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Marker Monday: Nebraska’s Flying Doctor
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Dr. Frank Brewster of Beaver City and how he ...
Marker Monday: The Lewis-Syford House
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on a Lincoln landmark and the oldest remaining building on the ...
Marker Monday: Fort McPherson in North Platte
Marker Text
Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was cast.
The ...
Marker Monday: Fort McPherson in Maxwell
Location
S Jackson Rd, Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Marker Text
The fort was established on the Oregon Trail on the south side of the Platte River in October ...
Marker Monday: Genoa, 1857-1859
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the founding of Genoa, a town settled by Mormons but that was ...
Marker Monday: Holdrege Silt Loam – The Nebraska State Soil
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we turn our gaze down in order to appreciate the 1.8 million acres of our ...
Marker Monday: Winnebago Scouts
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today, we focus on a marker dedicated to the roughly 75 members of the Winnebago ...
Marker Monday: The Death of Marshal Suverkrubbe
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on this marker in Fort Calhoun commemorating the only ...
Marker Monday: Rushville
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Rushville, which began life two miles north as ...
Marker Monday: Swan City
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Swan City, the first town and county seat in ...
Marker Monday: Susan O. Hail Grave
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the story behind the unusually masterful ...
How to Cross the Platte River at Fort Kearny, 1866
How difficult was it to cross the Platte River without a bridge? This 1866 map gives you some idea. The river was notorious for its braided channel and patches of ...
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