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Nebraska's History | Your family's future Recent News and Articles
Why John G. Neihardt was named Nebraska Poet Laureate in 1921
By David L. Bristow, Editor
On April 18, 1921, the Nebraska state legislature became the first to name a state poet laureate, honoring forty-year-old ...
Emigrants along the Trails at Chimney Rock
When people traveled west on the Oregon, Mormon, California, and other famous trails, they had to decide what to bring with them and what to leave behind. Many of them ...
Marker Monday: Easter Blizzard of 1873
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments, places, and people in our state's past. Today we're focusing on a marker that tells the story of ...
She Didn’t Know She Was a Statue
Lucy Vander Sterre’s face was used as a model for a prominent statue in Omaha. But she didn’t know the statue existed for more than 30 years. In the Fall 2014 issue of ...
Neligh Mill at 150
By David L. Bristow
April 10, 2024
Neligh Mill, in the northeast Nebraska town of Neligh, is a place where the past doesn’t feel all that long ago—as if the ...
1889 New Year’s Day Eclipse
New Year's Day in Omaha in 1889 was crisp but sunny. "The streets were thronged from 9 o'clock in the morning," said the Omaha Daily Bee on January 2. "The saloons were ...
