The Old Settlers Picnic
Summertime is picnic time. Family get-togethers, high school reunions, and townhomecomings dot the summer calendars of many Nebraskans. At the turn of the century,many ...
Valentine
What We Found
Those Fish Stories
Improbable fishing yarns have been around as long as fish and fishing. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal in the summer of 1907 reported an escalating series of such tales ...
Nellie Bly in Nebraska
Nellie Bly. Wikimedia Commons
“Nellie Bly” was the professional pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1867-1922), one of Joseph Pulitzer’s best reporters at ...
Cherry County Divided?
One factor behind a proposed division of Cherry County in 1911 was the distance of isolated ranches, such as that of Charles S. Hoyt (above) near Pullman, from ...
Send a Valentine to your Valentine from Valentine: History of the Cachet Program
When your name is easily used in puns and songs, the novelty wears off quickly. But instead settling for cheap laughs, one Nebraska town has turned a notable name into ...
The Curious Candidacy of Americus Liberator
In 1968 Secretary of State Frank Marsh formally recognized the “Peace on Earth Party,” which held its first convention in Omaha.[1] Then Herbert F. Hoover, fourth cousin ...
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 ...
Marker Monday: Bryan Bridge
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on a one of a kind bridge near Valentine ...
When Jell-O salad was a status symbol
We don’t have to explain that traditional Midwestern salads usually don’t include lettuce. “Salad” traditionally means some sort of fruit suspended in gelatin with ...
A Blustery Valentine Thanksgiving
In 1886, the weather stranded area travelers and forced the cancellation of a Thanksgiving entertainment in Valentine.
President Grover Cleveland in a ...
“A burning shame” – defending bison in 1874
Some Nebraskans were aware of the values of wildlife conservation years before effective measures were enacted into law. The Daily Nebraska State Journal of Lincoln ...
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