Nebraska Public Media takes pride in documenting our great state. In 2017, to celebrate Nebraska’s 150th birthday, we featured a series of Nebraska 150 History Moments that highlight Nebraska people, places and things, as well as favorite programs from our archives. Use the playlist below to watch these one-minute segments.

This project made possible in part by a grant from Humanities Nebraska. Special thanks to Humanities Advisors Dr. Sara Crook, Peru State College and Dr. John Wunder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Emeritus Professor.

Click the playlist icon in the top-right of the player to access the complete list of segments.

Favorite Programs from our Archives

Science

Restless Prairie

Nebraska's landscape appears peaceful, but beneath the surface scientists are uncovering a "restless prairie."

Television

Boys Town - Building Families

Television

A Street of Dreams

A historical look at Omaha's near north side.

Television

Return of the Sacred Pole

The sacred pole of the Omaha tribe, perhaps its most important religious symbol, is returned to the tribe following over 100 years as a museum artifact at the Peabody Museum of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Television

Four Seasons in the Sandhills

Television

'68: The Year Nebraska Mattered

Nebraska's primary played a fascinating and important role in the turbulent presidential election of 1968.

Television

Don't Touch That Dial

An informative and light-hearted look at the history of television broadcasting in Nebraska.

The story of Nebraska's sod house photographer Solomon D. Butcher

Solomon Butcher: Frontier Photographer

The story of Nebraska's sod house photographer Solomon D. Butcher

Television

60 Years and Still Growing

Looking back at 60 years of Backyard Farmer

Television

P.O.W. Atlanta Revisited

A historical look at Camp Atlanta, one of four WWII prisoner of war base camps in Nebraska.

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