Abbott, Othman A.
Othman A. Abbott (1842-1935), a practicing lawyer at Grand Island beginning in 1867, was not only one of Nebraska's influential pioneer lawyers but also one of the ...
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What We Found
Accidents along the Trail
The greatest dangers along the Overland Trail were disease and accident. Except for sanitary precautions, then little known, disease was perhaps unavoidable. Accidents, ...
Alternative Fuels
The first settlers in Nebraska Territory found the lack of timber, except along creek and river banks, a problem. The consequent lack of fuel for heating and cooking ...
Beadle in Nebraska
Erastus F. Beadle (1821-98), best known for his Dime Novel series launched in 1860, left Buffalo, New York, in March 1857 to seek his fortune in the new Nebraska ...
How Do We Get There?
Today, if someone wants directions, they can just go online and find a map to practically anywhere. But this is just a recent development. Before the internet, we needed ...
Flashback Friday: New Photos of 1890s Irrigation and Pioneer Life in the North Platte Valley Reveal New Insights
The right portion of this house shows a remnant of an earlier, lower gable, indicating that the house was originally built with a low roof (like the house in the left ...
Marker Monday: The Great Plains
Location
Rest Area, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.671154, -99.12191
Marker Text
West-bound travelers will leave the prairie ...
Shaking Loose the Rain
"Years ago pioneers believed that rain followed the plow; the evaporation from land surfaces and the conservation of run-off water caused a proportionate increase in the ...
Fire Fighting in 1878
Firefighting in 1800s Nebraska was never easy and frequently chaotic.
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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 ...
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