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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Touring Nebraska Orchards in 1872
Well before the emergence of Arbor Day as a state holiday dedicated to tree planting, southeast Nebraska had a number of thriving orchards. In 1872 the Nebraska State Horticultural Society sponsored a summer tour of some of the most outstanding … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Arbor Day, Nebraska State Horticultural Society
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New Quilt Exhibit at the Nebraska History Museum
A new quilt exhibit is now open at the Nebraska History Museum. “Quilting for a Cause: Nebraska’s Fundraising Quilts” features 15 quilts that were used in fundraising efforts from the Civil War to present day. Quilts displayed were made to … Continue reading
Rhubarb, the Pie Lover’s Delight
Rhubarb, a plant well known to pie and dessert lovers in Nebraska, has a long history in this state. Its use as a substitute for fruit in a newly settled country where fruit growing was limited made it popular with … Continue reading
A Titanic Centennial
Lately the news has been full of stories about the sinking of Titanic and the reissue of James Cameron’s movie about its fateful first and only voyage. Sunday, April 15, 2012, marks the one hundredth anniversary of Titanic’s loss. The … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged Carl Johnson, Emil Brandeis, John Kuhl, Titanic, Victor Halva
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Soldier’s Free Homestead Colony of Gibbon
On April 7, 1871, a Union Pacific emigrant train, bearing the members of the Soldier’s Free Homestead Colony, arrived at Gibbon siding in Buffalo County and switched off a few cars that were to house the colonists until they could … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged Gibbon, John Thorp, Soldier's Free Homestead Colony
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Treasures from Nebraska Museums
The NSHS works hard to collect and preserve Nebraska history, but we don’t do it alone. Historical organizations and museums dot our ninety-three counties and contain many treasures. To support their work in preserving our collective history, we’ve started a … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Museum Collections
Tagged artifact, collections, museum, treasures from nebraska museums
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John Falter Exhibit Opens Tonight!
The new exhibit, The Illustrator’s Pencil: John Falter from Nebraska to The Saturday Evening Post, opens tonight at the Nebraska History Museum in downtown Lincoln. NSHS members and the public are invited to view the exhibit from 5:30-7:30pm as … Continue reading
John Falter Jazz
One of the most interesting things I’ve discovered going through our John Falter collection in the last few years is how and how much of his personal interests, friends, and environs manifested themselves in his art. Jazz is a great example. Falter … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, collections, John Falter
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The Death of Col. William McCord, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
April 6-7 marks the 150th anniversary of the 1862 Battle of Shiloh (aka Pittsburg Landing) in Tennessee, one of two major Civil War battles in which the First Nebraska Regiment participated. Commanding the regiment at Shiloh, as he had done … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged Civil War, First Nebraska Regiment, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, William D. McCord
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