Marker Monday: Czech Capital
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Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs. They left a land which ...
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What We Found
We’re Number One!
Over the years, Nebraska has been "number one" in a lot of categories. We've had thenation's highest-rated football team, we've produced more popcorn than anyone else, ...
Kuska, Val
Val Kuska, an agricultural agent for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, was a notable figure in the history of Nebraska agriculture. He devoted his entire ...
We’re Number One!
Over the years, Nebraska has been "number one" in a lot of categories. We've had the nation's highest-rated football team, we've produced more popcorn than anyone else, ...
A dudy is a Czech bagpipe
Here’s something to look for next time you’re in downtown Lincoln. A Czech bagpipe (known as a dudy) is pictured on the outside of a prominent building. Can you find ...
The Czech-American Experience
In 1993 we published a special issue of Nebraska History titled “The Czech-American Experience.” It remains one of the most popular issues we’ve ever published, and ...
Willa Cather’s Real-Life Ántonia on the Radio
By David L. Bristow
Ántonia Shimerda is perhaps Willa Cather’s most beloved fictional character, the namesake of her 1918 novel, My Ántonia.
Cather based Ántonia ...
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