Weddings in Seward County
Nebraska newspapers have been the subject of a number of reminiscences published in Nebraska History over the years. The September 1951 issue included the experiences of ...
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Fish in Nebraska
In 1879 a Board of Fish Commissioners was created in Nebraska to increase fish populations and distribution in the state's public waters. However, for several years ...
The Clough Murder Case
New Year's Day in 1891 was a momentous one for Warren Clough, who had spent almost fifteen years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for the 1876 murder of his brother, ...
Fun and Games
What kinds of indoor activities did you (or your parents) use to keep busy during those hot days of summer?
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Carry Nation Debated Woman Suffrage in Seward
The debate on the suffrage question at the opera house last evening . . . drew out a large and appreciative audience. Mrs. Nation is a motherly looking woman of middle ...
Should Casler’s Grave Be Decorated?
By 1929 the ranks of Civil War veterans were thinning. Each year Nebraska cemeteries saw more old soldiers’ graves bedecked with flowers on Decoration Day, as Memorial ...
National Preservation Act Celebrating 50th Year
LR458, a resolution to acknowledge the 50th year of the National Historic Preservation Act, was passed March 9 by the Nebraska State Legislature.
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Timeline Tuesday: Lurking in every Coca Cola glass is an ‘evil principle’
Caption: Interior of Fred Trute’s liquor store, Seward, Nebraska. RG2536-5-10
Readers of The Nebraska Issue (Lincoln), official organ of the Anti-Saloon ...
Nebraska builds a better mousetrap
Nebraska manufacturers have produced everything from cigars to concrete mixers. This little gem is a Delusion mousetrap invented by John H. Morris of Seward. Morris ...
Formation and Failure: The Populist Party in Seward County, 1890-1892
Populism swept across Nebraska and other states of the Great Plains, historians have continued to be fascinated by the subject. Much research and writing have been ...
Decoration Day
According to the Seward Independent-Democrat newspaper (June 5, 1913), when the head of the parade reached Cottage Hotel, just north of the bridge, a halt was made. The ...
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