Brown Bag History Series
Schedule
Wed, 05 Mar, 2025 at 12:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
2020 1st Ave, Kearney, NE, United States, Nebraska 68847 | Kearney, NE
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Bring your lunch and learn! This month Dr. Nathan Tye will be presenting "Albert Frederick Lewis: Kearney's Forgotten Lacrosse Champion."In 1892, Albert Frederick Lewis immigrated to Kearney, Nebraska from Ontario, Canada. He arrived with a young family and opened a laundry business. He also brought a lacrosse stick and athletic fame. Lewis was the goalie for the 1887 Canadian lacrosse champions and is the earliest documented Black lacrosse player. In Kearney, Lewis formed a victorious lacrosse team that crisscrossed the state in the 1890s. He remained a prominent local sports figure until his death in 1915. This presentation will explore Lewis' life and the forgotten history of lacrosse in turn-of-the-century Nebraska.
Dr. Nathan Tye is an Associate Professor at UNK, where he has taught since 2019. An avid local historian, he serves on the boards of several local community museums and cultural organizations and can usually be found digging through boxes in the archives at the Trails and Rails Museum.
These free programs are a partnership of the University of Nebraska at Kearney's History Department and the Kearney Public Library. #HistoryRemembered
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Where is it happening?
2020 1st Ave, Kearney, NE, United States, Nebraska 68847Event Location & Nearby Stays:
