Paul Vandervoort, Omaha Resident Turned Cuba Colonialist
Paul Vandervoort was a Union Veteran that settled in Omaha after the Civil War, but he is best known for his work helping to found an American colony in Cuba around ...
Omaha
What We Found
“The Artist”
When a fire damaged Lila Vamosi's drawing "The Artist," she turned to our Gerald Ford Conservation Center to restore it. Although it still shows some scars, they now ...
Danish Tug ‘o War Team
Tug of War was serious business in 1890s Nebraska. Just ask the Omaha Danes, reigning state champions in 1892.
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Throwback Thursday Photograph, Omaha 1868
Today’s Throwback Thursday photo takes way, way back to August 1868 to the northwest corner of 13th and Douglas Street in Omaha, Nebraska. Several employees of the Omaha ...
See? Coronado Made it to Nebraska After All
Historians long believed that in 1541, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado became the first European explorer to reach the Platte River in Nebraska. By the 1890s, historical ...
Six Nebraska Locations Added to National Register of Historic Places
History Nebraska is pleased to announce that six Nebraska locations have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Omaha Drummond Motor Company, Omaha ...
Entertainment in Nebraska Territory
Nebraska's first theatrical performance happened in Omaha in 1857. The troupe's version of "Box and Cox" was considered by the local newspaper to have been a bit ...
Florence, Nebraska
Florence, now a neighborhood of Omaha, was once one of the oldest cities in Nebraska.
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Nebraskans Loved Actress Sarah Bernhardt, Whether They Understood Her or Not
When world famous stage actress Sarah Bernhardt came to Omaha in 1901, it was a big deal. Over 2000 people were overjoyed to watch her perform. But many couldn't ...
Automobile Thieves
Shortly after the introduction of cars came car thieves. According to an Omaha-based magazine, the worst thieves weren't the ones that stole the whole car, but those ...
Lydia McIntyre, Omaha’s wealthy panhandler
Lydia McIntyre was the best panhandler on 20th century Omaha's streets. When she died in 1937, she was found to have a surprisingly large amount of money stashed away in ...
Sick of the Job: Nebraska’s First Territorial Governor
The very first governor of Nebraska Territory was in office for all of two days. Then he died.
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