Red Willow County’s First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving in 1896 was celebrated on November 26, and editor F. M. Kimmell of the McCook Tribune took advantage of the holiday to reflect on Red Willow County's recent ...
Thanksgiving
What We Found
Thanksgiving in the 1890s
Two Thanksgiving reports from the 1890s illustrate the coming of hard times to Nebraska. The 1890s saw the country’s worst economic depression until the 1930s.
“The ...
Thanksgiving in Lincoln, 1907
"One of the quietest Thanksgiving days observed in many years was passed in Lincoln yesterday," said the Nebraska State Journal of November 29, 1907. "With no football ...
Thanksgiving in Omaha, 1909
Nearly a month before the official Thanksgiving holiday in 1909, the Omaha Daily News published mayor James Dahlman's plea for what he called a "sane Thanksgiving." ...
Hayes County Thanksgivings
Thanksgiving, with its combination of patriotic and religious sentiments, was a most popular19th-century American holiday. Only July 4th was more widely observed. Even ...
Football at the Omaha Medical College, 1900
"The football season of 1900 has closed and the shaggy-haired heroes--the pride and boast of the Omaha Medical College--have laid away their football togs with a feeling ...
“Sane Thanksgiving” Advised by Omaha Mayor
More than a month before the official Thanksgiving holiday in 1909, the Omaha Daily News on October 24 published the plea of mayor James C. Dahlman for what he called a ...
Timeline Tuesday: Thanksgiving in Red Willow County
Thanksgiving in 1896 was celebrated on November 26, and editor F. M. Kimmell of the McCook Tribune took advantage of the holiday to reflect on Red Willow County's recent ...
Timeline Tuesday: A Blustery Thanksgiving in Valentine
President Grover Cleveland in a proclamation issued November 4, 1896, set aside November 26 "to be kept and observed as a day of thanksgiving and prayer throughout our ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Thanksgiving at Hattie B. Monroe House
Today's Throwback Thursday photograph captured the sweet excitement on the children’s faces as they help prepare the Thanksgiving turkey. Omaha photographer Nathaniel ...
Thanksgiving at the Fort, 1939
Fort Robinson served as the army’s “Remount Depot,” providing trained horses and mules for the troops. The fort’s holiday feasts were an occasion for dress uniforms and ...
Turkey Day in Holdrege
We have film of live turkeys being thrown from a rooftop in Holdrege in 1939. The Turkey Day promotion had a simple rule: any turkey you caught was yours to cook for ...
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