Sparrows
The English sparrow is one of the most common birds in Nebraska and in the United States. Originally found in England and northern Europe, the sparrow was brought to ...
Silas Garber
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English Sparrows in Nebraska
The English sparrow is one of the commonest birds in Nebraska and in the United States. It was brought to the U.S. in 1851, and to Nebraska in the 1870s. Several letters ...
Centennial County Histories
In the spring of 1876 Congress passed a resolution asking individual counties and towns in the U.S. to compile their histories and to have them read at local Fourth of ...
Nebraska’s Centennial County Histories
Commemorative ribbon, Philadelphia, 1876 Centennial. NSHS 11940-1-(51) (at right).
In the spring of 1876 Congress passed a resolution asking individual counties and ...
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