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  • Buffalo Bill’s Nebraska

    Fort Robinson State Park 3200 US Hwy 20, Crawford, NE, United States

    Speaker: Jeff Barnes Sponsored by the Fort Robinson State Park History Center

  • Ancient People on the Plains

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    Speaker: Dr. Steven P. Howard, PhD Dr. Howard, director  of the Archaeology and Anthropology department at Eastern Wyoming College will provide a brief synopsis of what is known about peoples that lived in this region prior to contact, and a discussion of developments during and after the Contact Period.    

  • Storytelling in the Hispanic Tradtion

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    An experienced storyteller, Linda Garcia-Perez draws on her experiences as a young girl in Omaha’s Mexican-American barrio. Her stories convey a universal message of humor, wonder and tradition. This program is appropriate for all ages. This presentation will be given in the East Room.

  • Nebraska: Weaving a State

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    This session will discuss the history and politics of Nebraska’s admittance as the 37th state in the Union. As the first state admitted after the Civil War, Nebraska not only faced the politics within the state, but Reconstruction politics as well. Presented by Dr. Sara Crook, Professor Emeritus, Peru State College This talk will be […]

  • Unseen Pioneers

    Legacy of the Plains Musuem 2930 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

    This program takes a look at black American influences in the early west, and at the movement of freed blacks after the civil war as they move into and settle in the west. We will look at black settlements in the plains and the causes for their ultimate demise. This program is not a broad […]

  • An Evening with Abigail Adams

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Abigail Adams played an important role in the founding of this nation. She and her husband, John Adams, were intellectual equals who discussed the complex issues of founding a nation together. She wrote him many letters that contained her astute advice while he worked with other patriots. Presented by Jessica Downing-Ford

  • An Evening with Chief Big Elk

    Midwest Theater 1707 Broadway, Scottsbluff, NE, United States

    Big Elk was chief of the Omaha Tribe during the 1800s. As the expanding U.S. threatened First Peoples, he sought ways to protect his tribe and their culture from obliteration. He created alliances and attempted to prepare for a future that he thought depended on a closer relationship with the U.S. Chief Big Elk will […]

  • All Original, All Nebraska

    Brader Country Barn 1600 E. Monument Rd, Glenvil, United States

    Speaker: Dan Holtz Sponsored by the Pauline Area Historical Society

  • Bess Streeter Aldrich: In Her Own Words

    Carriage Glen 7005 Shamrock Rd, Lincoln, NE, United States

    Speaker: Jolene McLaughlin Sponsored by Christ Lincoln Cheer Circle

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