The Old Filling Station
By David L. Bristow, Editor
When we think about landmark buildings, gas stations probably aren’t the first places that come to mind. But they’ve been part ...
Ogallala
What We Found
Cowboys
Cowboys first appeared in Nebraska on cattle drives from Texas, accompanying the vast herds to northern railheads such as Schuyler and Ogallala beginning in the 1860s. ...
Cook’s Cattle Drive North, 1876
Cattleman James H. Cook first came to Nebraska in 1876 when he helped drive a herd of cattle from Texas. In 1911 he recalled this event: "In the year 1876 I helped to ...
Cattle Drives
In 1907 rancher James H. Cook described his experiences herding cattle from Texas to Nebraska to Eli S. Ricker. While Cook talked Ricker recorded the story in a ...
Collecting the Here and Now
As I mentioned in a blog post a few weeks back about a Superman comic book, the Nebraska State Historical Society collects and cares for hundreds of thousands of items ...
Marker Monday: Court House Rock, Chimney Rock and Scott’s Bluffs
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on the North Platte Valley's trio of ...
Marker Monday: Ash Hollow
Marker Text
Note: Some markers have not aged well. History is written by people, and people have biases and blind spots. This marker mistakes a bit of folklore ...
Marker Monday: Boot Hill
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. The first people buried at Boot Hill were a mother and child, but ...
A Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Story Played Out in Western Nebraska in 1968
This article appears in the Winter 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine, a quarterly publication of History Nebraska. Family-plus members receive four issues per ...
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