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Logos of the Gage County Historical Society and Museum and the Otoe Missouria tribe

Big Blue Reservation: Struggles and Hopes of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe

Gage County Museum North 2nd Street, Beatrice

A new exhibit on the history of the Big Blue Reservation in southern Gage County will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. The exhibit will include information about the Otoe/Missouria language and Otoe-Missouria culture including arts and lifestyles as well as traditional beliefs and rituals. Exhibit panels will feature letters, oral history and photographs. […]

Old photo of dozens of children in their best clothes arranged near the back of a passenger rail car.

When Orphan Trains Went West: North Platte

University of Nebraska West Central Research Extension and Education Center West State Farm Road, North Platte

Novelist and humanities scholar Alison Moore and singer/songwriter Phil Lancaster have combined audio visual elements, historical fiction and musical ballads into a collaborative performance that brings the Orphan Train movement, a largely-unknown chapter in American history, to public awareness. The presentation tells the story of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children who were put on […]