Drug abuse problems in Nebraska and the rest of the country during the late nineteenth century involved different substances than those commonly mentioned in the crime ...
Andrew G. Wolfenbarger (1856-1923), a well-known Lincoln attorney, was for many years a state and national prohibition leader. The Nebraska State Journal of October 9, ...
The World's Columbian Exposition, commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, was opened May 1, 1898, in Chicago. The exposition's 150 buildings of ...
The World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition opened in New Orleans on December 16, 1884. As the largest world's fair held in the United States to that date, it attracted ...
Rumors of gold strikes on several small creeks in what is now Colorado touched off the Pike's Peak gold rush in 1858. Nebraska City was the steamboat landing and ...
When Maud Gonne (1865-1953), a well-known Irish nationalist, arrived in Omaha in early 1900 for a speaking engagement, the Nebraska Irish were clearly delighted to have ...
Funeral customs have changed through the years in Nebraska, but advertising of products and services has long been customary by those responsible for burial of the dead. ...
Nebraska's newspapers reveal frequent news and occasional comment on Halloween observances, legal and otherwise. The editorial column "Topics of the Times," in ...
When Homan J. Walsh died in Lincoln on March 8, 1899, local newspapers noted that he had been a thirty-year resident of the city, a real estate businessman, officer of ...
The advent of the horseless carriage revolutionized personal transportation for Nebraskans. The elimination of living, breathing horsepower similarly transformed the ...
Dad is ready to hunt during a family outing near Broken Bow in 1889. History Nebraska RG2608-764
Hunting on the frontier had many drawbacks besides firearms ...
Ice cream cones, one of the few joys of summer available before air conditioning, became popular during the first decade of the twentieth century. Although the origin is ...