How difficult was it to cross the Platte without a bridge? The river was notorious for its braided channel and patches of quicksand.
History & Culture
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.
The Women Who Shaped Conservation
To celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s peek into the past and see how women have shaped the wild places of North America.
Why Kearney Will Become a Second Minneapolis
Kearney was booming in 1889 when city boosters commissioned a promotional book The City of Kearney, Nebraska.