Nebraska History Moments: Stories & Photos from the Collections of Nebraska History by David L. Bristow, History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2021.
This book is based mostly on articles from Nebraska History Magazine. It is not in any kind of order but is made to be browsed, each story b eing able to stand alone. For example, There is a picture of Pawnee women. The Pawnee are the oldest Native American group in Nebraska.
Bellevue was slated to be the territorial capital, except for the death of the first territorial governor after a couple days it office it would have been. Thomas Cuming, territorial secretary became acting governor. He was aligned with those favoring Omaha, and the territorial capital was moved there.
George Norris supported Unicameral legislature. Consequently the state legislature house only one house instead of two since 1934. Consequently there are less salaries to pay.
1908 flooding in Lincoln lead to a series of dams being built on the Salt Creek watershed. There have been no floods in Lincoln since this.
The small town of Broken Bow (about 1000 people) supported three newspapers in 1882, two Republican newspapers and one Democrat.
Women's suffrage in Nebraska was an issue for many years. In 1856 a bill for suffrage passed in the lower house, but failed in the upper. Had is passed Nebraska would have been the first to provide the vote for women. Nebraska became the second to provide the vote to women in school elections. However general suffrage was not passed, and when it did it was held up in the courts, so general suffrage for women did not become law in Nebraska until it was passed on a federal level in 1920.
Camp Robinson provided the Army with its best horsemen. So announced a sign above the barrack doors at the fort. Even so there are mishaps with horses as shown in a photograph. Fort Robinson began as an outpost in the Indian Wars and was active up until WWI.
This book sports this type of story. It has over 100 stories in total; 132 pictures.
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