Fire and Accident a Friend to Coyotes
Hunters exhibit their trophies following a hunt in Franklin County in January 1914. NSHS RG3367.PH3-23 (above).
Organized hunts for “wolves” (what we now call ...
Omaha Daily Bee
What We Found
Ashland, the First Saunders County Seat
First Saunders County Courthouse, built at Ashland in 1870. NSHS RG1121.PH8-28 (above).
An unusual feature of the boundary of Nebraska’s Saunders County is Ashland ...
Nebraska’s Gold, the Goldenrod
April 4 marks the anniversary of the designation of the goldenrod as Nebraska’s state flower in 1895. A legislative resolution giving the state a floral emblem was ...
100 Years of the Federal Income Tax
U.S. Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska. NSHS RG2411-668-b.
As April 15 approaches, American taxpayers may note that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the ...
The Missouri River Flood of 1881
Missouri River flooding at Omaha in 1881, NSHS RG2341-898 (right).
Snowfall in the winter of 1880-81 was unusually heavy, not only in Nebraska but in the states to ...
“Women, High Living, and Diamonds” for Omaha’s Bartenders
Omaha in 1886 boasted about 150 saloons manned by a host of bartenders who ministered to the city’s thirst for beer and hard liquor. The Omaha Bee on September 26, 1886, ...
School Lunches Once Provided by WCTU
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was early associated with providing food to the public, sometimes as a charitable project, sometimes to finance other ...
Sargent and The Times
James E. McCray of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska. NSHS RG2608-768 (at left).
The at left photograph of James E. McCray, seated in front of a newspaper office in ...
A New Calendar for the New Year
This 1914 calendar from McCool Junction in York County included a Christmas greeting. RG2856-6-3
It seems appropriate to start the New Year by putting up new ...
John T. Bell’s Shorthand in the Courtroom
Historian John T. Bell was also one of Nebraska’s earliest court stenographers. NSHS RG2411-384-a
Before the invention of recording and dictation machines, ...
Cigarettes in the Boudoir: Omaha’s Female Smokers in 1889
Nathaniel Currier’s 1847 lithograph depicted a reclining woman smoking a cigarette. NSHS 10645-4273
“From London comes the assurance that the duchess of Marlborough ...
Steamboats Impractical in an Age of Railroads
Steamboat Red Cloud, 1873-1882. NSHS RG4997-69
The “Golden Age” of steamboating on the Missouri River was between 1850 and 1860. The outbreak of the Civil War ...
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