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75The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of the American Bison
The American bison, Bison bison, is descended from a species of Eurasian steepe bison, Bison priscus, that crossed the land bridge into America about 300,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age. Bison priscus...
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76Three Days in Pavlovsk
I studied abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia for four months in the fall of 2002. Several years earlier, I had read a fascinating book called Pavlovsk: The Life of a Russian Palace, by Suzanne Massie, and even...
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75Nebraska Highway 2
Charles Kuralt called Nebraska Highway 2, now designated a National Scenic Byway, one of "America's 10 most beautiful highways." The vast majority of people who travel through Nebraska take Interstate 80, a...
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74Richard III: Hero or Villain?
The name of Richard York, later King Richard the Third, has gone down into history as one of the world's great villains. He has been accused of murdering his two young nephews, the "Princes in the Tower," his...
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61Playing Dress-Up While Rome Burns
In 1897, the Bradley-Martins gave a costume ball in order to "stimulate the economy" of New York City, which was recovering from the so-called "Long Depression" and still struggling under high unemployment...
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75The Pronghorn: Outrunning Its Enemies
It once appeared that the pronghorn would share the fate of the bison. Before the arrival of white settlers, pronghorn herds across the Plains were believed to number over 35 million head. By 1900,...
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77Nebraska Historic Sites: Fort Robinson
Fort Robinson is one of the crown jewels of the Nebraska State Park system. Located on 22,000 in the beautiful Pine Ridge area of northwestern Nebraska, the Fort also offers some of the most fascinating...
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76Dusting Off the Guillotines
The news has been buzzing with anger over the $165 million in bonuses insurance corporation AIG plans to shell out to its executives, especially after the news broke that the majority of bonuses were going to...
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87American Indian Relations, Past and Present
They tell ya “Honey, you can still be an Indian down at the ‘Y’ on Saturday nights. -- "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," Buffy Sainte-Marie The question of whether European Americans feel guilty for...
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81Ashfall Fossil Beds
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, located near the small town of Royal in Northeastern Nebraska, is a fascinating glimpse into life on the plains 10-12 million years ago. Ashfall preserves the...
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