Strange, but True?
These articles were featured in newpapers across Nebraska. Are they true? You be the judge.
"Drunken Baboon Plays Nick. Attacks Actors and Stage Hands and ...
Omaha
What We Found
“Cesspool of Politics”
In 1859 Nebraska Territorial Secretary J. Sterling Morton asked the U.S. Treasury for money to build a privy at the capitol building in Omaha. Mother Nature was ...
Fallout Shelters are for Cows Too
In 1963 the Roberts Dairy Company of Omaha conducted a two-week survival test for thirty-five cows, one bull, and two unfortunate university students in a concrete ...
World’s Largest Ball of Stamps
Boys and Girls Town of Omaha is known around the world for many positive things. Adding to its fame, it houses the world's largest ball of stamps.
Postmaster Pulls Letter Out of His Hat
Post Office in a Hat:
"The first postmaster of Omaha was Alfred D. Jones, who, since there was no post office building, carried the letters in his hat as he went about ...
Enola Gay built in Nebraska
In February 1941 the Glenn L. Martin Company and the U.S. government began plans for an aircraft assembly plant at Fort Crook, Nebraska. At its peak in November 1943, ...
Was the Reuben Sandwich invented in Omaha?
According to Omaha lore, the Reuben Sandwich was dreamed up at Omaha's Blackstone Hotel in 1925 by Reuben Kulakofsky, a local grocer, to feed a group of late-night poker ...
How a Nebraska company changed Americans’ eating habits
Gerry Thomas, University of Nebraska alumnus and salesman for Omaha-based C. A. Swanson and Sons has been credited with inventing the TV Dinner in 1954. The concept ...
A “Lady Patrolman” in Omaha?
By 1970 the Omaha Police Department had a few “policewomen,” but they were not allowed in cruisers and were not full police officers, or “patrolmen” as the city called ...
Finding a New Nickname for Nebraskans
The Pioneer Record (Verdon), the organ of the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers Association, in November 1894 included a brief article written by John A. MacMurphy on ...
Special Issue of Nebraska History Investigates Engineer Cantonment
How do you find a historic site that’s been lost for nearly 200 years? Until 2003 no one knew if the 1819-20 winter quarters of the Stephen Long Expedition still ...
Nebraska’s On-Again Off-Again Relationship with the Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the US Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights for all citizens regardless of the persons’ sex. In ...
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