Between 1804 and 1806, explorers Lewis and Clark were sent out to determine what the United States had bought with the Louisiana Purchase. In this episode, we’ll follow their story along the Missouri River, where they got their first look at the region’s wildlife, terrain, and their encounter with the indigenous people of this area. Follow their travels through the 2000 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Lewis and Clark on the Middle Missouri,” written by Gary E Moulton.

The arrival of television in the Nebraska Panhandle in the 1950s sparked an unexpected showdown between state and local officials, an influential Wyoming broadcaster, and the National Park Service. Today, we learn more about the controversy through the 1996 Nebraska History Magazine Article, "Scotts Bluff National Monument and the Coming of Television to the Nebraska Panhandle," written by Phil Roberts.

Rediscover the remarkable true story of Second Lieutenant Elbert S. Wood, Jr, a young navigator whose final mission over Schweinfurt in 1943 became one of the most devastating air battles of World War II. We retrace his final flight, the crash, and the long journey home through the 1995 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Or Go Down in Flame: A Navigator’s Death of Schweinfurt,” written by his brother, W. Raymond Wood.