Newspaper Scandal and a Murder
Nebraska has seen many unusual murder cases through the years, each with its own unique causes. One, in Adams County in 1892, was prompted by local gossip about a young ...
Hastings
What We Found
Horse Railways
A major cause of the advent of horse railways in Nebraska towns in the 1880s was the statewide urban real estate boom. In Hastings, for example, the owners of one of the ...
Arsenic in the Candy: A Poisoning Sensation in Hastings
"The central figure in the Hastings poisoning sensation is Miss Viola Horlocker, a popular young woman of that town, who has made many visits to this city and is well ...
Kool-Aid
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Kool-Aid, the popular powdered drink ...
Nation, Carry, in Nebraska City, 1902
Carry 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 ...
Football at the University of Nebraska, 1895
University of Nebraska football practice for the 1895 season got a late start, according to The University Monitor, a weekly student newspaper. The Monitor reported on ...
The Free Street Fair
Organizers of the Hastings Free Street Fair held late in the summer of 1899 no doubt hadtheir tongues planted firmly in their cheeks when they printed up this ...
The Wad Room
11744-51; In Memory of the Mary Hannah Hansen Lux and Clarence Burton Lux by the Gladys Marie Lux Museum Acquisition Endowment Established at the Nebraska State ...
The Alma Nightwalker
Source: 2 Chadron Journal 3/28/1902
Alma, Nebraska (RG3831.PH000001-000007) (above).
Alma, Nebraska, population about 1,100, is found near the Harlan ...
Nebraska’s American Legion
The NSHS Library/Archives is being assisted this summer by graduate intern, Nina Herzog. Nina comes to us from Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She is working ...
Timeline Tuesday: Dust and Snow in 1935 Hastings
This view is of a dust storm approaching Alma, Nebraska, 1935. RG4290.PH0-002973
During the 1930s, Nebraska suffered one of the most serious droughts in ...
But He Looks So Natural!
Source: Nebraska State Historical Society Public Records
John O'Connor died on August 17, 1913, in Hastings, leaving no known heirs or will and a $100,000 fortune. ...
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