The charter 1892 teams were the Beatrice Indians, Fremont, Grand Island Sugar Citys, Hastings, Lincoln Giants/Kearney and Plattsmouth.
Baseball Hall of Fame member Bud Fowler played for Kearney and was elected captain of the team.
[6] In 1915, the Nebraska State League ran into financial difficulties as franchises struggled to remain solvent.
Kearney had logistical issuer as visiting teams were reluctant travel to Norfolk, as the train fares for the trip were expensive.
Norfolk had agreed to pay extra to visiting clubs to make up the difference in train fares.
Grand Island manager Harry Claire and player Crosby were given suspensions for the rest of the year due to gambling accusations and the team was also fined.
[7] After folding following the 1915 season, the Nebraska State League reformed and played the 1922 and 1923 seasons with the Beatrice Blues, Fairbury Jeffersons, Grand Island Champions, Hastings Cubs, Lincoln Links and Norfolk Elk Horns as members of the six–team Class D level league.
The Beatrice Blues, Fairbury Jeffersons, Grand Island Champs, Lincoln Links, McCook Generals, Norfolk Elks, North Platte Buffaloes and York Dukes were the 1928 league members.
The league members all took the monikers of their affiliate, as the Grand Island A's, Hastings Giants, Holdrege White Sox, Kearney Yankees, Lexington Red Sox, McCook Braves, North Platte Indians and Superior Senators were the 1956 franchises.
[11] Originally 12 cities had showed interest in hosting a team in the 1956 Nebraska State League.
The Nebraska cities of Ogallala, Alma, Broken Bow and Norton, Kansas, were not granted franchises.
Mike Hollinger, a former manager of the semi–pro Kearney Irishmen team was named president of the League.
Player and manager salaries and travel costs were handled by the parent major league affiliate, with Yellow Diamond and Continental Motor lines were hired as vendors to provide bus services.
Its final season has become well known through the book A False Spring by Pat Jordan, who played in the league for McCook.
1931 Nebraska State League Playoffs: Grand Island 4 games, North Platte 1.