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Nebraska History Topics

Topic images surrounded by a blue border indicate recommended topics for this year's theme: Breaking Barriers in History

Crazy Horse

Red Cloud

Ingleside Hospital for the Insane

Reverend Gage

The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Conflict of 1867

Father Flanagan

Union Stockyards

Meyer v Nebraska

Crystal Lake

Nebraska in the Civil War

The Omaha Star

Nellie Bly

Greek Town Riots

Mari Sandoz

Urban League of Nebraska

Buffalo Bill

Prohibition in NE

Russell, Majors, Wadell Freighting

Stephen Nuckolls

The Martin Brothers

Mathew Oliver Rickets

The Cheyenne Outbreak

Thomas Tibbles

1884 Ranchers and Farmers

John O'Neill

Joseph La Flesche

Johnny Hopp

The Treaty of Fort Laramie

Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery

Buffalo Soldiers

Bartlett Richards

Wounded Knee

Susan La Flesche Picotte

Fentanyl Execution - Nebraska's Pioneering Use of Drug-Based Execution

Ada Patterson - Breaking Barriers in Journalism

Ada Bittenbender - First Female Attorney in Nebraska

Angel DeCora - Breaking Barriers in Mainstream Recognition of Native American Art and Culture

Constance Claussen - Breaking Barriers in Women's College Athletics

Bob Pickens - Breaking the Color Barrier

Claire Owens - Breaking Barriers for the Blind

The Homestead Act - Breaking Barriers on the American Frontier

Rheta Childe Dorr - Breaking Barriers in Journalism and Women's Rights

Hazel Abel - The First Female Senator to Succeed a Female Senator

The Kinkaid Act - Breaking Barriers on the American Frontier

The Pony Express - Breaking Barriers in Communication

The SAFER Barrier - Breaking Barriers in Motor Racing Safety

The Transcontinental Railroad - Breaking Barriers in Transportation

Frederic Clements - Breaking Barriers in Ecology

Olga Stastny - The First Female Physician of Czech Descent in Nebraska

Lillian St. Cyr - The First Native American Movie Star

The 1986 Nebraska Gubernatorial Election - The First Gubernatorial Race between Two Female Candidates

J. Sterling Morton - The Founder of Arbor Day

Clara Colby - The First Woman to Publish her own Women's Daily Newspaper

Standing Bear - Breaking Barriers for Native American Rights

Kay Orr - Nebraska's First Female Governor