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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Interstate 80, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska;Â 40.670663, -99.15709. View this marker's location.
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6411-6467 Lincoln Hwy, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska 40.699488, -99.16328
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In 1888, H. D. Watson established the historic Watson ...
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43847-43917 Nebraska 2, Ravenna, Buffalo County, Nebraska; 41.010822, -98.89572
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On the South ...
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, ...
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 ...
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119-149 W Calkins Ave, Elm Creek, Buffalo County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.719324, -99.37343
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Elm Creek siding was established in ...
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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 ...
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Rest Area, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
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West-bound travelers will leave the prairie ...