County courthouses stand at the center of Nebraska local government.
The activities taking place within these buildings range from storing vital statistics, such as birth and death certificates, to hosting the trials of common criminals and not-so-common "crimes of the century." Using over 235 photographs, Nebraska Courthouses vividly describes.
Their authority in the state extends over hundreds of square miles with county populations ranging from less than a thousand to nearly half a million.
County courthouses stand at the center of Nebraska local government