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Redeeming The Time: Protestant Missionaries And The Social And Cultural Development Of Territorial Nebraska, Robert J. Voss

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May of 1854 formally opened a new region of the United States to settlers. Hundreds came with news of the creation of Nebraska Territory, but not in comparable numbers to the major western migrations that would follow after the Civil War. Instead, the initial small waves of Nebraska settlers would cling to the Missouri River and its settlements establishing communities on the eastern edges in the newly opened territory. These first settlers set the foundations for culture and society in Nebraska.

From 1854 until 1860, pioneers claimed lands near the Missouri, with few …

Broad Are Nebraska's Rolling Plains: The Early Writings Of George Bird Grinnell, Richard Vaughan

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Profiles the life of writer George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938) and the influence his first trip to Nebraska had in shaping his early writings about the American West. Among the works he published were several groundbreaking books about the Plains Indians of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only did this 1870 trip to Nebraska, as a member of O. C. Marsh’s first Yale Paleontological Expedition, influence Grinnell's scholarly endeavors, but his deep interest in the state also influenced his lifelong devotion to environmental preservation and established him as an important advocate for the protection and welfare of Native …

Good Friday In Omaha, Nebraska: A Mexican Celebration, Maria S. Arbelaez

History Faculty Publications

Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Nebraska commemorate Holy Week with a popular display of religious fervor. In semblance with the old religious traditions in Mexico, the Mexicanos, old and new residents, parade through the Omaha streets following the Way of the Cross on Good Friday. Processions, rituals, and plays are not only a yearly Catholic ritual in the streets of Omaha but an essential part of Mexican American and Latino cultural identity. Palm Sunday and the Way of the Cross are but a few of the constituent elements of the growing manifestations of Latino popular culture in the state. The …

Goose Valley School - Dist. #112, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Goose Valley School, originally located 3 miles northeast of Berwyn in Custer County, Nebraska. It was moved Tomahawk Park in Broken Bow, NE. Includes printed information on the school and several news articles related to it. It is commonly referred to as "The Little Red School-House".

Reed School - Dist. #55, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Reed School, now located on the grounds of the Dawson County Historical Society in Lexington, Nebraska. Includes a history of the building's move to the Historical Society.

Marsland - Dist. #92, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Marsland School, which sits on the northwest edge of the small town of Marsland, in Dawes County, Nebraska.

Lockett School - Dist. #11, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Lockett School, now located on the Chadron State College Campus in Chadron, Nebraska.

Tannehill School - Dist. #91, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Tannehill School, 7 miles south of Norfolk in Madison County, Nebraska.

Dist. #23, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on District #23, located 4 miles south of the South Dakota border, 8.5 miles from Ardmore, SD.

Dist. # 16, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on a school that was formerly part of District #16, then became part of District #23. Noted as abandoned.

Cochran - Dist. #6, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Cochran School, located 2 miles south and 1 mile east of Auburn in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Includes correspondence between Ernest Grundy and Margery Volkman, the teacher at the Cochran School in 1980.

Note that there are two Historic Site Forms for this school.

Tulloss School - Dist. #45, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Tulloss School, located 9 miles northeast of Hay Springs in Sheridan County, Nebraska.

Seward County, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on a school near the Milford, Nebraska I-80 exit. Lacks any substantial information or photographs.

Stringtown - Dist. #9, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Stringtown School, located 7.5 miles southwest of Springfield in Sarpy County, Nebraska. Includes remembrances by Mrs. Eva A. Dietze.

Rock County Historical Society, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Limited information on a school building that sits on the Rock County Historical Society grounds.

Pleasant Ridge - Dist. #18, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Pleasant Ridge School, located 4 miles east and 2 miles north of Auburn, in Nemaha County, Nebraska. Included is a letter from Ernest Grundy to Ms. Mary Meyer, the teacher at the school in 1980.

Dist. #49, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on District 49 in Boone County, Nebraska, located east of Albion. Additional images are available.

Dist. #83, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on District #83, located 7 miles north and 1/2 mile west of Elm Creek in Buffalo County, Nebraska.

Island Grove, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Island Grove (or Garden Grove) school, located 2 miles north and 1/2 mile west from Liberty in Gage County, Nebraska. Also includes notes on an earlier school called Frog Pond School.

Horseshoe Bend - Dist. #25, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Horseshoe Bend School, located five miles northeast of Lexington in Dawson County, Nebraska.

Corn Valley - Dist. #60, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Corn Valley School, four miles south of Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska.

Belmont School - Dist. #39, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Belmont School, located on the south edge of Belmont, 10 miles south of Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska.

Horn School - Dist. #28, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Horn School, also called Valley Star School, located about 10 miles northwest of Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska.

Dist. #58, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on District #58, located in Harlan County, Nebraska.

Dist. #87, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on District #87, located 1 mile east of Norfolk in Madison County, Nebraska.

Eagle Rock School - Dist. #71, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Eagle Rock school, 25 miles north and 3 miles east of Scottsbluff in Sioux County, Nebraska.

Bunkhouse School - Dist. # 46, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Bunkhouse School, located 9 miles north and west of Harrison, in Sioux County, Nebraska.

Cottonwood School - Dist. #14, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Cottonwood School, located 18 miles northwest of Crawford, or 22 miles northeast of Harrison, in Sioux County, Nebraska.

Five Points - Dist. #9, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Brief description of District #9 in Sioux County, Nebraska. Photo captions also call it Five Points School.

Bodarc School - Dist. #6, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Bodarc School, located 13 miles northeast of Harrison, NE, including a history of the name of "Bodarc".