“Because I Was a Woman”: Ruth Bryan Owen and Her American Citizenship
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
In the early 20th century, women’s citizenship depended on their spouse’s status. Many women lost their US citizenship by ...
Lincoln
What We Found
The Irish in Lincoln
St. Patrick’s Day is a good time to remember the role the Irish played in the history of Nebraska, particularly in the history of Lincoln. Well before 1890 the ...
Elvis Presley’s Last Nebraska Performance
While Elvis Presley, famed “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” didn’t have direct ties to Nebraska, Omaha and Lincoln were the sites for two of his final performances in the summer ...
“I haven’t seen an honestly prejudiced person yet.” Ending segregation at Lincoln’s public swimming pool
Joseph Ishikawa came to Nebraska from a Colorado internment camp during World War II. As a city employee in 1946 he challenged a longstanding policy barring African ...
Canning the Way to Victory
During American participation in World War I the U.S. Food Administration, under the direction of Herbert Hoover, launched a massive campaign to persuade Americans to ...
U.S. Weather Bureau in 1890s Nebraska
The U.S. Weather Bureau was established by an act of Congress on October 1, 1890. It took over the weather service that had been established in the office of the Chief ...
Willie Nelson FarmAid Concert
Despite the rain, Willie Nelson's 1987 Farm Aid concert at Memorial Stadium drew 69,000 people and raised $1.7 million for farmers during the 1980s farm crisis.
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Happy Halloween!
Above is a Halloween party thrown at the residence of Flavia Waters Champe in 1950.
Many children have fond memories of Halloween. That memory often consists of candy ...
Crowds Celebrate V-J Day in Lincoln, Nebraska
On August 14, 1945, word began to spread across the United States that Japan would surrender and end the war. Celebrations broke out in cities and towns around the ...
Nebraska’s Five Capitols
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Our state capitol is one of the nation’s most recognizable, but did you know it’s the third capitol built on that spot, and the fifth to ...
Marker Monday: The North Bottoms
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The North Bottoms neighborhood was settled by Germans from Russia beginning in the 1870s. During the preceding century they had colonized in Russia, ...
A New Year’s Eclipse
The most memorable feature of New Year’s Day in Nebraska in 1889 was a solar eclipse that occurred between three and four o’clock in the afternoon. The Omaha Daily ...
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