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Tag Archives: cowboy
Miles, Mules, and Men: The Forgotten Front of the Civil War
Imagine your car. Now consider the amount of gas that it requires to keep it running. Picture that your car is in the middle of rural, untamed Nebraska: there are no gas stations for miles. Multiply your car into several … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Publications
Tagged Civil War, cowboy, Great Plains, horses, Indians, military, Nebraska territory, supply trains, transportation, U.S. Cavalry
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A Haunted Cowboy
3 Hemingford Herald 4/24/1896 The Old West has its share of ghostly lore, no matter what section of the country you study, and Nebraska is no exception. By 1896 most of the territorial fighting had calmed down in Western Nebraska … Continue reading
Posted in Library/Archives, Photograph Collection, Uncategorized
Tagged Carlisle Cattle Company, cowboy, Folklore, Ghost Story, Guide Rock, Hemingford, Joe Healy, Nebraska, Old West
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Good Guys Wear White Hats
10645-2029; Source: John P. Falter Collection Those of you who have been following our blog, know that the Nebraska History Museum, with the help of intern Karen Anderson, has been recataloging and digitizing the John P. Falter collection. In addition to … Continue reading
Roping Elk
Cowboys occasionally roped more than cattle or horses, as James E. Farley recalled in Solomon D. Butcher’s Pioneer History of Custer County, Nebraska (1901). “Towards the end of my cowboy career,” Farley said, “I worked for the Bar-T ranch, of … Continue reading
Cattle Drive!
If you missed “Beef State,” a co-production of NET Television and the Nebraska State Historical Society, you’re not too late. You can order it from our Landmark Stores or watch it online. But there’s more to the story than what … Continue reading
The Day Buffalo Bill Rescued Bad Art
Our assistant editor, Patricia Gaster, writes a weekly history column called “Nebraska Timeline” that is distributed to newspapers across the state. Past columns are posted here. In one column, Pat wrote about “Buffalo Bill” Cody and the 1893 World’s Columbian … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged 1893 Columbian Exposition, Buffalo Bill, cowboy, Wild West, William F. Cody
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