It Happened in Nebraska

It Happened in Nebraska
Author: Tammy Partsch
Publisher: It Happened In Series
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Nebraska
ISBN: 9781493039081

From the organization of the first Arbor Day to the invention of Kool-Aid, It Happened in Nebraska features thirty-six events from the history of the Cornhusker State.

A Brief History of Nebraska

A Brief History of Nebraska
Author: Ronald Clinton Naugle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2018-06
Genre: Nebraska
ISBN: 9780933307391

"This book is a short treatment of a long history. Nebraska has been inundated by ancient seas, carved by glaciers, and settled by ancient cultures who learned to survive in a land prone to extremes of climates. As a state, Nebraska was born out of the Civil War, shaped by railroads, and built by immigrants. Settlers were drawn by promises of free land and abundant rain. They endured droughts and economic depressions. They fought for political reforms, fought world wars, and sometimes fought each other. Along the way, Nebraskans chose a unique form of government and re-invented their communities under new conditions. A Brief History of Nebraska is a story of continual change, the back store of the place and people we know today"--The back cover.

Cut in Stone, Cast in Bronze

Cut in Stone, Cast in Bronze
Author: Jeff Barnes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2020
Genre: Historic sites
ISBN: 9781681842851

"Scattered across Nebraska are markers of the state's heritage. Many are in spots more remote than the Point of Beginning marker. When most of these were erected in the 1910s through the early 1930s, Nebraska had more people in rural areas; after the depression of the 1930s, there was a vast migration from farms to the cities. After a century, most Nebraskans and travelers are not aware of the touchstones to their history on the byways of the state. The purpose of this book is not to just identify and locate these early markers but also to recognize the people who placed them"--

100 Things Nebraska Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

100 Things Nebraska Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Author: Sean Callahan
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1623682851

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln is one of the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history—since its inception in 1890, the program has claimed five National Championships, all of which are explored in this essential guide, along with the personalities, events, and facts that any and every Cornhuskers fan should know. The book recalls the key moments and players from Tom Osborne’s reign on the Nebraska sidelines from the 1970s to the 1990s—an unprecedented period that included 13 conference championships and three national championships—as well as the program’s early years and recent success under head coach Bo Pelini. Author Sean Callahan also includes the unforgettable players who have worn the Scarlet and Cream, including Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, Tommie Frazier, and Ndamukong Suh. More than a century of team history is distilled to capture the essential moments, highlighting the personalities, games, rivalries, and plays that have come together to make Nebraska one of college football’s legendary programs.

Nebraska History Moments

Nebraska History Moments
Author: David L. Bristow
Publisher: History Nebraska
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2021-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780933307421

Each page of this book uses a photo or artifact to tell a true story about the past, drawing from the extensive collections of History Nebraska.

It Happened in Nebraska

It Happened in Nebraska
Author: Tammy Partsch
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2019-05-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1493039091

From the organization of the first Arbor Day to the invention of Kool-Aid, It Happened in Nebraska features more than thirty-six history-changing events from the Cornhusker State.

Outlaw Tales of Nebraska

Outlaw Tales of Nebraska
Author: T. D. Griffith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0762766697

A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Midwest.

In Cold Storage

In Cold Storage
Author: James W. Hewitt
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2015-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0803280734

In 1973 the small southwest Nebraska railroad town of McCook became the unlikely scene of a grisly murder. More than forty years later, author James W. Hewitt returns to the scene and unearths new details about what happened. After pieces of Edwin and Wilma Hoyt's dismembered bodies were found floating on the surface of a nearby lake, authorities charged McCook resident Harold Nokes and his wife, Ena, with murder. Harold pleaded guilty to murder and Ena pleaded guilty to two counts of wrongful disposal of a dead body, but the full story of why and how he murdered the Hoyts has never been told. Hewitt interviews law enforcement officers, members of the victims' family, weapons experts, and forensic psychiatrists, and delves into newspaper reports and court documents from the time. Most significant, Harold granted Hewitt his first and only interview, in which the convicted murderer changed several parts of his 1974 confession. In Cold Storage takes readers through the evidence, including salacious details of sex and intrigue between the Hoyts and the Nokeses, and draws new conclusions about what really happened between the two families on that fateful September night.

Goodnight, Nebraska

Goodnight, Nebraska
Author: Tom McNeal
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 337
Release: 1999-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0375704299

At the age of 17, Randall Hunsacker shoots his mother's boyfriend, steals a car and comes close to killing himself. His second chance lies in a small Nebraska farm town, where the landmarks include McKibben's Mobil Station, Frmka's Superette, and a sign that says The Wages of Sin is Hell. This is Goodnight, a place so ingrown and provincial that Randall calls it "Sludgeville"-until he starts thinking of it as home. In this pitch-perfect novel, Tom McNeal explores the currents of hope, passion, and cruelty beneath the surface of the American heartland. In Randall, McNeal creates an outcast whose redemption lies in Goodnight, a strange, small, but ultimately embracing community where Randall will inspire fear and adulation, win the love of a beautiful girl and nearly throw it all away.

True Stories of Nebraska Pioneers

True Stories of Nebraska Pioneers
Author: Daughters Of the American Revolution
Publisher:
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2020-12-03
Genre:
ISBN:

In 1916, this Book of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences was issued by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nebraska, and "dedicated to the daring, courageous, and intrepid men and women--the advance guard of our progress--who, carrying the torch of civilization, had a vision of the possibilities which now have become realities.To those who answered the call of the unknown we owe the duty of preserving the record of their adventures upon the vast prairies of 'Nebraska the Mother of States. "Reminiscence, recollection, personal experience--simple, true stories--this is the foundation of History. Rapidly the pioneer story-tellers are passing beyond recall, and the real story of the beginning of our great commonwealth must be told now. The memories of those pioneers, of their deeds of self-sacrifice and devotion, of their ideals which are our inheritance, will inculcate patriotism in the children of the future; for they should realize the courage that subdued the wilderness. And "lest we forget," the heritage of this past is a sacred trust to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nebraska."True Stories of Nebraska Pioneers: Illustrated and Annotated is a book of selections from COLLECTION OF NEBRASKA PIONEER REMINISCENCES, updated with photographs, biographies, and obituaries of many of the pioneers, and published by Knowledge Keepers. It is our desire to bring back to print as many works of our original history as possible into American homes for the preservation of the stories of our ancestors.