Untold History of Southeast Nebraska

09/15/2026

🌾 2026 Photo Contest Spotlight: Farm

This beautiful entry from Sarpy County is titled “Sunset” — a glowing farm scene with old barns, golden cattails, winter light, and a quiet pond reflecting the evening sky.

📍 Photo: Sunset
🗺️ County: Sarpy
🌾 Category: Farm
👤 Entrant: Emmett Egr
🔢 Entry: 28

The Farm category continues to show the beauty of rural Nebraska in every season — barns, fields, livestock, windmills, harvest scenes, and peaceful country views like this one.

This photo has such a warm, nostalgic feeling with the old barns in the distance and the sunset lighting up the grass along the water.

What do you notice first — the barns, the cattails, or that golden evening light?

09/14/2026

09/14/2026

🌪️ CYCLONE WRECKAGE — LOUISVILLE, 1908

A dramatic look at the aftermath of a storm in Louisville, Cass County, on May 12, 1908.

This old postcard identifies the damaged building as the Free M.E. Church, showing just how powerful the storm must have been. The structure has been pushed dramatically off its foundation, while the house immediately behind it appears remarkably intact.

Photographs like this are a reminder that severe Nebraska weather is certainly nothing new. More than a century ago, communities faced many of the same springtime dangers — but without today's radar, forecasts and warning systems.

🌪️ Louisville and Cass County followers — have you ever heard stories about the May 12, 1908 storm? We’d especially love to know more about what happened to the church after this photograph was taken.

#1908

09/14/2026

🖤🤍 2026 Photo Contest Spotlight: Black-and-White Entries

Today we’re highlighting a few of the beautiful black-and-white entries in this year’s Untold History of Southeast Nebraska Photo Contest.

There is something timeless about black-and-white photography. It pulls your eye toward the lines, textures, shadows, architecture, and mood of a scene — and these entries do that so well.

Which black-and-white photo catches your eye first?

Take a look, react to your favorites, and help us choose which entries should move on to the online ballot on October 1 for the 2027 calendar.

Entry information is in the comments.

09/14/2026

🌆 2026 Photo Contest Spotlight: Downtown

This striking entry from Douglas County is titled “Downtown Omaha” — a black-and-white view looking up a city building and fire escape.

📍 Photo: Downtown Omaha
🗺️ County: Douglas
🏙️ Category: Downtown
👤 Entrant: David Petty
🔢 Entry: 14

The Downtown category continues to show the character of our communities — from small-town main streets to city buildings, storefronts, signs, sidewalks, and architectural details that tell their own story.

This one has such a classic urban feel, with the angle, the old fire escape, and the black-and-white style giving it a timeless look.

What do you notice first — the fire escape, the building, or the perspective?

09/14/2026

🏛️ 2026 Photo Contest Spotlight: Historical

This beautiful entry from Sarpy County is titled “Barn” — a close-up look at the weathered wood, stone foundation, old windows, and details of a historic farm building.

📍 Photo: Barn
🗺️ County: Sarpy
🏛️ Category: Historical
👤 Entrant: Emmett Egr
🔢 Entry: 18

The Historical category continues to show the places and structures that hold pieces of Southeast Nebraska’s story — barns, bridges, churches, courthouses, old buildings, and landmarks that remind us of earlier generations.

This one has so much texture and character. You can almost feel the age of the wood and stone just by looking at it.

What detail catches your eye first?

09/14/2026

❄️ 2026 Photo Contest Spotlight: Winter

This beautiful entry from Sarpy County is titled “Winter” — a peaceful snowy farm scene with barns in the distance, cattails in the foreground, and a frozen pond under a soft Nebraska sky.

📍 Photo: Winter
🗺️ County: Sarpy
❄️ Category: Winter
👤 Entrant: Emmett Egr
🔢 Entry: 17

The Winter category continues to capture the quiet beauty of Southeast Nebraska — snow-covered fields, frozen ponds, country barns, frosty mornings, and the peaceful stillness of the season.

This one feels like a classic Nebraska winter day, with the old barns, cattails, snow, and blue sky all coming together.

What do you notice first — the barns, the frozen pond, or the winter landscape?

09/13/2026

📸 30 Photo Entry Reel — Help Us Choose the Finalists!

We’re sharing another quick look at 30 entries from the 2026 Untold History of Southeast Nebraska Photo Contest tonight!

The albums are filling up with beautiful scenes from across the region — farms, skies, animals, downtown views, historic places, winter scenes, signs, murals, and community moments.

Now we need your help:
Which photos caught your eye?
Who should move on to the online ballot on October 1?
Which entries would you love to see in the 2027 calendar?

Watch the reel, react to your favorites, and visit the Master Album to see all the entries.
Entry information is in the comments.