Boyd, James E
James E. Boyd (1834-1906), best remembered as one of Nebraska's governors, also had a distinguished business and political career. He came to Omaha in August 1856 and ...
Buffalo County
What We Found
Centennial County Histories
In the spring of 1876 Congress passed a resolution asking individual counties and towns in the U.S. to compile their histories and to have them read at local Fourth of ...
Buffalo Hunt, by J. E. Johnson
Joseph E. Johnson, editor and publisher of The Huntsman's Echo of Wood River Centre in Buffalo County, took a hunting and exploring trip with friends during the summer ...
Drilling for Oil at Shelton
Nebraska’s first producing oil well was drilled in Richardson County in 1940, but prior to that date some drilling had been done in other parts of the state. One ...
Marker Monday: Kearney – Fort Kearny
Marker Location
Interstate 80, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska;Â 40.670663, -99.15709. View this marker's location.
Marker Text
Note: the word Indian is used ...
Marker Monday: The Watson Ranch
Location
6411-6467 Lincoln Hwy, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska 40.699488, -99.16328
Marker Text
In 1888, H. D. Watson established the historic Watson ...
Marker Monday: Post South Loup Fork – a.k.a “Fort Banishment”
Marker Location
43847-43917 Nebraska 2, Ravenna, Buffalo County, Nebraska; 41.010822, -98.89572
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Marker Text
On the South ...
Timeline Tuesday: Celery Growing in Nebraska
Nebraska farmers have often experimented with new crops in their endeavor to obtain wealth from the land. The Kearney Daily Hub, on May 16, 1901, ...
Timeline Tuesday: The Chicken Scourge of Lincoln
Mrs. Neidacorn feeding her chickens, Buffalo County, 1903.
Town residents of one hundred or more years ago sometimes kept a garden, chickens, or even a ...
Marker Monday: Elm Creek
Location
119-149 W Calkins Ave, Elm Creek, Buffalo County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.719324, -99.37343
Marker Text
Elm Creek siding was established in ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, Kearney Cotton Mill
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Take a peek inside the Kearney Cotton Mill in today’s Throwback Thursday Photograph. Construction on the Mill started in 1890 by the Cumnock ...
Marker Monday: The Great Plains
Location
Rest Area, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.671154, -99.12191
Marker Text
West-bound travelers will leave the prairie ...
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