Welcome to Lincoln, Nebraska, America’s premier heartland star city… big enough to offer some of the exhilarating qualities of a larger city, but not big enough to forfeit the peace, feel, and security of a smaller town—something we prize out...
by Ed Zimmer The population of Lincoln, Nebraska’s capital city, quadrupled in the 1880s, rising from 13,000 to 55,000. The boomtown drew ambitious young men eager to establish themselves like William Jennings Bryan and John J. Pershing. Less known, but...
Planting the seed of a well-planned capital city by Ed Zimmer With its grid of east-west streets lettered from A to U and north-south streets numbered from 1st to 17th, Lincoln, Nebraska may not appear to have sprung from a...
by Paige Cornwell Lincoln’s buildings provide a look into the city’s past as well as a vision of where the city is going. With a skyline featuring both old and new buildings, the architecture of Lincoln shows a unique perspective...
By Ed Zimmer It does not take visitors or new residents very long to notice that the name Woods can be found throughout Lincoln, Nebraska. Within a few months of my arrival in 1985, a Woods Bros. realtor helped me...
by Donna Joy Brakenhoff Today, more than ever before, the variety of Hotels in Lincoln, Nebraska is vast. No matter where your interests lie—an autumn football weekend, a romantic getaway, or a nice place for the family to stay while exploring...
by Jenny Sundberg Once known as a government and university city, Lincoln is experiencing a new way-—a way in which residents and visitors alike are amazed by the turnout of what was once a futuristic vision that challenged Lincoln to reach for...
Nebraska lays claim to some unique characteristics – it is home to the Cornhuskers, has the nation’s largest underground aquifer, and is the only state with a unicameral legislature. But, the state legislature wasn’t always a unicameral. The change was...
The year was 1870. Nebraska had been a state for three years and the newly named city of Lincoln had just welcomed the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad into the new capital. Over the next thirty years, seven more lines...
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