Missouri River
The Missouri River, created by geological glacial action thousands of years ago, historically has served… Read More
Lewis and Clark Campsite: July 13, 1804
On this day the explorers passed along this stretch of the Missouri River and camped a few miles north… Read More
Point of Beginning of the Public Land Surveys of the Sixth Principal Meridian
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 30, 1854 created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which had to… Read More
First Oil Well
The first publicized report of oil in Nebraska was an 1883 newspaper account of a "vein of petroleum"… Read More