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Marker Monday: The Tobin Indian Raid

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's marker describes one instance of the conflicts that arose ...

Marker Monday: Tonwantonga

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we focus on the site of the Omaha village of Tonwantonga, ...

Marker Monday: George E. Johnson

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments, places, and people in our state's past. Today we focus on George E. Johnson, namesake of Johnson ...

Marker Monday: 1887 Barracks Row

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's subject is the Barracks Row at Fort Robinson, built during ...

Marker Monday: Etna

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on a marker that tells about the rise and fall of ...

Marker Monday: Harvard Jail

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments in our state's past. Today we look at a 130-year-old jail in Harvard, Nebraska that has been ...

Marker Monday: Discovery Oil Well – Marathon Oil Company

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's subject is the Discovery Oil Well, which marks the spot of ...

Marker Monday: Victor Colson Homestead

Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Victor Colson's homestead in Oakland, ...

Marker Monday: Gibbon, 1871-1971

Location 2625 State Highway 10C Link, Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.706858, -98.84454 Marker Text Gibbon, on the old Mormon Trail, ...

Marker Monday: Blue Mills and Glenwood Park

Location Wood River Road between 2nd Ave & Blue Mill Rd, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.753826, -99.0853451 Marker Text In 1881 ...

Throwback Thursday: Blue Springs High School Girls Basketball Team

Today's Throwback Thursday features a set of images depicting the 1924 Blue Springs High School girls basketball team.The six young women (and occasionally their coach) ...

Terms of Endearment and the Governor’s Hollywood “First Lady Friend”

The Oscars are coming up this Sunday, and while many people are looking ahead to see which of the year's films will be honored, we can't help but look back to the ...

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