Was the McRib invented in Nebraska?
Rumor has it that McDonalds' McRib® Sandwich was invented in Nebraska. That rumor is not exactly true.
In 1972 Professor Roger Mandingo of the University of Nebraska ...
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Behlen Buildings Survive Atomic Bombs
The steel panels used by Behlen Manufacturing, of Columbus, Nebraska, in the construction of their buildings proved their durability in an atomic bomb test at Yucca ...
Throwback Thursday Photograph, Belly Laughs
What do you think these boys are laughing about?
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Marker Monday: The Lewis-Syford House
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on a Lincoln landmark and the oldest remaining building on the ...
Psychology at the University of Nebraska, 1889-1930
The University of Nebraska produced numerous prominent psychologists, despite being a state whose population statistics should not merit such a number. This article ...
Retrospective on 1968
TV was full of protesters demonstrating everywhere, sometimes setting fires and breaking windows. What was happening to our country? I’ve been asking that same question ...
Marker Monday: Louis Crompton LGBTQA+ Advocate
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Louis Crompton joined the English department faculty at UNL in 1955. While at UNL in fall 1970, Crompton taught the first interdisciplinary gay studies ...
Before Memorial Stadium
This article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. Household-plus members of History Nebraska receive four issues per year. Learn more.
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The Huskers wore blue jerseys for Memorial Stadium’s first game
By David L. Bristow
The Nebraska Cornhuskers wore blue jerseys during the first football game ever played at Memorial Stadium on October 13, 1923. The ...
Memorial Stadium turns 100
By David L. Bristow, Editor
April 26, 2023
What’s the proper way to break ground for the new home of the Cornhuskers? With a team and a plow, of ...
Mysterious Case of Pearl Forcade
In early January 1885 teenage prostitute Pearl Forcade was killed by a drunken man at "Mollie's Hall" in Lincoln. When her brothers arrived at Wyuka cemetery to claim ...
August Hagenow: Violinist – Conductor – Director
The NSHS Collections division holds a small collection of materials related to noted musician, August Hagenow. Born in Germany in 1859, Hagenow studied the violin in ...
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