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Marker Monday: Dubois Czech Hall
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The Řád Jan Kollár čis. 101 ZČBJ Hall is a major Czech-American landmark in the Pawnee and Richardson County immigrant community. The lodge of the ...
Marker Monday: Mayhew Cabin, 1855
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This cabin, one of Nebraska's oldest structures, was built in the summer of 1855 as the home of Allen B. Mayhew, his wife, Barbara Ann (Kagy) Mayhew, ...
Marker Monday: US Post Office and Courthouse
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on one of the first Lincoln buildings listed on the ...
Marker Monday: Lincoln’s Emergence as an Aviation Center
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Lincoln's time as a hub of plane manufacturing and ...
Marker Monday: Lewis and Clark Campsite
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Lewis and Clark's journey west included a stint in Nebraska. While ...
Marker Monday: Maginnis Irrigation Flume
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on one of many irrigation flumes constructed by the ...
Marker Monday: Boot Hill
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. The first people buried at Boot Hill were a mother and child, but ...
Marker Monday: Dobytown
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the Dobytown, a frontier town that catered to the ...
Marker Monday: The Smith Limekiln and Limestone House
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the Smith Limekiln, one of the last remnants of ...
Marker Monday: Deep Well Irrigation
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. When the Dust Bowl hit the midwest, one of the things that helped ...
Marker Monday: The Grand Duke Alexis
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing a moment of international connection when the ...
The Long Journey Of White Fox
In 1874, a Pawnee man named White Fox died from disease while traveling in Sweden. Tragically, his remains didn't make it back home for over a century thanks to the ...
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