On this episode, we journey through the history of one of Nebraska’s key agricultural businesses of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this era, more than 260 flour mills helped shape Nebraska communities. Today, we explore how these buildings evolved from modest mills to towering complexes through the 1985 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Nebraska Flour Mill Buildings, Structure, and Style, 1854-1936,” written by Tomas R. Buecker.

Crazy Horse’s surrender at the Red Cloud Agency in May of 1877 marked the closing chapter of the Great Sioux War. In this episode, we explore how Lakota political traditions and the pull of family and community shaped his path from resistance to enter reservation life, revealing the decisions behind a defining moment in American history. Today, we explore the 1998 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Crazy Horse and the End of the Great Sioux War,” written by Kingsley M Bray.

This year, America is commemorating and celebrating its 250th anniversary.

In today’s podcast, we travel back 150 years to America’s 100th anniversary celebration and Nebraska’s impressive appearance in the Centennial Exhibition through the 1976 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Nebraska in the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876,” written by Anne P Diffendal.

Between 1804 and 1806, explorers Lewis and Clark were sent out to determine what the United States had bought with the Louisiana Purchase. In this episode, we’ll follow their story along the Missouri River, where they got their first look at the region’s wildlife, terrain, and their encounter with the indigenous people of this area. Follow their travels through the 2000 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Lewis and Clark on the Middle Missouri,” written by Gary E Moulton.

The arrival of television in the Nebraska Panhandle in the 1950s sparked an unexpected showdown between state and local officials, an influential Wyoming broadcaster, and the National Park Service. Today, we learn more about the controversy through the 1996 Nebraska History Magazine Article, "Scotts Bluff National Monument and the Coming of Television to the Nebraska Panhandle," written by Phil Roberts.

Rediscover the remarkable true story of Second Lieutenant Elbert S. Wood, Jr, a young navigator whose final mission over Schweinfurt in 1943 became one of the most devastating air battles of World War II. We retrace his final flight, the crash, and the long journey home through the 1995 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Or Go Down in Flame: A Navigator’s Death of Schweinfurt,” written by his brother, W. Raymond Wood.

Nebraska is the birth state of one U.S. President. In this episode, we revisit the remarkable story of President Gerald Ford, born Leslie King, Jr., in a grand Omaha mansion and shaped by a turbulent family history. We explore how a twist of fate carried him from a wealthy but troubled Omaha legacy to a loving adoptive family through the 1987 Nebraska History Magazine article, "President Gerald R Ford's Roots in Omaha," written by Edward L and Frederick H Schapsmeier.

Today, we ride back into the real history of Nebraska’s open‑range cowboys; hard‑working, underpaid young men who helped shape the frontier long before Hollywood myths took hold. In this episode, we explore their lives on horseback, the dangers they faced, and the communities they built through the 2013 Nebraska History Magazine article, “A Peculiar Set of Men: Nebraska Cowboys of the Open Range,” written by James E. Potter.

When travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California Trails passed through the panhandle of Nebraska, Chimney Rock was the most documented landmark on the journey.

However, two other iconic landmarks helped guide travelers westward, Courthouse and Jail Rock. Today, we explore these two formations and how they captured the imaginations of pioneers through the 1962 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Courthouse and Jail Rocks: Landmarks on the Oregon Trail,” written by Earl R. Harris.

In the spring of 1890, a group of determined young Black waiters defied the odds, stepped onto a Lincoln ballfield, and briefly reshaped baseball on the Great Plains. Their talent, grit, and improbable rise caught the attention of early historian Solomon White, who later honored them as the first Black professional team in the West and praised their place in the game’s evolution. On this episode, we relive the story of this influential and forgotten team through the 2015 Nebraska History Magazine article, “The 1890 Lincoln Giants: Professional Baseball’s Unlikely Return to Nebraska’s Capital City,” written by Kent Morgan.