Flashback Friday: Newspaper Portraits from 1888
In December 1888, the Lincoln Nebraska State Journal published four different articles about four different men, all published over four days. The only problem was they ...
Lincoln
What We Found
Parking Problems in the 1920s
Traffic congestion and parking woes in Nebraska's capital are nothing new. Lincoln newspapers were receiving letters from frustrated residents as early as the 1920s.
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Fire Fighting in 1878
Firefighting in 1800s Nebraska was never easy and frequently chaotic.
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FDR’s Visit
Many national political candidates jet in and out of Nebraska without staying long. That was not the case when FDR came to visit in the fall of 1936.
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Flashback Friday: A Surprising Foot Race
Foot racing was a popular sport in 1890s Nebraska. Sometimes things could get a little shady, like when a local favorite beat a supposedly famous competitor and walked ...
Flashback Friday: Visit to the Penitentiary in 1875
The year 1875 saw two uprisings at the Nebraska State Penitentiary south of Lincoln. In January prisoners took the warden, William Woodhurst, and inside guards prisoners ...
Something is happening… and it’s getting closer
Stay tuned for a major announcement on April 30, 2018!
Find Nebraska on the Internet*, 1973
This is a schematic map of the entire internet as it existed in 1973. Each oval represents a single computer. Can you find Nebraska's lone connection? (Remember, a ...
Twentieth Century Sign Sees Light of Day Thanks to Construction
History is all around us, but sometimes it is out of sight. A member of our staff was walking the streets of Lincoln recently when they happened upon a piece of history ...
Throwback Thursday Photograph, UNL Class of 1953
Congrats to all recent University of Nebraska graduates from us here at History Nebraska!
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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 ...
Throwback Thursday Photograph, Bowling Night
We hope today's Throwback Thursday photo is right up your alley. The Boyden Pharmacy bowling team gather around the ball return at the Lincoln Bowling Parlors, 236 North ...
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