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Anyone attending the Durham Museum south of Omaha’s Old Market will be near the one-mile marker for the Union Pacific ...
Befitting this weekend’s sweltering temps — and the official start of the summer solstice — we bring to you this photo of the Burlington Park lagoon taken in the 1890s.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 1 denied a petition for injunctive relief and application for an emergency ...
The founders of Emporia, Nebraska in Holt County had great hopes for this platted town to become the scene of commerce.
A brakeman, then conductor, for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from 1951 to 1991, Sagen is the last living member of team that relocated the 396,000-pound engine, a move which ...
In the summer of 1925, the speed limit on country roads was raised -- to 35 miles an hour. Sheriff Paul T. Beardsley warned ...
While many wait on U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen’s rulings on Libby’s shuttered asbestos clinic, new court ...
While many wait on U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen's rulings regarding Libby's shuttered CARD Clinic, new court filings indicate the July 2 sheriff's sale will be put on hold. Due to state ...
Q: I’m trying to locate a source for large sheets of styrene. I can find the smaller sheets marketed by Evergreen, but I have been unsuccessful in my search for 4 x 8-foot sheets. Do you know of an ...
The village leans heavily on its German heritage, which was well-established with farms in the area by the time the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was laying its track through the region.
U.S. Army Cpl. Paul Eugene Hoots was 25 years old when he went missing in action after his unit engaged the North Korean ...