Nebraska Hall of Fame
Encyclopedia : N : NE : NEB : Nebraska Hall of Fame
Nebraska Hall of Fame is an official list of prominent Nebraskans compiled in accordance to state law. Members including:
- Grace Abbott -- social reformer and social worker.
- Hartley Burr Alexander -- Anthropologist, poet, philosopher, educator, and authority on North American Indian mythology.
- Bess Streeter Aldrich -- A successful author of the early 1900s who lived in Elmwood, Nebraska.
- William Jennings Bryan -- American political leader.
- Willa Cather -- Author who grew up in Nebraska.
- William Frederick Cody, famous as "Buffalo Bill" -- Soldier, buffalo hunter, Army scout, actor, rancher, irrigationist, and showman of the West.
- Edward Creighton -- Telegraph pioneer and banker.
- Loren Eisley -- Respected anthropologist, poet, and philosopher of science.
- Edward J. Flanagan -- Founder of Boys Town.
- Robert W. Furnas -- Newspaperman, soldier, historian, and politician.
- Nathan J. Gold -- Businessman, civic leader, philanthropist, and Nebraska booster.
- Dwight Palmer Griswold -- Banker, publisher, and politician.
- Gilbert M. Hitchcock -- Founder of the Omaha World-Herald and politician.
- J. Sterling Morton -- Father of Arbor Day, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, legislator, and Nebraska territorial secretary.
- John Gneisenau Neihardt-- Epic poet of the West, historian, philosopher, and friend of the American Indian. Neihardt was named Nebraska Poet Laureate in 1921.
- George William Norris -- An American political leader who represented Nebraska in Congress.
- John J. Pershing -- Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, Europe, during World War I and US Army Chief of Staff.
- Nathan Roscoe Pound -- Botanist, pioneer ecologist, lawyer, and legal educator.
- Mari Sandoz -- Author, historian, and friend of the Indian.
- Standing Bear -- Ponca Indian chief, symbol for Indian rights.
- Arthur Weimar Thompson -- Auctioneer.
- Susette LaFlesche Tibbles -- Omaha Indian, also known as "Inshata Theumba" or "Bright Eyes," speaker and writer for Indian rights.
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.