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This is a photograph of a house in Dannebrog, Nebraska.

Colored postcard showing the Midway Hotel and the Soldier's Monument dedicated to those who served in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War. The Midway Hotel burned down, but the monument still stands in Kearney. The Midway Hotel was named for…

One horse tooth found by Merwyn Henderson at/near Fort McPherson.

19th Century Cavalry hoof-pick wooden handle with partial blade intact from Fort Kearny, Nebraska.

Original paper Honorable Discharge Certificate for Jimmy Ray White. Jimmy served as a Sergeant in the United States Regular Air Force during the Vietnam War. Jimmy was father to Andy White. Jimmy passed away in 2004, after extensive chemotherapy and…

Original Honorable Discharge Certificate for Jimmy Ray White. Jimmy was Andy (Andrew) White's father, originally from Kearney, Nebraska, and he served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. Jimmy passed away in 2004, after extensive…

A card given to Alex Stier showing his honorable discharge from the United States Army.

This is a book created and written by Captain O. Irving Jacobsen about his experiences in the US Army.

During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century a small number of African Americans came to Nebraska as homesteaders, seeking new opportunities for independence and self-sufficiency working the land. The largest black homesteading settlement…

This is a photocopy of a homestead certificate.