The Making of a Senator: The Early Life of Hugh Butler
Senator Hugh Alfred Butler was one of Nebraska's most well-known, but least understood politicians. The voters of Nebraska who elected Butler to the United States Senate ...
Omaha
What We Found
Territorial Omaha as a Staging and Freighting Center
The area designated by Congress in 1854 as the Nebraska Territory was organized in part to clear the way for the eventual passage of a transcontinental railroad through ...
The Anti-Greek Riot of 1909
On Saturday, February 20, 1909, the headline of the World-Herald Herald read "Ed Lowery, South Omaha Policeman, Is Shot and Killed By Greek." The bold type was followed ...
Joseph Warren Arnold’s Journal of His Trip to and from Montana, 1864-1866
Joseph Warren Arnold was born in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in 1841. He attended school in Springville, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio. When he felt the lure ...
The Governor and the Guard in the Omaha Tram Strike of 1935
At the height of violence in the Omaha streetcar strike of 1935 Nebraska's new governor, Robert Leroy ("Roy") Cochran, called out the National Guard and declared martial ...
The Omaha Business Men’s Association and the Open Shop, 1903-1909
Socially prominent local businessmen led the anti-union movement in Omaha in the early twentieth century. Many unions survived, but the open shop principle promoted by ...
Gone to Horse Heaven
Dr. Enos Lowe was one of Omaha's pioneer settlers and its first mayor. He also owned a pair of horses, George and Jim, that were inseparable for 20 years. He wrote about ...
“It’s Going to be a Stunner”: Women’s Swimwear in 1887
Whether it was bloomers and black stockings or a blouse and trousers with a skirt attached, the women's swimsuits of the 19th century are a far cry from those of ...
Sarg Cole’s Sleepless Marathon Drive in Omaha
In May 1925, Sarg Cole had what modern scholars might call a Bad Idea. He was going to drive around Omaha for 5 days straight with no sleep and nothing to drink but ...
Jury Duty
It's safe to say that jury duty isn't the most enjoyable thing in the world. But for one Omaha jury in February 1893, things got so bad that they actually went on ...
“What’s happened to our teenagers?” Elvis in Nebraska
Why is this young man all shook up? Elvis Presley performed at the University of Nebraska Coliseum on May 19, 1956, and at the Omaha Civic Auditorium the next day. This ...
Trash to Treasure
This Great Depression Era hand-painted ad for Advo Coffee was in bad shape when it arrived at our Ford Conservation Center.
It was split into pieces, warped, and ...
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