Author gives talk on the early, ‘mad’ years of Nebraska

Library presentation focuses on
pre-1860 Nebraska

  • Author Jeff Barnes gives a presentation of early Nebraska history from a podium in the Alice M. Farr Library on April 18.
    Author Jeff Barnes gives a presentation of early Nebraska history from a podium in the Alice M. Farr Library on April 18.
    Author Jeff Barnes posited in his talk “Mad Queen of the Prairies: The Frenzied First Years of the Nebraska Territory” that the first five years of the Nebraska territory were anything but mild. The history presentation by Friends of the Alice M. Farr Library and Humanities Nebraska, brought a packed crowd to the library April 18. Barnes is a former newspaper reporter and editor, tru...

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