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 ...
Buffalo County
What We Found
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
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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 ...
Marker Monday: The Watson Ranch
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In 1888, H. D. Watson established the historic Watson Ranch, at one time containing 8,000 acres, reaching from the fertile Platte Valley on ...
Marker Monday: Post South Loup Fork – a.k.a “Fort Banishment”
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On the South Loup River southwest of here was the site of the U.S. Army's Post South Loup Fork. This small outpost of Fort Kearney was ...
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
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Elm Creek siding was established in August 1866 during construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. The nearby creek provided both water and timber for ...
Marker Monday: The Great Plains
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Rest Area, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.671154, -99.12191
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West-bound travelers will leave the prairie ...
Marker Monday: Gibbon, 1871-1971
Location
2625 State Highway 10C Link, Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 40.706858, -98.84454
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Gibbon, on the old Mormon ...
The Kearney Weekly Hub Celebrates the 1890 Census
The United States Census is an important — and constitutionally mandated — part of American life every ten years. Nebraska has seen fifteen of them come and go since ...
Look closely: This is a previously unknown Solomon Butcher photo
Is it possible to find a “new” Solomon Butcher photo in circulation? A Lincoln man recently discovered that it is
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