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NEW DATE: Brown Bag Lecture focuses on local lacrosse champion

February 12, 2025
Tyler Ellyson

Albert Frederick Lewis is the earliest documented Black lacrosse player.

College of Arts & Sciences Events Faculty History News

Learn about the life of Eliza Galloway, one of Kearney’s first Black residents

August 1, 2024
Tyler Ellyson

Galloway was a domestic servant for the Frank family.

College of Arts & Sciences Events Faculty History News

Looking back at the Explorer I balloon, which crashed 90 years ago in a cornfield near Loomis

July 3, 2024
Tyler Ellyson

Attend the presentation Wednesday, July 10, at Kearney Public Library.

College of Arts & Sciences Events History News

UNK hosts district History Day contest, with more than 160 students participating

March 24, 2024
Tyler Ellyson

Winners advance to the state competition scheduled for April 20 in Lincoln.

College of Arts & Sciences Events Faculty History News

UNK researchers uncover the curious history of Jenner’s Park

February 26, 2024
Tyler Ellyson

They're presenting Wednesday, March 6, at Kearney Public Library.

College of Arts & Sciences Events Faculty News

‘An Interview, a Brothel and a Baseball Great’: UNK professor sharing three tales from early Kearney

June 30, 2023
Tyler Ellyson

Nathan Tye's presentation is scheduled for noon July 12 at Kearney Public Library.

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