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Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas

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Clara Colby

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Standing Bear

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John Johnson

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George Crook

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Crystal Lake

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Nebraska Bomber Plant

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Frontier Forts

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Oregon Trail

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Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

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Omaha-World Herald Scrap Metal Drive

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1919 Omaha Race Riot

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The Villasur Expedition

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POWs in Nebraska  During

World War II

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Strategic Air Command

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The Cheyenne Outbreak

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Lewis and Clark and the

Corps of Discovery

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Joseph Johnson

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The Pony Express

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Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition

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The Red Cloud Agency

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Standing Bear

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Angel DeCora

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Lewis and Clark and the

Corps of Discovery

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John Johnson

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The Omaha Star

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1936 Race Riot

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Buffalo Soldiers

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Rheta Childe Dorr

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Women's Suffrage in Nebraska

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Willa Cather

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Joseph Johnson

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US Postal Air Mail Service in Nebraska

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Ernie Chambers

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The 1986 Nebraska Gubernatorial Election

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Susan La Flesche Picotte

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Meyer v Nebraska

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Standing Bear

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Kay Orr

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The Homestead Act of 1862

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John Johnson

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Prohibition in Nebraska

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Ada Bittenbender

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Rheta Childe Dorr

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Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition

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The Transcontinental Railroad

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Russel, Majors, Wadell Freighting

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Union Stockyards

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Frederick Clements

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Meyer v Nebraska

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University of Nebraska

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Nebraska State Teacher's Association

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William Henry Jackson

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Water Rights in Nebraska

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The Dust Bowl

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The Schoolchildren's Blizzard of 1888

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Ranching

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Frank Zybach

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The Homestead Act of 1862

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The Kincaid Act of 1904

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The Transcontinental Railroad

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US Postal Air Mail Service in Nebraska

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The Pony Express

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William Henry Jackson

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The SAFER Barrier

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Constance Claussen

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Johnny Hopp

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Bob Pickens

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William Henry Jackson

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John Johnson

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Angel DeCora

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Lillian St. Cyr

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J. Sterling Morton

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The Omaha Star

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William Holden

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Rheta Childe Dorr

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