Junior Normal Schools
In 1867 the first normal school in Nebraska was established at Peru, but it was available only to a small number of potential teachers. In order to expand opportunities ...
O’Neill
What We Found
Dividing Holt County
Holt County, with its 2,418 square miles of territory, is one of Nebraska’s largest counties. Its size caused many bitter fights over county ...
Flashback Friday: ‘Cream-of-the-crop of Nebraska girls’ – Miss Centennial Nebraska 1967
Miss Centennial Nebraska 1967 in a Centennial Parade in O'Neill.
By Kylie Kinley, Assistant Editor
It won her a crown so heavy it dented her forehead, a ...
May Day a Snow Day in 1911
Many Nebraskans, after enjoying spring weather only a few days earlier, spent May 1 of 1911 wading through snow and shoveling the white stuff off their ...
This noble Moses P. Kinkaid
Portrait of Moses P. Kinkaid, Congressman, 6th District, Nebraska. Later in life.
In 1904, President Theodore Roosevelt signed a bill sponsored by Moses P. Kinkaid of ...
Marker Monday: Irish Capital of Nebraska
O'Neill, proclaimed the Irish Capital of Nebraska by the Governor in 1969.
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