The site where a Falls City family's house and barn once stood is now part of the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
While no one was charged in the 11 incidents, and the next few years were relatively calm, the summer of 1938 brought a “war” and a new spate of bombings.
“Nowhere in the entire world will you find better steaks! These leading steak houses are ready to serve you … when you come to Omaha.”
On Sept. 19, 1987, nearly 69,000 people filed into Memorial Stadium for Farm Aid III. Look back on how the largest concert in Nebraska history came together.
For a small number of people, news of Queen Elizabeth's death triggered memories of her brief trip to Nebraska.
The other finalists were Louise Pound, a groundbreaking scholar and athlete, and Howard Hanson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and musician.
The Guardians of Freedom airshow is scheduled to return to Lincoln Aug. 26-27 of 2023. See photos of past air shows.
Today’s amenities at Omaha’s oldest remaining park, the anchor of the park system that was started in the 1890s, include indoor tennis courts and the city’s greenhouse.
STROMSBURG — Festivities continue for the town of Stromsburg as the community celebrates 150 years of its Swedish heritage. On Sunday, families gathered in the downtown square for a community picnic and live music by Birdfoot.
Check out photos from the archives of automobiles from 1897 through the 1920s.
Nebraska's State Fair could be considered a traveling fair back in the day. It has made the rounds from Brownville to Nebraska City to Omaha and Lincoln, and it currently resides in Grand Island.
See photos of the total solar eclipse that crossed Nebraska on Aug. 21, 2017.
YORK -- There are 78 plaques hanging in the antique tractor display building at the Wessels Living History Farm.
We reached out to local coaches and athletes — current and former — to get their perspective on the persistent challenges. Where 50 years isn't enough. Check out their responses here.
Nebraska's scrap metal drive 80 years ago proved so successful that it was replicated across the U.S. The effort energized the homefront during a difficult time, arguably shortening WWII.
YORK – Five miles east of McCool Junction lays an 80-acre farm that has maintained ownership within a single family for 100 years.
YORK – A single family still retains ownership of a 180-acre Gresham area farm that traces its roots to 1872 when it was purchased by Frederick W. Liedtke an impressive century and a half ago.
YORK – The plaque Boyd and Elaine Stuhr of Bradshaw hold in the accompanying photo reads: Stuhr Family, Est. 1922.
Long before “North to Alaska” was a hit song and a movie in 1960, Addie Braxton and Ruth Wilson went that way and made pioneering journeys.
The following questions were asked recently on the Wonderline:
Among the expected audience for his speech will be Caroline Kennedy, the late president’s daughter.
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Fifty years ago this spring — and two months before Title IX passed — controversy engulfed a now-defunct Nebraska college for being ahead of its time with women's sports.
King Lake has been flooded by the Elkhorn many times — February 1927, June 1940, June 1944, March 1960, March 1962, March 1965, June 1967, February 1971, March 1978, June 1984, February 1997, June 2010 and March 2019.
The Bicycle Nomad -- Erick Cedeno -- will ride through Lincoln Wednesday as he retraces the 1897 route of the bike-mounted Buffalo Soldiers.
Historic landmarks across the state of Nebraska serve as reminders of prehistoric animals that once roamed the land and sea and the great migration of settlers to the West.
The first try at making a lake the focal point of a housing subdivision, and not a public park, was just blocks south of Fontenelle Park. And there was a lake across Underwood Avenue from Memorial Park.
What's more American than a parade? The Journal Star archives yield a wealth of photographs from Fourth of July parades.
Nebraska towns range in size from one resident (Monowi) to more than 400,000, but these are only the settlements that have withstood the test of time. Here are the stories of 15 communities in the state that can no longer be found on a map.
Nebraska towns range in size from one resident (Monowi) to more than 400,000, but these are only the settlements that have withstood the test of time. Here are the stories of 15 communities in the state that can no longer be found on a map.