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Annual Meeting Well Attended
Our annual meeting was held Sunday, March 22 and was well attended by the public. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 by one of our co-chairman Steve Renz who gave a summary of our activities over the last year. He highlighted the video interviews being conducted by Ken Scroggins and stated that we will be continuing to document our living history in the coming year. The minutes of last year's meeting were read by our secretary Camie Kroeger and our treasurer Dave Healey
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Apr 32 min read


Veteran Spotlight: Job Allen
Civil War, Corporal Co. I 114th IL Inf Job Allen Job Allen was born on January 1st, 1840 in Wabash County, Indiana to Job and Clarissa Allen. He was the sixth of eight children, having one brother and six sisters. As a young man he moved to Illinois with his parents and siblings and in July of 1862 he enlisted in Company I of the 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He mustered in at Camp Butler on September 18th and on November 8th left with his regiment for Memphis, Tennessee
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Nov 10, 20258 min read


Veteran Spotlight: William Otto Kustenborder
Spanish American and Philippine Wars, Private Co. H 1st NE Inf William Otto Kustenborder, a promising young man ready to serve his country. William Otto Kustenborder was born on March 4th, 1879 in Centre County, Pennsylvania to Levi and Susanna Kustenborder. William had 12 siblings but only four of them would survive into adulthood and although he was not the only son, he was the only one to make it out of infancy. In 1882 William, or Otto as he was often called, moved with h
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Nov 10, 202513 min read


THE LAST CIVIL WAR SOLDIER TO BE BURIED IN NUCKOLLS COUNTY, NEBRASKA
A while back the Nuckolls County Historical Society and Museum was contacted by an organization named the Sons of Union Veterans of the...
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Oct 16, 20233 min read


Ceremony to Honor the Last Civil War Veteran Buried in Nuckolls County, Nebraska
On Sunday afternoon, September 24, 2023 at 2:00 pm a ceremony will be held at the Evergreen Cemetery just north of Superior, Nebraska to...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read


The Alban 4H Club, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
Recently a member of the Nuckolls County Historical Society (and former Board member) donated some memorabilia to the Museum in order to...
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Aug 1, 20232 min read
2023 Annual Meeting
I know it's a late reminder, but here's a reminder that the Nuckolls County Historical Society is having their annual meeting. The...
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Mar 20, 20231 min read


New Map of the Nuckolls County Museum Grounds
Last Memorial Day weekend John Price, Jr was giving a tour of the Nuckolls County Museum to some interested people. When he finished the...
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Jul 16, 20224 min read


Lady Vestey Days/ Memorial Day Weekend at the Nuckolls County Museum
Many years ago Superior, Nebraska decided to honor one of our most famous personalities, Evelyn Broadstone (also known as Lady Evelyn...
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Jun 17, 20225 min read


The Museum is Getting Ready for Memorial Day/Lady Vestey Days
The people at the Nuckolls County Historical Society have been busy getting the Museum ready to greet visitors coming to Superior's Lady...
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May 23, 20222 min read


Humanities Nebraska Program at the Davenport, NE Public Library- Sunday May 22, 2022 at 3:00 pm
I came across this poster at RW's restaurant in Davenport this evening (Thursday, May 12th). The fine people at the Davenport Public...
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May 12, 20221 min read


Kindergarten at the Museum
On Tuesday May 10, 2022 thirty-one kindergartners from Superior Elementary School came to visit the Nuckolls County Historical Society's...
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May 11, 20223 min read


May 2022 Board of Directors Meeting
The Nuckolls County Historical Society Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 10 am Monday morning, May 9,...
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May 9, 20223 min read


Oregon Trail Reenactment Save the Date August 6, 2022
This is a flyer sent out by the people who are putting on the reenactment of the Oregon Trail Native American raids of 1864 that took...
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Apr 21, 20221 min read


April Board of Directors Meeting
April 11, 2022 the Nuckolls County Historical Society Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. A warm welcome...
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Apr 11, 20222 min read


Nuckolls County Historical Society Annual Meeting Summary
Nuckolls County Historical Society Annual Meeting The Nuckolls County Historical Society held an annual meeting Sunday afternoon, March...
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Apr 1, 20222 min read


Father's Day Car Parade Superior, Nebraska 1979
Bill Blauvelt of the local paper the Superior Express put together this slide show from pictures he took at a Father's Day parade in...
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Mar 30, 20221 min read


Is It a Fuller Automobile???
Recently I received an e-mail from Richard Wacker. His family has some old, old photos taken about 1909 at their family homestead near...
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Mar 28, 20222 min read


Nuckolls County Historical Society Annual Meeting to be held Sunday, March 27th 2022
The annual general meeting of the Nuckolls County Historical Society will take place on Sunday afternoon, March 27, 2022 from 2pm until 4...
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Mar 17, 20221 min read


Steve and Rob- Going to Grade School (Again)
Wednesday, January 19th of 2022 Steve Renz and Rob Williams, representatives of the Nuckolls County Historical Society and Museum were...
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Feb 8, 20222 min read
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