The Nebraska State Historical Society

In 1878 public-spirited citizens, led by former governor Robert W. Furnas, organized the Nebraska State Historical Society. The legislature designated the Society a state institution in 1883 and began providing financial support.The Society's offices, library, and museum occupied various Lincoln ...

Battle of Clapp's Mill

Battle of Clapp's Mill

On March 2, 1781, the American light troops under Colonel Otho Holland Williams of Maryland and Lieutenant Colonel Henry "Lighthouse Harry" Lee of Virginia engaged the British light troops near Clapp's Mill on Beaver Creek. ...

Dutch Hoog Straat

This map, derived from a 1600 drawing, shows Stone Street, then the Dutch Hoog Straat. Its original line is indicated by brown paving stones & the lobby alignment.

Marker is on Stone Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Concord Battle Monument

Here

on the 19th of April

1775

was made

the first forcible resistance

to British aggression.

On the opposite bank

stood the American Militia.

Here stood the invading Army

and on this spot

the first of the enemy fell

in the War of that Revolution

which gave

Independence

to these United States.

In gratitude to ...

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

American light infantry and cavalry under General William Maxwell encountered advance guard of British and Hessian troops under Generals Howe, Cornwallis and Knyphausen in this vicinity September 3, 1777. American troops were expert marksmen drafted by General Washington from the ...

Outer Fortifications

The Exterior Line of Richmond's Civil War defenses crossed Brook Road near here. Occasional Union cavalry raids threatened from the north, making this portion of the city's elaborate earthen defenses especially significant. Union troops briefly captured this line on three ...

The Town that Wouldn't Die

Today Julesburg is a thriving agricultural center and the seat of Sedgwick County government. But the town was not always this successful. This modern-day community is the fourth to bear the name of "Julesburg."The First Julesburg

began as a trading post ...

Bataan Memorial Trainway

With the arrival of the railroads to El Paso in 1881, the train tracks marked the northern boundary of the city. As El Paso grew, the tracks divided downtown and created a time-consuming barrier for pedestrians and motorists. In the ...

4th A.C. at Durand's Mill

July 19, 1864. In deployment of Federal forces approaching Atlanta, it became necessary to fill a gap between those on Peachtree Rd. at the creek & Schofield’s 23d A.C. on Pea Vine Cr. at the Paden plantation (Emory University). Sherman ...

Fight at the Fenceline

From the left and rear came wave after wave of Confederates. At that moment the only troops facing them were two regiments of Ohio infantry taking cover behind the rail fence. (The Ohioans knew what was coming: they had witnessed ...