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Flashback Friday: How Shall We Make Beatrice Grow!”: Clara Bewick Colby and the Beatrice Public Library Association in the 1870s

1910 photo of the Beatrice Public Library, Beatrice, Nebraska. The decade of the 1870s was a period of enormous growth and prosperity for the city of Beatrice. Founded ...

Nan J. Aspinwall, Western Entertainer

When Nan Aspinwall arrived in New York on July 8, 1911, after a ride on horseback from San Francisco to New York, it was perhaps the highlight of a long and colorful ...

Selling Pears by Rail in 1914

We hardly think of pears as rare or exotic fruits anymore, but in 1914 it was a big deal when a refrigerated train car rolled up filled to the brim with pears. ...

Found at an Estate Sale: A Trophy from the Year Nebraska Banned Girls’ Basketball Tournaments

By David L. Bristow, Editor   Jim Brogden was browsing an estate sale in Acworth, Georgia, when he noticed this beautiful trophy. It tells a story not only of ...

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