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George Barnes with three motherless children and a caved-in soddy, 1887

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Daniel Freeman’s"Homestead Certificate, No. 1"

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A period Union Pacific train

From the 1991 NET Television program, The Platte River Road

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Homestead Proof Testimonyof Almanzo Wilder, South Dakota.

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Central Meat Market, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1872

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Disassembly plant where meat was packed into barrels. The government used the meat to feed the army.

Courtesy Library of Congress, 04102u

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"Cattle Swimming a River", circa 1875

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Map of Nebraska showing the Union Pacific Railroad land grant, 1879. Note: Turquoise marks the railroad’s intended path, the 20 miles of land on either side of the track granted to it for building purposes.

Courtesy Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, g4191p rr005930

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Indians butchering their beef issue, circa 1870s

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J. Sterling Morton as a young boy, circa 1840s

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Group walking with wagon; A dramatization of the Ponca's trek from Indian Territory back to the Niobrara

From the 1988 NET Television production of "The Trial of Standing Bear".

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Follow the Ponca on their journey.

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Standing Bear and his family; 1903, several years after the trial

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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General George Crook, circa 1870s

Courtesy Library of Congress, LC-DIG-cwpbh-03770

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Susette La Flesche Tibbles, circa 1880s

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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The Dawes Act, 1887

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Susan’s father, Joseph La Flesche

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Second building of the Omaha Union Stockyards, illustrating rapid economic growth of the industry in just one short year, 1886

Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society, RG1085-02-01

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Populist convention ticket, Peoples Party National Convention Omaha, July 2, 1892

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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George Barnes with three motherless children and a caved-in soddy, 1887

0506_0202Freeman_th.png

A period Union Pacific train

0506_0501proving_th.png

Central Meat Market, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1872

Disassembly plant where meat was packed into barrels. The government used the meat to feed the army.

"Cattle Swimming a River", circa 1875

Map of Nebraska showing the Union Pacific Railroad land grant, 1879. Note: Turquoise marks the railroad’s intended path, the 20 miles of land on either side of the track granted to it for building purposes.

Indians butchering their beef issue, circa 1870s

0505_010000.jpg

J. Sterling Morton as a young boy, circa 1840s

Group walking with wagon; A dramatization of the Ponca's trek from Indian Territory back to the Niobrara

0601_0203ponca_th.png

Standing Bear and his family; 1903, several years after the trial

General George Crook, circa 1870s

Susette La Flesche Tibbles, circa 1880s

The Dawes Act, 1887

Susan’s father, Joseph La Flesche

Second building of the Omaha Union Stockyards, illustrating rapid economic growth of the industry in just one short year, 1886

Populist convention ticket, Peoples Party National Convention Omaha, July 2, 1892