Prairie Stoves
The world is full of great ideas, but sometimes the best are ignored. One example involves the case of an extraordinarily efficient stove that was widely introduced by ...
Sutton
What We Found
The Petrified Bagel
Affectionately this little gem of an artifact is known around the museum collections offices as “The Petrified Bagel.” It is one of the few food items we have in the ...
Marker Monday: The Soldiers’ Monument
Marker Text
On March 27, 1879, George G. Meade Post 19, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Nebraska, was founded in Sutton by twenty former Union ...
Discover the Museum Collections
American Archives Month, October 2017
In celebration of Archives Month, this October we are talking about how you can access many of the wonderful materials in the ...
Still-Tasty Bagel Makes Perilous Journey
Members of the Heinrich family of Sutton, Nebraska, are said to have brought these bagels with them on their ocean voyage from Germany to the United States in the 1870s. ...
Sewing the Flag
In 1872 we held our first Fourth of July celebration. Everybody was eager to help and preparations went forward swiftly. The magnificent natural park with School Creek ...
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