Way Back in ’67
"Children Barefoot in January," the headline read. No, it's not a news account of l990's mildweather (at least so far). This tale of an unusually mellow winter, and its ...
Fremont
What We Found
Joint Smashing Justified
Carry A. Nation's visits to Nebraska in early 1902 were among the few she made to this state. She was in Hastings in March, speaking at the Kerr Opera House and touring ...
Nebraska Indians Baseball Team
The barnstorming Nebraska Indians baseball team was founded by Guy W. Green, an energetic baseball promoter, who organized the club shortly after receiving his law ...
Dodge County Seat Removal, 1884
"There is no necessity for any bad blood over the county seat controversy," said the Fremont Weekly Herald on August 21, 1884, in referring to a "re-location scheme" ...
Henry Ford in Fremont
Henry Ford's arrival in Fremont in August of 1916 to vacation and to attend a widely advertised tractor show there attracted statewide attention. The show was one of ...
Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad
"Free Homes!" advertised the poster sent to H. F. McIntosh, editor of the Western Stockman and Cultivator in August of 1892. "Free Homes! For the Hundred Thousand on the ...
The Fremont Maps
Most of us take road maps for granted. It's easy for today's travelers to get a clear map to guidethem on their way. Not so with early voyagers across Nebraska's "sea of ...
Carry Nation Debated Woman Suffrage at Seward
Carry A. Nation's anti-saloon activities in Nebraska in December 1901 and early 1902 took her not only to Lincoln and Omaha but to a number of smaller towns, where she ...
The Centennial Supper
Church suppers were, and continue to be, a commonplace occurrence in Nebraska towns. But surely the gentlemen of Fremont's Congregational Church deserve points for ...
Marker Monday: Pawnee Villages
Marker Text
Before the Pawnee Indians were placed on a reservation, they located their last earthlodge villages on these nearby bluffs. Pa-huk' hill, one ...
Flashback Friday: J. C. Penney’s Middle Name Really Was “Cash”
Grand opening of a new J. C. Penney store in downtown Lincoln, November 16, 1950. NSHS RG2183-1950-1116-2
James Cash Penney wasn’t a Nebraskan, and he ...
Dodge County Seat Removal, 1884
“There is no necessity for any bad blood over the county seat controversy,” said the Fremont Weekly Herald on August 21, 1884, in referring to a “re-location scheme” ...
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