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Monthly Archives: December 2010
A Nebraska Artist’s Christmas
The Christmas Taffy Pull, Oil on Canvas Mounted on Board, 1964. This appeared on the cover of the Omaha World-Herald’s Magazine of the Midlands. These two paintings, with Christmas themes, were created by Terence Duren (1907-1968) a leading Nebraska artist … Continue reading
Christmas at Fort Robinson
Fort Robinson provides the following holiday story of devotion and courage from A Frontier Army Christmas, compiled and annotated by Lori A. Cox-Paul and Dr. James Wengert, and published by the Nebraska State Historical Society. In December 1882 Corp. Martin … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska Timeline, Publications Tagged Christmas, Fort Robinson, military, natural disaster Leave a comment
The Royal Highlanders
The Royal Highlanders was a “benevolent and fraternal corporation” originally established in Aurora, Nebraska in 1895. The goal of The Royal Highlanders was “to unite for mutual benefit and fraternal protection all white persons who are in good health, of … Continue reading
Posted in Library/Archives, Museum Collections Tagged Aurora, fraternal organization, insurance, Royal Highlanders 10 Comments
The Bedbug in Verse
The current resurgence of bedbugs in the United States has brought the little pests once again into the limelight after decades of obscurity. Our pioneer ancestors, however, were well acquainted with bedbugs, as revealed by contemporary diaries, books, and newspapers. … Continue reading
Winter Games
Although many of us may groan at the sight of winter’s first snowfall, when you’re a kid, it’s a whole different ballgame. When those first flakes begin to fall, you hope for a snow day and begin to dream of … Continue reading
A Cow on the Roof and a Bullet in the Head
Solomon Butcher’s 1886 cow-on-the-roof photo is one of the best known and most iconic images of homesteading on the Great Plains. Butcher photographed Sylvester Rawding’s family in front of their sod house near West Union, Custer County, Nebraska. Butcher eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Nebraska History, Photograph Collection, Publications Tagged agriculture, Civil War, Custer County, homestead, military, Solomon Butcher 1 Comment