By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – For 19 years it hung in one of Kearney’s most iconic entertainment venues. Tuesday it was spread out on the floor of the Trails and Rails Museum. The Kearney Opera House curtain, one of the city’s cherished artifacts, is getting a makeover of sorts. Known for the old-time advertising painted across its 28- by 23-foot canvas, the historic theater curtain will soon hang again thanks to a group of University of Nebraska at Kearney … [Read more...]
UNK professors, students study air base history in ‘Kearney Goes to War’ project
By AUSTIN KOELLER UNK Communications KEARNEY – Two University of Nebraska at Kearney professors have been awarded a grant to conduct a digital history project documenting Kearney during World War II. Assistant Professor of History Jeff Wells and Jacob Rosdail, associate professor of communications, are examining the history of Kearney Army Air Field and Kearney community through the digitization of items from the Buffalo County Historical Society Trails and Rails Museum. The items … [Read more...]
