Kearney was booming in 1889 when city boosters commissioned a promotional book The City of Kearney, Nebraska.

We take bridges for granted, but river-crossing Nebraskans of the past mostly relied on ferries well into the 20th century.

In September, the U.S. Department of Interior announced the Board on Geographic Names had approved the list of replacement words for a term that historically has been an offensive ethnic, sexist slur typically directed toward Native American women.

Early Native Americans were ingenious in developing muted pigments for face painting and artwork, but came to rely on a steady supply of brilliant colors from traders.

Nebraska began registering automobiles in 1905, but didn’t manufacture license plates until 1915. Owners made their own plates.

In July of 1874, Rocky Mountain locusts swarmed over the central United States in numbers not seen before or since.