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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 26, 20227 min read
Historian Jerry Lucas shares his 15 years of research on the legend of Hiram Scott
In late 1827 upon his company’s arrival back to St. Louis, Missouri, General William Ashley decided to send a group of men back out west...
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Olivia Wieseler
Mar 17, 20223 min read
Tom Downey describes how he took the famous lightning over Scotts Bluff photo nearly 40 years ago
ne summer night in 1980, 22-year-old Tom Downey left his house around 1 a.m. to chase a lightning storm with his old 1950s-era press...
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Olivia Wieseler
Dec 15, 20213 min read
Historian leads local tours of Oregon Trail history
History has been preserved beneath our feet in western Nebraska, if one only knows where to look. Public historian Sandra Reddish knows...
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