Check out this amazing feature about Tech. Sgt. Ben Kuroki who was from Hershey, Nebraska and a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate! #AAPIHeritageMonth National Air and Space Museum

#OTD 1917: Nebraska's prohibition law went into effect, outlawing the manufacturing and sale of liquor. Soon Nebraska jails began filling with liquor law violators like William H. Lee who was sentenced for bootlegging.

For more historic Nebraska mugshots: bit.ly/49XvQEp

#MarkerMonday Crossing the North Platte River near Bridgeport, the 2,000 ft long Camp Clarke Bridge connected the Black Hills goldfields to the Union Pacific Railroad from 1876 until about 1900.

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Happy #ArborDay ! 🌳
Did you know the tree-planting holiday started when the State Board of Agriculture offered Nebraskans $50 for the largest grove of timber planted in 1870?

That's about $1,192 today!
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Today marks Chadron State Parks 103rd anniversary!

Chadron State Park was established by a legislative act approved April 25, 1921. This act set aside a section of school land as the first Nebraska State Park.

📷: Justin Haag, NGPC

#DYK Nebraska didn't manufacture license plates until 1915? Before then, motorists took matters into their own hands and made them out of leather or metal. #LicensePlateDay

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Louise Pound was an American folklorist, linguist, and college professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Beyond academics, she was a skilled athlete and pioneer in women's intercollegiate sports.

Available now on your favorite podcast platform or at history.nebraska.gov/podcast/.

While traveling through western Nebraska near Chimney Rock, emigrants interacted and traded with the Pawnee, Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes.

Some of these traded items are viewable at the Chimney Rock Visitor Center! bit.ly/43XTe3i

#OTD 1908: A tornado swept through Cuming and Thurston Counties, destroying farms and homes and killing 3 people.

Although tornado ratings did not exist in 1908, based on reports the tornado reached an F-5 intensity. It was produced from the 1908 Dixie Outbreak storm system.

#MarkerMonday Happy (soon-to-be) 151st birthday, Phelps County! 🎉On April 23, 1873, the county was organized with the town of Williamsburg as the county seat.

Holdrege wasn't named the county seat until 10 years later! history.nebraska.gov/marker-monday-…

Don't Drink and Drive! Be safe this weekend! #TGIF

📷: c. 1910, Alan McClurg Collection RG2222-433

Along the overland routes, hundreds of thousands of emigrants passed Chimney Rock. With them, they brought, left, and traded many items.

Some of these items are viewable at the Chimney Rock Visitor Center! bit.ly/49r5g6A

#Trivia Time! What Nebraska county is larger than Connecticut, but only has about 5,700 residents?

The population is more impressive if you count cattle.

On April 15, 1922, construction of the current Nebraska State Capitol officially began. Pictured is a railroad line that led right to the construction site.

Dive deeper into the history of the Nebraska State Capitol at curriculum.nebraskavirtualcapitol.org/overall-buildi…. #sschat #NebEdChat #NebraskaHistory

#MarkerMonday Without warning, one of the worst storms in Nebraska history struck unsuspecting citizens and livestock on April 13, 1873.

Marker Text: history.nebraska.gov/marker-monday-…

And it all started when Wilmot F. Crozier was duped into buying a fake Ford tractor...
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