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1874: The foundation for the city jail was finished and work was just beginning on the rest of the building.
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21-year-old man sentenced to prison for fatally shooting UNL freshman in Imperial
Tristan Ferguson of Imperial was sentenced Tuesday to eight to 14 years in prison for fatally shooting Jesse Krausnick unintentionally while in the commission of an unlawful act in 2021.
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This Week In Nebraska History
1869: A detachment of the 5th Cavalry commanded by Maj. E.W. Crittenden was ordered to protect the Pawnee Reservation and nearby white settlements from raids by hostile Sioux.
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This Week In Nebraska History
1869: Lancaster County commissioners approved a proposal by the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad to put the route under contract to Lincoln in return for $50,000 in bonds to be issued upon completion of the road. Voters later accepted this…
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Jim McKee: A storied circus with Nebraska roots
Entertainment rode the rails with a production founded by Walter Savidge, a Holt County native.
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This Week In Nebraska History
1869: The Ponca Natives put in 300 acres of crops that had just started to grow when grasshoppers virtually destroyed them.
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