7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Dust Bowl Descent August 1 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT Dust Bowl Descent Speaker: Bill Ganzel Sponsored by the Morton-James Public Library
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series George Shannon: Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition August 3 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT Event Series George Shannon: Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Speaker: Bill Hayes Sponsored by the Fort Atkinson Foundation
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska August 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Wayne Public Library
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series George Shannon: Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition August 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT Event Series George Shannon: Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Speaker: Bill Hayes Sponsored by the Fort Atkinson Foundation
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Footprints & Handprints: Days on the Farm in the 19th Century August 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT Footprints & Handprints: Days on the Farm in the 19th Century Speaker: Renae Hunt Sponsored by the Sherman County Historical Society
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory August 5 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Lied Tekamah Public Library
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm James Whitcomb Riley, the Fiddling Children’s Poet August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CDT James Whitcomb Riley, the Fiddling Children’s Poet Speaker: Deborah Greenblatt Sponsored by the Washington County Historical Society
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Fabulous Feedsack Era August 8 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT Fabulous Feedsack Era Speaker: Yvonne Hollenbeck Sponsored by the St. Edward Public Library
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory August 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Hamilton County Senior Center
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Custer in Nebraska: The Royal Buffalo Hunt of 1872 August 10 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT Custer in Nebraska: The Royal Buffalo Hunt of 1872 Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Indianola Historical Society
11:30 am - 12:30 pm Heroism on the Plains: Story Songs of Courage and Determination from Improbable People and Places August 11 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm CDT Heroism on the Plains: Story Songs of Courage and Determination from Improbable People and Places Speaker: Dan Holtz Sponsored by the Deer Creek Sodbusters
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Children’s Stories, Animal Stories and Traditional Lakota Stories August 13 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT Children’s Stories, Animal Stories and Traditional Lakota Stories Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the St. Edward Public Library
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm The Plains Tribes and the Homestead Act August 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT The Plains Tribes and the Homestead Act Speaker: Nancy Gillis Sponsored by Gage County Historical Society
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Nebraska Territory Stories August 15 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT Nebraska Territory Stories Speaker: David Seay Sponsored by the Geneva Public Library
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm A Century of Fashion, 1870 – 1970 August 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT A Century of Fashion, 1870 – 1970 Speaker: Sue McLain Sponsored by the Plymouth Improvement Association
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm Cattle Trails and Songs of the West August 20 @ 6:15 pm - 7:15 pm CDT Cattle Trails and Songs of the West Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by the Arlington Senior Center
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm The Forts of Nebraska August 22 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CDT The Forts of Nebraska Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Keene Memorial Library
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm A Bad Man in a Better Place: Jesse James in Nebraska August 24 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm MDT A Bad Man in a Better Place: Jesse James in Nebraska Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Hay Springs Chamber of Commerce
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Nebraska’s Musical Smorgasbord: Music from Various Ethnic Groups in Nebraska August 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT Nebraska’s Musical Smorgasbord: Music from Various Ethnic Groups in Nebraska Speaker: Chris Sayre Sponsored by the Richardson County Historical Society
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments August 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm CDT Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Wilson Public Library
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Patchwork of the Prairie August 31 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT Patchwork of the Prairie Speaker: Yvonne Hollenbeck Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Modern Day Homesteaders September 1 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT Modern Day Homesteaders Speaker: Miss V (Ruby Belle) Sponsored by the Fort Kearny State Historical Park
August 3 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT Event Series George Shannon: Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
August 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CDT Event Series George Shannon: Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
August 5 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory
August 9 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory
August 11 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm CDT Heroism on the Plains: Story Songs of Courage and Determination from Improbable People and Places
August 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT Nebraska’s Musical Smorgasbord: Music from Various Ethnic Groups in Nebraska