping Water Academy
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the Weeping Water Academy, which helped to ...
Oreapolis: Nebraska’s Ghost Town
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
In the 1850s, Nebraska was a newly-established US territory whose only towns lay along the Missouri River. Many of the ...
How Nebraska author Bess Streeter Aldrich rescued her local bank during the Great Depression
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Bess Streeter Aldrich (1881-1954) was the bestselling author of books such as The Rim of the Prairie and A Lantern in Her ...
How Nebraska’s Bess Streeter Aldrich became a bestselling author
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Bess Streeter Aldrich became a bestselling author with novels such as A Lantern in Her Hand (1928), Spring Came on Forever (1935), and ...
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