Dundass Overland Trail Diary
Over seven hundred travelers along the Great Platte River Road left journals or diaries about their experiences in going West. These documents often have a vividness ...
Fort Kearney
What We Found
Dawson, John L.
Dawson County, formed in 1871, was long thought to be named for a Nebraska pioneer, Jacob Dawson, first postmaster of Lancaster (now Lincoln). However, further research ...
Blue Rivers
Except for the occasional Indian or white hunting parties, the scenic Blue River valley was seldom visited prior to 1860. The establishment of the Nebraska City-Fort ...
Boyd, James E
James E. Boyd (1834-1906), best remembered as one of Nebraska's governors, also had a distinguished business and political career. He came to Omaha in August 1856 and ...
The Army’s Achilles’ Heel in the Civil War Plains Campaigns of 1864-65
On August 18, 1864, after hastily re-mustering at Omaha from their veteran furloughs, the men of the First Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry left for Fort Kearny. Instead of ...
Summer along the Trail
Cavalrymen escorting the overland stagecoach, a duty that Scherneckau often described. From Frank A. Root and William E. Connelley, The Overland Stage to California ...
Sailing through Fort Kearny in a Wind Wagon
This artist’s conception of Samuel Peppard’s wind wagon as it was departing Fort Kearny in May 1860, appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on July 7 of that ...
Variety of Enclosed Forts on the Northern Plains
Perhaps the most common question asked of staff at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, is “Where’s the fort?” Visitors who are only familiar with Hollywood depictions of forts are ...
Marker Monday: Kearney – Fort Kearny
Marker Location
Interstate 80, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska; 40.670663, -99.15709. View this marker's location.
Marker Text
Note: the word Indian is used ...
Real Nebraska Stories: Adventures in Telegraph Line Building
Now that all of our book titles are available at Amazon Prime, we’re highlighting a book a day to let you know about all the great Real Nebraska Stories that we offer. ...
Archeology at the Beaver Creek Trail Crossing Site
A number of early Nebraska settlements and townsites were relocated or abandoned over the years as transportation routes changed in response to the construction of new ...
Nebraska Ship Sails on a Sea of Grass
"Wind ship wagon now used for traveling over the prairies - from a sketch by our correspondent," (Source: Leslie's, NSHS RG1576.PH2)
This illustration ...
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