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A Transcontinental Journey Through Time on U.S. Route 6

Apr 19, 2019 12:08PM ● By Robert Fraass

Decades before the Interstate Highway System reshaped travel, commerce, and communities, the first intercontinental highway emerged in pre-W...

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Photos: Trans-Mississippi Expo of 1898

Apr 16, 2019 01:34PM ● By Doug Meigs

Examine photos of Omaha from the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898, an important milestone for the history of tourism in Nebraska.Read ab...

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The Early Days of Nebraska Tourism

Apr 16, 2019 11:26AM ● By Anne Walsh

The moxie of Nebraska’s new tourism slogan—“Honestly, It’s Not For Everyone”—reverberated across national media in late 2018, as reporters a...

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The Phoenix-Like Resurrection of Turkeys in Nebraska

Feb 14, 2019 08:44AM ● By Jared Kennedy

If you’ve ever gone turkey hunting in Nebraska, or seen one out and about, you should know that every turkey you have encountered in Nebrask...

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Elmwood Park Paved for a Parking Lot

Feb 13, 2019 11:26AM ● By Ryan Roenfeld

Elmwood Park is an oasis of green in the heart of Omaha. It is a place for pick-up baseball and ultimate frisbee, picnics, barbecues, and 18...

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Preserving the Legacy of Dr. Susan La Flesche

Dec 27, 2018 01:47PM ● By Patrick Mainelli

As it was in the days of the unbound prairie, so it remains in the age of endless corn: the pleasures of place are given to those with a kee...

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Seeking Darkness in the Woods

Oct 31, 2018 11:41AM ● By Lisa Lukecart

Touring Hummel Park with Midwest Paranormal History Tours story by Lisa LukecartJamie Nestroyl walks up the short stone steps in the middle ...

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Francis Burt

Oct 28, 2018 10:12AM ● By Ryan Roenfeld

There was much excitement in October 1854 as the Nebraska pioneers eagerly awaited Francis Burt, the new territory’s first governor. That ho...

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From Japanese-American Internment Camp to Boys Town

Oct 24, 2018 11:22AM ● By Leo Adam Biga

Xenophobic fears ran wild after the Empire of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. promptly entered World War II, and nearly 120,000 Jap...

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The Devil is in the Detail

Oct 13, 2018 01:05PM ● By Kim Reiner

When Jenny Gradowski drives up to her home each evening, she says the scene still gives her pause. “This is my home,” she says with awe. Gra...

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Meriwether Lewis Suicide or Assassination

Oct 01, 2018 10:02AM ● By Doug Meigs

Kira Gale upset the historical establishment when she argued that the death of Meriwether Lewis was the result of assassination, not suicide...

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A Relic of Hinky Dinky

Sep 25, 2018 10:12AM ● By Sandra Martin

As the University of Nebraska Medical Center expands in midtown Omaha, it digs up memories for residents who have seen the city change from ...

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