The story of Niobrara Island State Park began in 1889, when citizens successfully petitioned Congress to set aside a tract of land.
History & Culture
Neligh Mill at 150
Neligh Mill, in the northeastern Nebraska town of Neligh, is a place where the past doesn’t feel all that long ago.
Crossing the Platte, ‘the meanest of rivers’
How difficult was it to cross the Platte without a bridge? The river was notorious for its braided channel and patches of quicksand.
Memorial Stadium Turns 100
University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials broke ground on Memorial Stadium on April 26, 1923. An estimated thousand people showed up.
Hunter’s Harvest Dinner
The party took place in the rooftop Schimmel Ballroom, and guests appeared to be bucks only — an elite group of well-to-do men who were dressed to the nines. The wild game dinner was a highly-anticipated annual event, one that existed during the lifetime of the hotel.
A Soldier Returns to Fort Atkinson
When a farmer uncovered a portion of Lt. Gabriel Field’s headstone while plowing in 1954, it led to the exhumation of six graves.