The Lincoln Chicken War
Sometimes it takes a good guy with a chicken to stop a bad guy with a chicken. Consider this strange tale about the founder of today’s Lincoln Journal Star and his ...
Lincoln Journal Star
What We Found
A Nebraska “Unsinkable” Ship Connection: Titanic Carl Johnson
Over a century has sailed by since the horrific night of April, 15th 1912. What was known as the “unsinkable” ship shocked the world when the Titanic submerged ...
Reader Rescue: Can you help us tell the story of our new “Donna Dolls”?
The NSHS recently received a donation of four "Donna Dolls," which were manufactured in Lincoln by a woman named Marguerite Polk Tapley. We know very little about them, ...
Ghost Abound In Nebraska Towns!
Ghost stories (and ghosts?) have been around through the ages. Here are just a few accounts of Nebraska's otherworldly citizens.
A Storyteller's ...
Circles in Corn Leave Farmers Forlorn
Crop circles, flattened, geometric patterns in fields of standing grain, have appeared in Nebraska. One theory is that Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) created the ...
Strange, but True?
These articles were featured in newpapers across Nebraska. Are they true? You be the judge.
"Drunken Baboon Plays Nick. Attacks Actors and Stage Hands and ...
It’s Too Hot to Sleep Inside!
During the Great Depression Nebraskans became accustomed to living under trying conditions. People had to cope not only with hard economic times ...
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