"The Small Schoolhouse"

This building, measuring 14 by 16 feet, was one of the smallest schoolhouses in Nebraska. It was used… Read More

Nebraska’s Flying Doctor

On May 23, 1919, Dr. Frank A. Brewster of Beaver City and pilot Wade Stevens took off on a flight to… Read More

Burton’s Bend

Faced with the great influx of white settlers after the Civil War, hostile Sioux and Cheyenne Indians… Read More

Norwegian Lutheran Church

Among the first settlers in Southwest Nebraska were a small group of Norwegians, who settled along Deer… Read More

The Republican River Flood of 1935

On May 30, 1935, torrential rains fell in eastern Colorado and southwestern Nebraska; by early morning… Read More