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Tag Archives: Samuel Avery
Nebraska’s Semicentennial Arbor Day
Nebraskans celebrated the semicentennial of the state’s admission into the Union in 1917 on several dates, including March 1, Statehood Day; February 12, Lincoln’s birthday; and in churches, February 25, the Sunday nearest Washington’s birthday. The citizens of Nebraska City, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arbor Day, J.Sterling Morton, Nebraska City, Nebraska semicentennial, Samuel Avery
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Students and the Saloon
Although dating from the 1870s, the city of Lincoln’s preoccupation with the prohibition issue quickened in the first decade of the twentieth century. With the failure of efforts to add a prohibitory amendment to the state constitution in 1890, prohibitionists … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications
Tagged Lincoln, Prohibition, Samuel Avery, University of Nebraska
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