Nebraska’s Unique Contribution To The Entertainment World
The election of William F. Cody in August 1967, to the Nebraska Hall of Fame indicated a popular interest in the history of Western America and the people contributing ...
North Platte
What We Found
Marker Monday: Fort McPherson in North Platte
Marker Text
Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was cast.
The ...
HN’s Heritage Hero Awards for 2019
Bruce V. Richman arrived at Buffalo Rill Ranch in North Platte wearing his Buffalo Bill gear, thinking he would be doing a presentation for a school group as he has ...
Four Nebraska Locations Added to National Register of Historic Places
History Nebraska is pleased to announce that four locations have been recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. The A.B. Fuller House in Decatur, St. ...
No mob? No riot? What really happened when North Platte forced Black residents to flee
In 1929 a group of local men visited every Black household in North Platte, telling people to get out of town by 3 p.m.
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Omaha Airfield Challenging Radios in Planes
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
As an emerging invention in the early 1920s, radios became popular as entertainment and as a means of ...
North Platte Transforms Carnegie Library into Children’s Museum
It’s hard to imagine a world without free access to the unlimited knowledge offered by public libraries. But at the beginning of the twentieth century, this was not the ...
Archeology in the Ash Hollow Locality
By Rob Bozell, (former) Nebraska State Archeologist
Ash Hollow State Historical Park is not only one of the most picturesque of Nebraska’s public parks but it and ...
NEBRASKAland DAYS in Lincoln and North Platte
June brings with it the annual NEBRASKAland DAYS festival in North Platte. These days, the events span ten days, including a parade, musical performances, meals, and the ...
Shelton Farm Girl Remembers the WWII North Platte Canteen
By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor
The North Platte Canteen served over six million World War II service men and women traveling on the Union Pacific railroad between ...
Marker Monday: Scout’s Rest
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Scout's Rest in North Platte, originally built as ...
The Story of Richi Ugai: Making the American Dream Possible for Future Generations of Japanese-Americans
Nebraska has had a small Japanese-American population since the early 1900’s. Richi Ugai of North Platte, Nebraska, was a prominent figure for the Japanese-American ...
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