The Value of a Simple Work Shirt
Think about the clothes you save–what are they? Chances are your family saves things like wedding dresses, christening gowns, military uniforms and other fancy or ...
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What We Found
New Archeology at Fort Robinson
Visitors to Fort Robinson State Park (near Nebraska’s northwest corner) see many original structures as well as replicas of important buildings that were torn down ...
“First Scalp for Custer” now back in print
Paul Hedren's book First Scalp for Custer: The Skirmish at Warbonnet Creek, Nebraska, July 17, 1876 is now back in print through Nebraska State Historical Society Books. ...
The Military Buildup to Wounded Knee
More than five thousand U.S. Army officers and soldiers were mobilized in the weeks leading up to the Wounded Knee Massacre. The troops – sent to subdue “hostile” ...
Help us identify these World War I photos
The NSHS Library/Archives Reference Staff help researchers from all over Nebraska and the world answer countless history, genealogy and research questions every day. ...
Fred Pickering, a World War I Doughboy from Ulysses
New recruits at the Saunders County Courthouse in Wahoo, ready to depart for Camp Funston, Kansas. Like Fred Pickering, many Nebraska soldiers received training at Camp ...
Shot Down Over the South China Sea: Recollections of WWII
Ens. John R. Doyle, USN. Courtesy of the Doyle Family
It took luck, skill, friendly Filipinos, and contracting malaria for U.S. Navy Ensign John “Dugie” Doyle ...
Flashback Friday: How Hall County WWI Doughboys Communicated with the Home Front
"If there is one thing the German fears more than anything else it is the bayonet charge," wrote an employee of the Keystone View Company as part of a little essay on ...
Reader Response to Hall County Doughboys article
We had a reader response to “The Best War I Ever Expect to Have: Hall County Doughboys’ Letters Home” by Daryl Webb, which ran in the Spring 2016 edition of Nebraska ...
Flashback Friday: “Uncle Sam’s Sharpshooters”: Military Marksmanship at Fort Omaha and Bellevue, 1882-1894
In this 1888 image of the Bellevue rifle range, the men are firing from prone or sitting positions. The targets appear in the distance, with the enlisted men's camp ...
Marker Monday: Crook House
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On April 27, 1875, General George A. Crook assumed command of the Department of the Platte, which then included Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, ...
Nebraska’s WWI Hospital in France
During World War I, US military hospitals in France were built and staffed by volunteers. Responding to urgent demand for medical care, the University of Nebraska’s ...
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