Broc Anderson from Trails and Rails Museum will be presenting “Kearney’s 150 Years” as part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series hosted by the UNK Department of History.
In 1873, Kearney was no different than other communities established along the transcontinental railroad. But as the years progressed, Kearney grew because of economic investment and its political landscape, as well as newly established educational institutions and interconnected networks that increased the city’s role in a globalizing world. This presentation is an overview of Kearney’s past as we enter 2023, the city’s sesquicentennial year, and it will introduce the events and projects planned to honor that local history
Broc Anderson is the community engagement director for Buffalo County Historical Society at the Trails and Rails Museum in Kearney. The Alliance native earned a bachelor’s degree in social science education from Chadron State College and graduated in May with a Master of Arts in History from UNK. He was selected as the 2020-21 recipient of the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society’s Mari Sandoz Research Award and was named Graduate Student of the Year by the UNK Office of Graduate Studies and Academic Outreach in October.
The presentation will be at noon Wednesday, January 11 at the Kearney Public Library located at 2020 First Ave.
For more information contact UNK assistant history professor Nathan Tye at (308)-865-8860 or at tyen@unk.edu.
