Click on the links below for more information on the series you're interested in learning more about. I tried to arrange them according to time period. The events in the Pioneer Series happens before the events in the Nebraska Series. Some of these overl
Stan Deaton, who relates in an engaging style the story and the relevancy of an event that happened on that day in Georgia history. These ninety-second radio and television segments are broadcast statewide on GPB two to three times daily, allowing GHS to make history accessible on a scale ...
August 6: Western actor and Saugus rodeo owner Hoot Gibson born in Nebraska. September 2: Placerita movie ranch owner E.R. "Ernie" Hickson born in Ohio. October 27: Birth of Robert E. Callahan, owner of Mission Village in L.A. and Old West Trading Post on Sierra Highway. December 8...
Nixon accused her of being sympathetic to Communists, so much so that she was “pink down to her underwear.” In return, Douglas labeled him “Tricky Dick.” Dig Deeper Everything That Happened In The Days Leading Up To Nixon's Resignation Also ranks #2 on Hamburger Helper...
No wonder they were the terror of Africa for generations! They had to learn the rough way that spears and balls the size of Nebraska were no match for rifles and gatling guns! TheFRENCH FOREIGN LEGION– What do you get when you create a regiment only open to criminals and men on the ...
which in 1974 located computer terminals into stores of the Hinky Dinky grocery chain – which at its apex operated some 50 stores across Iowa and Nebraska. The Hinky Dinky chain was seen by the First Federal Savings and Loan Association as the perfect retail partner for this experiment owing ...
“they’ve been there through every good and every bad thing that happened.” “that’s what family does,” gurney said. gurney and callies, a divorced couple who still live together, raised five children in the house. in 1996, they threw a 30th birthday party for s...
I write historicalandspeculative fiction, andStormingwas special since it combined both by taking a historical setting—barnstorming in 1920s Nebraska—and adding some ’punk elements. And for those who don’t know, “dieselpunk” is just “steampunk” that’s set somewhere in bet...
Juneteenth celebrates the day that enslaved people in Texas were told they were free. This happened on June 19, 1865.Why is it called Juneteenth?Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates when slavery ended in America. Some people also call it Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day....
In a small Nebraska town in the late 1940s, Addie Mills and her young friends are excited over the visit of a celebrity, a local woman who became a successful Broadway actress and has returned home for a short time following the death of her mother. Addie brings the woman home for the...