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Wyuka Cemetery
Wyuka Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1890, Lincoln's Bnai Jeshurun Congregation, a Reform congregation, began using a section of Wyuka. History Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east of the city. Wyuka Cemetery has since expanded to over 140 acres between “O” Street and Vine Street. The iron fence surrounding the cemetery was originally erected around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus. The Board of Regents authorized the construction of the fence in 1891, and the fence enclosed the original campus until 1925 when it was removed due to safety concerns because fire engines could not pass through the width of the gates. Wyuka Cemetery wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the state called the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln- Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States. The city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes and arroyos of what was to become Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb James Dilworth
Caleb (), sometimes transliterated as Kaleb ( he, כָּלֵב, ''Kalev'', ; Tiberian vocalization: Kālēḇ; Hebrew Academy: Kalev), is a figure who appears in the Hebrew Bible as a representative of the Tribe of Judah during the Israelites' journey to the Promised Land. A reference to him is also found in the Quran, although his name is not mentioned (Al-Ma'idah: 20-26). Name According to ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', "since 'Caleb' signifies dog, it has been thought that the dog was the totem of a clan". The New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance states that the name ''Kaleb'' (Caleb) is related to the word for "dog" (). The Bible was written down centuries before Hebrew diacritics were introduced, and there is no certain knowledge of how the name was pronounced when the biblical text was written. In Modern Hebrew, the name is pronounced ; the modern English pronunciation is a result of the Great Vowel Shift. An alternate Hebrew meaning offered for ''Caleb'' is "fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Pound
Louise Pound (June 30, 1872 – June 28, 1958) was an American folklorist, linguist, and college professor at the University of Nebraska. In 1955, Pound was the first woman elected president of the Modern Language Association, and in the same year, she was the first woman inducted into the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame. Early life Pound was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Stephen Bosworth Pound and Laura Pound. Alongside her older brother, noted legal professor Roscoe Pound, and her younger sister, Olivia Pound, Pound was instructed by her mother in various disciplines including the natural sciences, ancient and modern languages, and literature. Pound studied at a preparatory school, the Latin School, in the School of Fine Arts, transitioning in 1888 to the University of Nebraska (B.B. 1892 and M.A., 1895). Pound was an active student throughout the university. Along with her siblings and her colleague Willa Cather, she was a member of the University Union Literary Society at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albinus Nance
Albinus Roberts Nance (March 30, 1848 – December 7, 1911) was an American politician. He served as a soldier during the American Civil War, and as the fourth governor of Nebraska. Nance was born in La Fayette, Illinois on March 30, 1848. He was born to Dr. Hiram Nance and Sarah (Smith) Nance.White's pg. 2 He was educated in Kewanee, Illinois, until age sixteen.Nance's pp. 140–143 He married Sarah White and they had one child. Career At age sixteen, Nance enlisted with the 9th Illinois Cavalry. Nance fought in the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1865. He served as a private during the war. He fought in the battles of Hurricane Creek, Guntown, Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. He was slightly wounded during the Battle of Nashville. In 1865, after the war was over, Nance became a student at Knox College. In 1870, he was admitted to the bar in Illinois. Political career Nance moved to Nebraska in 1871 to homestead and practice law, eventually settling in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Montgomery
Milton Montgomery (May 3, 1825May 23, 1897) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general in 1866. Biography Montgomery was born on May 3, 1825, in Olivesburg, Ohio. He later moved to Sparta, Wisconsin. Montgomery died on May 23, 1897, in Omaha, Nebraska, and is buried in Wyuka Cemetery. Career Montgomery began his Civil War service in command of the 25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on September 14, 1862.Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . pp. 393–394. He suffered the loss of his right arm at Decatur, Georgia, during the Battle of Atlanta, where he was captured on July 22, 1864. He subsequently was exchanged. Despite the loss of his arm, Montgomery later took part in the Carolinas Campaign. He commanded the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XVII Corps of the Army of the Tennessee from January 29, 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Roy McKelvie
Samuel Roy McKelvie (April 15, 1881 – January 6, 1956) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. McKelvie served as the 19th governor of Nebraska, from 1919 to 1923. He was also the 13th lieutenant governor of Nebraska, from 1913 to 1915. McKelvie was born near Fairfield, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska and graduated from Lincoln Business College in 1901. He married Martha (Flossie) DeArnold on June 19, 1904, and the couple had two children. As Martha McKelvie, his spouse was a noted silent movie columnist, and, starting three years after his death, the author of what became a total of twenty-four books, one of them, ''Presidents, Politicians and People I Have Known'', a memoir. Career From 1902 to 1905, McKelvie sold advertising for the ''Twentieth Century Farmer'' of Omaha, Nebraska. The editor of ''Nebraska Farmer'' beginning in 1905, he became principal owner and publisher of that paper by 1908. McKelvie first entered politics as a memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Lincoln, Nebraska
This is a list of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. {, class="wikitable" !# !Name !Term began !Term ended , - , 1 , William F. Chapin , 1871 , 1872 , - , 2 , Erastus E. Brown , 1872 , 1873 , - , 3 , Robert D. Silver, Jr. , 1873 , 1874 , - , 4 , Samuel W. Little , 1874 , 1875 , - , 5 , Amasa Cobb , 1875 , 1876 , - , 6 , Robert D. Silver, Jr. , 1876 , 1877 , - , 7 , Harvey W. Hardy , 1877 , 1879 , - , 8 , Seth P. Galey , 1879 , 1880 , - , 9 , John B. Wright , 1880 , 1881 , - , 10 , John Doolittle , 1882 , 1883 , - , 11 , Robert Emmett Moore , 1883 , 1885 , - , 12 , Carlos C. Burr , 1885 , 1887 , - , 13 , Andrew J. Sawyer , 1887 , 1889 , - , 14 , Robert B. Graham , 1889 , 1891 , - , 15 , Austin H. Weir , 1891 , 1895 , - , 16 , Frank A. Graham , 1895 , 1899 , - , 17 , Hudson J. Winnett , 1899 , 1903 , - , 18 , George A. Adams , 1903 , 1905 , - , 19 , Francis W. Brown , 1905 , 1909 , - , 20 , Don Lathrop Love , 1909 , 1911 , - , 21 , Alvin H. Armstrong , 1911 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turner M
Turner may refer to: People and fictional characters *Turner (surname), a common surname, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Turner (given name), a list of people with the given name *One who uses a lathe for turning *Sean and Dorothy Turner are the protagonists of ''Servant'' as is their infant "son" Jericho. Places Australia *Turner, Australian Capital Territory *Turner River, Western Australia Canada *Turner, Ontario United States *Turner, Mississippi County, Arkansas *Turner, Phillips County, Arkansas *Turner, former name of Tuttle, California *Turner, Indiana *Turner, Kansas *Turner, Maine, a New England town **Turner (CDP), Maine, within the town of Turner * Turner, Michigan *Turner, Montana *Turner, Oregon *Turner, Washington * Turner, West Virginia *Turner Air Force Base, outside Albany, Georgia *Turner County, Georgia *Turner County, South Dakota Businesses *Turner Broadcasting System, part of WarnerMedia, managed a collection of cable n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon MacRae
Albert Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor, singer and radio/television host who appeared in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals ''Oklahoma!'' (1955) and ''Carousel'' (1956) and who played the leading man opposite Doris Day in '' On Moonlight Bay'' (1951) and sequel '' By The Light of the Silvery Moon'' (1953). Early life Born in East Orange in Essex County in northeastern New Jersey, United States, to Scottish parents, MacRae graduated in 1940 from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and he thereafter served as a navigator in IX Troop Carrier Command in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Before this, he attended Nottingham High School in Syracuse, New York. Gordon was descended from the Clan MacRae. Career Singer MacRae was a baritone. Winning a contest enabled him to sing at the 1939 New York World's Fair with the Harry James and Les Brown orchestras. Broadway He made his Broadway deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert L
Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South Australia) Kiribati * Gilbert Islands, a chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean United States * Gilbert, Arizona, a town * Gilbert, Arkansas, a town * Gilbert, Florida, the airport of Winterhaven * Gilbert, Iowa, a city * Gilbert, Louisiana, a village * Gilbert, Michigan, and unincorporated community * Gilbert, Minnesota, a city * Gilbert, Nevada, ghost town * Gilbert, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, South Carolina, a town * Gilbert, West Virginia, a town * Gilbert, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Mount Gilbert (other), various mountains * Gilbert River (Oregon) Outer space * Gilbert (lunar crater) * Gilbert (Martian crater) Arts a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Larkin (screenwriter)
John Francis Larkin Jr. (1901–1965) was an American screenwriter. Larkin was from New York City. His credits range from 1932 to 1950, amounting to about 30 films, and include: * ''Ladies Must Love'' (1933) * ''Charlie Chan at Treasure Island'' (1939) * ''Charlie Chan in Panama'' (1940) * ''The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady'' (1940) * ''Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum'' (1940) * ''Dead Men Tell'' (1941) * ''Manila Calling'' (1942) * ''Castle in the Desert'' (1942) * ''Quiet Please, Murder'' (1942) * ''Buffalo Bill'' (1944) (uncredited) * '' The Dolly Sisters'' (1945) * ''Cloak and Dagger'' (1946) * ''Carnival in Costa Rica ''Carnival in Costa Rica'' is a 1947 American musical film directed by Gregory Ratoff and written by Samuel Hoffenstein, John Larkin, and Elizabeth Reinhardt. It was released in Technicolor by Twentieth Century-Fox. Dick Haymes, Vera-Ellen, ...'' (1947) * '' Two Weeks with Love'' (1950) External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larkin, John 1901 births 1965 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hollenbeck
Don Hollenbeck (March 30, 1905June 22, 1954) was a CBS newscaster, commentator, and associate of Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly. He died from fuel gas inhalation as it was discovered that his stove and oven had been turned on but not lit (allowing gas to fill his apartment). Consequently, Hollenbeck's death was ruled a suicide. Reasons that it might have been suicide included health problems, depression, a broken marriage, and frequent published attacks by Jack O'Brian, a Hearst columnist and supporter of Joseph McCarthy. Background Donald Hollenbeck was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and began reporting the news while at the University of Nebraska. Career Hollenbeck's first assignment was to the ''Nebraska State Journal'' in 1926. During World War II, he was assigned to the foreign staff of NBC in London in March 1943. From there he went to Algiers just in time to take a place with the British troops landing at Salerno, Italy in September. He went in with the second wave— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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