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The Ford Center has welcomed a new Paintings Conservator with 20 years of experience in the field.

Melissa Gardner joined the conservation team in April and has already worked on a host of projects from private clients, museums around the region, and the Nebraska State Historical Society’s own collections.

She was drawn to the new role for the opportunity to foc...


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The Omaha Theater decked out for the premier. RG3882-35-108

Various Hollywood movies have been filmed at least partly in Nebraska, with a smaller number holding their world prem...


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Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state’s past. Today, we’re focusing on an important shipping point for Nebraska’s pioneer ranchers that has now all but disappeared.

Marker Text

Large pioneer ranches were established in this region of Nebraska in the 1870’s and early 1880’s. Charles F. Coffee wa...


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Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state’s past. Today’s subject is the Discovery Oil Well, which marks the spot of the first successful oil well in western Nebraska, ending 60 years of failure.

Location

U.S. 385, 4.5 miles south of Gurley, Cheyenne County, Nebraska. View this marker’s location at


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NSHS RG2758-48-3

In this cabinet card photo, University of Nebraska Chancellor James Canfield delivers a speech to the graduating Class of 1892. As a gift to the...


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