Alvin Saunders Johnson gained national and international fame as an economist, educator, humanitarian, social activist, writer, and editor. Born in 1874, he grew up on a farm near Homer, Nebraska where he learned the importance of hard work and having goals in life.
Windstream
Windstream’s connection to Nebraska dates to 1904. That’s when Frank H. Woods founded the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co., the independent carrier that eventually would become part of the Windstream family.
Nebraska Farm Bureau
The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation organized in 1917 with the goal of working for the betterment of Nebraska agriculture. By 1919, the group had successfully lobbied for passage of a bill in the Nebraska Legislature establishing a Game and Fish Substation in Dundy County for a cost of $15,000. It was the first of many bills the organization would follow in the next one hundred years.
Nebraska Environmental Trust
The Nebraska Environmental Trust was created by the Nebraska Legislature in 1992 for the purposes of environmental conservation and restoration. The Trust has provided over $200 million in grants to all 93 counties across the state, using revenue from the Nebraska Lottery.
Jack McBride
Jack McBride was the founder and architect of public broadcasting in Nebraska and a pioneer of public broadcasting in the United States.
Cooper Foundation
Joseph H. Cooper was born in Lithuania in 1885 and later emigrated to the United States with his family: parents Wolf and Brina Coopersmith, five brothers and one sister. As a young man, he worked in movie theatres in New York City. He lived in New York for the rest of his life, but went on to build a chain of movie theatres, known as Cooper Theatres Inc., in Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Cornhusker Bank
Cornhusker Bank began its storied history in 1903 as Farmers State Bank, located in Davey, Nebraska in northern Lancaster County. Our original fourteen stockholders invested eight thousand dollars in capital, elected officers, fixed the Cashier’s salary at fifty dollars per month, and opened for business on August 24, 1903.
Campbell’s Nurseries and Garden Center
Campbell’s Nurseries and Garden Center, Inc. was founded in 1912 by Claude C. Campbell, then only 34 years old, at 28th and Vine Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Claude, employed by the U.S. Government as a railway mail clerk, had a love of plants and grew a large garden in his backyard.