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Nebraska lynch mobs not always “Wild West” creation, says historian

Lincoln, NE – Justice by lynch mob was more common in Nebraska’s early history than Nebraskans might think. Research into one of state history’s darker chapters reveals lynching was not only about hanging cattle rustlers and train robbers.

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Whether your impression of the old American West comes from history classes or cowboy movies, the images many of us created of “hang ‘em high” justice in that new frontier probably involves a rope noose thrown over a tree limb in a remote place where there weren’t many judges or juries to sort out the details of the crime at hand....

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