A simple introduction to the state of Nebraska, its geography, history, and people.

Sixteen Civil War widows are lured west with the false promise of land in this tale of women showing strength in circumstances beyond their control.

Henry Beachell, Glenn W. Burton, Orville A. Vogel, Charlotte Buettenback Johnson, Grant T. Reynard, Rose Gorelick Blumkin, Joyce C. Hall, Frank W. Cyr, Mabel Lee, Alexander J. Stoddard, Ralph W. Tyler, Jay W. Forrestor, Charles H. Purcell, Roland M. Schaffert, Charles E. Taylor, Edwin E. Perkins, Rae Wilson Sleight, Catherine Woods Hughes, Ada Patterson, J. Lee Rankin, Mary P. Romero Zielke Cota, Gladys Henry Dick, Clara Herling Huhn, Mary Lois Murphy,...

"Scattered across Nebraska are markers of the state's heritage. Many are in spots more remote than the Point of Beginning marker. When most of these were erected in the 1910s through the early 1930s, Nebraska had more people in rural areas; after the depression of the 1930s, there was a vast migration from farms to the cities. After a century, most Nebraskans and travelers are not aware of the touchstones to their history on the byways of the state....

This is a factual history of Nebraska's cattle industry from the earliest days of road ranches and trail herds to our own times. A portion of the book is devoted to the part the Nebraska Stock Growers Association has played in the last 80 years of that history.

Nebraska Trivia is the who, what, when, where, and how book of the great state of Nebraska. Filled with interesting questions and answers about well-known and not so well-known facts of this colorful, historic state, Nebraska Trivia will provide hours of entertainment and education. Designed for use in a wide variety of settings - home, office, school, parties - it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Cornhusker State....