As soon as the Nebraska Territory came into being in 1854, a government had to be created literally from a blank page into a functioning one with all sorts of laws, officers and entities. To avoid ...

KEARNEY — Promoters used the term “Queen of the Prairies” as a way to entice settlers to come to the area surrounding the Platte River. “’Queen of the Prairies’ was a nickname that had been given to ...

Shelie Hartman-Gibbs, left, and Karen Little Thunder look over mainly Lakota artifacts with David Rosenthal, collections manager in the Smithsonian Institution’s anthropology department. Seven pieces ...

The Nebraska Colonization Company was formed in Quincy in June 1854, shortly after the Nebraska Territory was open for settlement. It was a stock company managed by Jonathan Smith as president, J. W.

One morning after a night of one too many drinks, I gave in and passed my then 2-year-old daughter my phone to watch cartoons while I slept it off. When I woke up, Peppa Pig was nowhere to be found, ...

James Hutton, a private in Company E, First Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, about 1861. He was a brother of John Hutton, also a private. The president's policies divided the nation. Gary Sadlemyer says ...