Alexander, Hartley Burr
Hartley Burr Alexander, poet, philosopher, and anthropologist, is the man whose genius is behind the symbolism and inscriptions for the Nebraska State Capitol. Born in ...
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What We Found
Beating the Heat in the 1930s
The mid 1930s saw some of the hottest summer temperatures ever recorded in Nebraska. When Ruth Godfrey Donovan and her family moved to Lincoln in 1934, the Depression ...
Capital Removal
Newspapermen Samuel D. Cox and Arthur B. Hayes, the authors of History of the City of Lincoln, Nebraska, published in 1889, explained in the "Preface" to the book the ...
Capitol (First) of Nebraska
Nebraska's first state capitol building was completed in Lincoln by December l, 1868. In a reminiscence published by the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1902 in ...
A Seat of Honor
The oak chair that had been sitting so long in our vault had been used in the House Chamber of the second Nebraska State Capitol. The first State Capitol was built in ...
“Nebraska” is on the money!
Did you know the word “Nebraska” is on your money? It’s on one particular bill that’s probably in your wallet. Can you find it?
Hint #1:
It’s right here. Does this ...
The Man Behind the State Capitol
If you love the look of the Nebraska State Capitol, you owe a lot of thanks to this Nebraska-born poet and philosopher.
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Nebraska’s Five Capitols
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Our state capitol is one of the nation’s most recognizable, but did you know it’s the third capitol built on that spot, and the fifth to ...
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