Friday Flashback: Nebraska’s First Short-Term Governor
Exactly 161 years ago today in the year 1854, Nebraska's First Territorial Governor Francis Burt took office. As the third official auditor of the United [...]
Friday Flashback: 1st Meeting of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature 160 years ago
Today is the 160th anniversary of the Nebraska Legislature. Of course one hundred years ago, Nebraska was a just under a dozen years from being [...]
Off the Map: Florence, Nebraska
Florence was my paternal grandmother's name. A feisty, caring woman, she died last December only months after celebrating her hundredth birthday. So, naturally when I [...]