Sandhills, Hawley’s Proposed Reclamation of
Conservation and prison reform were combined in a proposal by R. A. Hawley for the reclamation of the Sandhills of Nebraska in 1893. Hawley believed it feasible to plant ...
Sandhills
What We Found
Nebraska National Forest
The first suggestion that the federal government should plant trees in the Sand Hills came from Dr. Charles E. Bessey of the University of Nebraska in 1890. He ...
The Ruins along Highway 2
Highway 2 through the Sandhills is one of Nebraska’s most scenic drives. Deep in the Sandhills lakes country, near the tiny town of Antioch, stand desolate, oddly-shaped ...
The Nebraska Highway Archeology Program— “So, How Do You Know Where to Dig?”
In an earlier blog post, we introduced a brief history and purpose of the Nebraska Highway Archeology Program (NHAP) – a cooperative venture by the Nebraska Department ...
Crowdfunded African American Sandhills Settlement Marker Dedication will be April 11, 2016
St. James A.ME. Church at DeWitty, Nebraska. History Nebraska RG2301-1-3
Nebraska’s longest-lasting African American rural settlement will receive a state ...
Marker Monday Encore: “Haumann Sisters: Lost in the Sandhills”
Six generations of the Haumann family attended the marker dedicaiton in Thedford on Sunday, May 1, 2016. From left to right: Alan & wife Ronda Haumann, Shari and ...
Flashback Friday – New album showcases Nebraska history and culture through song
What do Bruce Springsteen, Justin Bieber, the Zac Brown Band, and Peru State English professor Dr. Dan Holtz have in common? They’ve all sung songs about Nebraska. But ...
Nebraska’s Perfectly Peculiar People
Each state has its share of wonderfully wacky, unique, and downright fabulous people. Here are a few of ours.
Miles Maryott
Miles Maryott, born in Burt County ...
Environmental Perception and Geographic Change in Southwest Sheridan County
The story of exploration, settlement, adjustment, change, and disruption in the Nebraska Panhandle and adjacent Sandhills has been a favorite theme of historians and ...
Marker Monday: Opening the Sandhills
The first ranch in this area was set up on the Niobrara River about five miles south of here in 1877.
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Baled Hay Church
A significant, and rare, representation of vernacular architecture within the Sandhills of west central Nebraska.
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Nebraska’s Lake Monster- Giganticus Brutervious
Swimmers in Nebraska ponds, lakes, and waterways face typical summer hazards such as sunburns, snapping turtles, and thunderstorms, but at least they don’t have to ...
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