Armistice Day, 70 Years Ago
This November 11th marks the seventieth anniversary of the end of "the war to end all wars."The armistice signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh ...
York
What We Found
Depression Living
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Nebraskans became accustomed to living under trying conditions. People had to cope not only with hard economic times, but with ...
Sliding to Safety
A student or teacher slides down what appears to be a flexible fire escape outside York’s Central School during a fire drill, February 10, 1910. NSHS RG2856-9-62 ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska 4-H Clubs Began in York County
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on E. C. Bishop, the teacher who is regarded ...
Flashback Friday: Off to Business College in 1908
One of the benefits of publishing historical essays is the way they elicit previously unknown materials from readers. Recently Dr. Oliver Pollak forwarded a letter from ...
Too Much Beef, a complaint about football
The football schedules of early Nebraska teams sometimes matched or mismatched-high school and college teams and paired both with teams organized by other groups such ...
Pan of Fudge
Six girls and their bemused-looking chaperone pose in a pennant-bedecked room, possibly at York College (York, Nebraska) in about 1910.
Many food historians trace the ...
On This Day: Armistice Celebrated Early
The armistice to end World War I signed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month was greeted with great rejoicing in Nebraska towns. ...
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