Marker Monday: Pershing Rifles
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General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces to Europe in World War I, was Professor of Military Science at the ...
Lincoln
What We Found
Flashback Friday: J. C. Penney’s Middle Name Really Was “Cash”
Grand opening of a new J. C. Penney store in downtown Lincoln, November 16, 1950. NSHS RG2183-1950-1116-2
James Cash Penney wasn’t a Nebraskan, and he ...
One of Lincoln’s Final Acts
President Abraham Lincoln was shot on the evening of April 14 one hundred and forty-five years ago. He died early in the morning on the following day. Among the items ...
The Great Sheedy Murder Trial of 1891
It was Lincoln’s most sensational criminal trial of the nineteenth century. But as historian Timothy Mahoney argues, the Sheedy case was more than just a sordid tale of ...
Nebraska Nursery and Seed Catalogs
With our first taste of spring, many of us are dreaming of warmer days and planning our gardens for the upcoming season. There’s nothing like a stack of colorful seed ...
The First Frisbee Competition? Lincoln, 1957
By Kylie Kinley, Editorial Assistant
The year 1957 had its problems. Americans feared nukes from space after the Soviet launch of Sputnik. Baseball fans ...
The Textile Industry Goes to War
Bette (left) and Lois Rathburn of Lincoln in dresses typical of the 1940s celebrate the end of World War II. NSHS R234-173
How did the 1930s and 1940s affect feminine ...
Miss America Doll
7010-86; Source: Elizabeth Gaylord Rathburn (left).
With the Fourth of July right around the corner, I thought it would be a good excuse to show you one of the ...
Lincoln’s Fourth of July in 1907
Photo depicts a Fourth of July parade in Lincoln circa 1895.
The Fourth of July at Capitol Beach, once a popular recreation area near Lincoln, was a “record-breaker,” ...
Lincoln’s Fatal Flood, July 6, 1908
This year’s rainy season has been made more tolerable, and safer, thanks to flood control initiatives over the last 60 years. But on July 6, 1908, nearly seven inches of ...
Bryan for President in 1920?
William Jennings Bryan. NSHS RG3198-47 (photograph at left).
Ninety years ago, in the summer of 1920, Lincoln hosted a national political convention, albeit that of a ...
“A burning shame” – defending bison in 1874
Some Nebraskans were aware of the values of wildlife conservation years before effective measures were enacted into law. The Daily Nebraska State Journal of Lincoln ...
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