1901 Kearney Street Fair
The Nebraska History Museum currently has an exhibit featuring the work of Solomon Butcher, open until June 1, 2020. Visit the museum and see some of Butcher's most ...
Kearney
What We Found
Marker Monday: The Great Plains
Location
Rest Area, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.671154, -99.12191
Marker Text
West-bound travelers will leave the prairie ...
Downtown Style: Three New National Historic Districts
By David Calease
Three Nebraska downtowns are destined for the National Register of Historic Places. Grand Island, Kearney, and Neligh were all nominated for listing ...
Curtain Call
Many of the rural opera houses that once covered Nebraska are gone, but their painted curtains are often still around. Our Ford Conservation Center recently restored the ...
Marker Monday: Dobytown
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the Dobytown, a frontier town that catered to the ...
The Three Burials of Emmet Crawford
Captain Emmet Crawford, the namesake of Crawford, Nebraska, had quite the interesting burial experience. Or shall we say experiences?
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Throwback Thursday Photo, Harvest Queen
This 1907 Solomon Butcher photo is fittingly titled Harvest Queen. We don't know who the woman in the photo is, but we do know she is ROCKING that outfit.
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Billy clubs and vagrancy laws: hobos in Nebraska
What was it like to live as a hobo? And what did hobos experience in Nebraska?
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How to Cross the Platte River at Fort Kearny, 1866
How difficult was it to cross the Platte River without a bridge? This 1866 map gives you some idea. The river was notorious for its braided channel and patches of ...
Nebraskans react to moon landing, July 20, 1969
July 20, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing. Here at History Nebraska, we’ve looked through some of our microfilmed newspapers to see what ...
Did the Sheriff Commit the Crime?
Thousands of dollars are missing in Kearney, but who is the thief? Is it the trusted postal clerk, or his good friend the former sheriff? This story of betrayal includes ...
Fort Kearny as ‘a Sort of One-Horse Affair’
Fort Kearny was an important stop along the Platte River Road, the route shared by the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails. Some did not think it looked like a fort at ...
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