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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Jul 29, 2018 11:51AM ● By J.D. Avant
If Curly Martin has something to say, you can best believe you will hear it if you’re within earshot. “Man, tell me who came up with this id...
Jul 16, 2018 02:22PM ● By Mandy Mowers
Daylight may be the most prominent feature of the Rail and Commerce Building at 10th and Mason streets. The banks of windows on every floor—...
Jul 08, 2018 03:17PM ● By Linda Persigehl
4-H played a big part in Tracy Behnken’s youth. The Nebraska Extension educator, who grew up on a dairy farm near Bennington, showed dairy c...
May 28, 2018 11:19AM ● By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman
Some migratory Omahans make a tradition of flocking north to the freshwater oasis called Okoboji. This historic, former Native American enca...
May 16, 2018 02:56PM ● By Ronald Ahrens
In the summer of 1972, I discovered the power of a flashlight with an orange wand. Nobody had ever paid attention to me—an undersized 16-ye...
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