Photo: York Water Tower – 2013 – Ammodramus – Creative Commons
The Nebraska Historic Buildings Reconnaissance Level Survey Final Report – York County – Prepared for the Nebraska State Historical Society State Preservation Office – 1992
This is a wonderful resource for York County on historic buildings with brief written histories. Included are black and white photos of many schools and churches and other structures. You can preview directly below (scroll on the right) or you can click the link on the bottom of the preview window to go to a searchable, printable, downloadable PDF (114 pages) version.
A new book has been published by Cathleen M. Van Winkle, President of the Board of the the Mayhew Foundation, called “The Battle for Freedom: The Life and Times of John Henry Kagi”.
The history of the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln is a bit unique. It began as a Lincoln trash dump and the citizens of Lincoln worked to turn it into a beautiful garden oasis in 1930.