Timeline Tuesday: Bootleggers’ Carnival
The passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed the manufacture and sale of liquor nationwide, but statewide prohibition was already in effect ...
Dakota County
What We Found
Marker Monday: St. John’s
Location: 101-199 N John St, Jackson, Dakota County, Nebraska
Marker Text: About 1 1/2 miles north of this spot is the abandoned site of "Old St. John's," one of the ...
Timeline Tuesday: Nebraskans’ Booze Hiding Spots
May 1, 1917, the first day of statewide prohibition in Nebraska. NSHS RG0813-40
The passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution outlawed ...
Marker Monday: Territorial Church, Dakota County
Location
301-399 S 15th St, Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska View this marker's location 42.412712, -96.41751
Marker Text
Near here stands the first Lutheran ...
Marker Monday: Tonwantonga
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we focus on the site of the Omaha village of Tonwantonga, ...
Marker Monday: Combs School
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on a marker that tells the story of one of the oldest ...
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