The Horseless Delivery Truck
The advent of the horseless carriage revolutionized personal transportation for Nebraskans. The elimination of living, breathing horsepower similarly transformed the ...
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What We Found
Let the Trader Beware
Trading horses, like trading used cars, is an activity that has always been best entered intowith caution. Traders' tricks are legendary. Many's the dupe who thought ...
Flies and Livery Stables
The presence of horses in Nebraska towns and villages during the decades when they were necessary for transportation resulted in public health problems. One of the most ...
Busted for Ugliness by the Lincoln P.D.
The Lincoln Police Department has added history pages to its website (including a lot of material they found at our Government Records Facility). The site has photos and ...
The Milkman’s Horse
This milk delivery wagon, photographed in Lincoln on April 6, 1942, is a mixture of old and new: rubber tires, a glassed-in compartment for the driver—and a horse for ...
A Horse Rescue on the Icy Missouri
What was a valuable racehorse doing on the icy Missouri River in January 1882? Men from a local packinghouse mobilized, but would they save the horse before it was swept ...
Tractor vs. Horses
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Which is more economical for a farmer, a tractor or a team of horses?
Ogallala, Neb., 1918. History Nebraska ...
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