O’Neill on Northern Nebraska
In December 1874 the Central Union Agriculturist and Missouri Valley Farmer of Omaha invited "the attention of our readers to the following circular issued by Gen. John ...
Holt County
What We Found
Lubber, the World’s Largest Horse
"Lubber, Biggest of Horses, is Dead," said the Norfolk Press on June 9, 1927, headlining an obituary for an animal exhibited throughout Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, ...
Nebraska Resources
The World's Columbian Exposition (popularly known as the Chicago World's Fair), held in 1893, gave Nebraska an opportunity to display its products and accomplishments to ...
Charles E. Bessey
Professor Charles E. Bessey (1845-1915), a native of Ohio, was a nationally known University of Nebraska professor of botany and horticulture from 1884 to 1915 and a ...
Dividing Holt County
Holt County, with its 2,418 square miles of territory, is one of Nebraska’s largest counties. Its size caused many bitter fights over county ...
Lubber the Horse
Lubber, the horse, was born in 1921 at the Miller Ranch in Holt County, Nebraska. He was owned by A. E. Ponton and Sons of Battle Creek, and exhibited in various ...
“General” John O’Neill’s advice for new Nebraskans
In 1875, John O'Neill published a pamphlet saying two things. Come to Nebraska and bring money.
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When the Carnival Came to Town
Photo: The Flying Baldwins were a popular feature of the Walter Savidge Amusement Company. History Nebraska RG1667-1-15
Years ago, the peak of Nebraska ...
Marker Monday: The Savidge Brothers, Aviation Pioneers
Marker Text
Near here was the scene of some of Nebraska's earliest experiments with flight in a heavier-than-air vehicle. Sometime before late 1907, Martin P. ...
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