The United States, in the first few decades after the Civil War, underwent a great transformation, moving from an almost ...

Another wagon train of immigrants passed through Lincoln. Delighted by the country, several said they were going to remain here and settle.

Many, perhaps, waiting to grab a train to Omaha or Lincoln or even Chicago and Denver. Or arranging freight to be shipped across the Midwest. Or, later on, buying fresh apples — Red Delicious ...

Against such a backdrop, many of those rural residents began to organize what may have begun as an attempt to find economic advancement but eventually coalesced into what will become known as the ...

But the Omaha lad had a big problem. Even after his 17th birthday — Jan. 26, 1943, exactly 82 years ago — he was too young. And his parents wanted him to wait and be drafted. Duane Tunnyhill ...

The Carver City Council wants the city to own the old Main Street railroad bridge and later figure out what to do with it. Councilors voted unanimously Dec. 5 to accept donation of the bridge from ...

In 1870 the railroad took a new name, Missouri Pacific Railroad ... Kan.). Gould began an expansion program that extended MP to Omaha, Neb., and Pueblo, Colo.; I&GN to Laredo, Texas, on the Mexican ...

Epic Guide to Fort Larned National Historic Site located in Central Kansas! This guide includes history, things to do, w ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A show of solidarity in South Omaha Monday evening, as a demonstration took place on the corner of South 24th and L streets. Upwards of one hundred people showed up, many of ...