The First Nebraska Regiment’s Baptism of Fire, 1862
Counterattack of Gen. Lew Wallace’s division at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 15, 1862. From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, March 15, 1862 ...
John M. Thayer
What We Found
Two Governors Welcome a President to Omaha
James E. Boyd (1834-1906). NSHS RG2411-536
John M. Thayer (1820-1906). NSHS RG2720-4
In 1891 President Benjamin Harrison visited Omaha on a return trip to ...
Timeline Tuesday: Grand Island Sugar Palace
Sugar beet harvest northeast of Lyman, Nebr., in the early 1920's. Beet pullers are at the far left, Ford trucks at center. RG2528-7-10
The Grand Island ...
Discover NSHS Government Records
American Archives Month, October 2017
Good news military history and genealogy enthusiasts! Â The indexing of the early admission case files (1887-1936) for the Grand ...
Grand Island Sugar Palace
Nebraska's sugar beet production began in Grand Island in 1890. To commemorate the birth of a new industry, they threw a party and erected the Grand Island Sugar ...
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