Furnas County in Nebraska
Furnas County was "named in honor of Robert W. Furnas (1824-1905), governor of Nebraska from 1873 to 1875. The county was organized and its boundaries [...]
Burt County in Nebraska
Map Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Burt County in Nebraska Established in 1854 as one of Nebraska's first counties. Boundaries approved in 1855 then [...]
Blaine County in Nebraska
Nebraska Blaine County map is courtesy of Wikipedia Blaine County in Nebraska Boundaries established by a legislative act on March 5, 1885 County [...]
The Ninety-Three Nebraska Counties
Being able to bring history to the present is one of my favorite things about teaching and about writing. Explaining the past in a way [...]
The Nebraska Celebration is Six Months Away
Nebraska will be turning 150 in exactly 6 months. March 1, 2017 will be a day for Nebraskans to remember! All kinds of celebrations are [...]
Year One Top Ten Favorite “Odyssey Through Nebraska” Posts
Good morning! I am finding it rather hard to believe that we are entering Week THREE of my bloGIVErsary. Not sure if your summer is [...]
Nature Places Behind the Places: (Part 7) Fourteen Nebraska Counties
A element of nature that influenced the place, be it animal or geographical feature ... Antelope: Guessing what this county is named for is easy. [...]
Places behind the Places: Five Nebraska Counties (Part 6)
Only five Nebraska counties have to do with towns or counties from other regions. I think if I were to do a study on Nebraska [...]
People Behind the Places: Nebraska Counties Part 5 (T-Z)
We are to our final installment of "People Behind the Places: Nebraska Counties." Next week, we will look at "Places Behind the Places" to cover [...]
People Behind the Places: Nebraska Counties Part 4 (N-S)
Grasping the length of time necessary to identify all of the Nebraska counties escaped me. 93 counties was a theoretical number to me before. Now [...]