Archive: History

Butcher Solomon Baseball Team At Kearney Industrial School, 1914, Kearney, Nebraska
Solomon Butcher

Solomon Butcher is the most famous photographer to live and work in Kearney, known nationally…

Categories: History, Photography
Egan Kieren

He was born in 1942 in Clonmel, Ireland, and was raised and educated in England. After…

People: Egan Kieren Categories: Education, History
Johann Salvator von Habsburg

Archduke Johann Salvator von Habsburg comes from Bad Ischel in the heart of the Salzkammergut…

Categories: History
Kearney State College-University Of Nebraska At Kearney Yanney-Peterson Memorial Carillon Dedication
Memorial Carillon Tower at KSC/UNK

Okay. You graduate from the small town of Giltner, Nebraska, major in architecture at UNL,…

People: Chuck Peek, Jeff Hinrichs Categories: History, Map Tags: UNK Kearney
Susanne Bloomfield
Susanne George Bloomfield

Born on a farm in Minden, Nebraska, I moved to Kearney at age 13 when…

Ryan McGinnis Prairie Landsccape Cover
Susanne George Bloomfield’s Visions of the West

Adventures in the West: Stories for Young People. Eds. Susanne George Bloomfield and Eric Melvin…

Categories: History, Literature
G W Frank Museum of History and Culture

The G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture is a significant component of the Kearney…

Categories: History, Map
Five Cowboys playing and singing to their horses
Kearney’s Musical Life – Mosaic of Music 1

Early music in pioneer Kearney is found in the Native peoples’ music culture of the…

Categories: History, Music