Oblinger Letters
The Uriah W. Oblinger Collection, donated to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1958, includes 318 letters (1862-1911). At the heart of this correspondence lies ...
Fillmore County
What We Found
Grasshoppers, Letter from Carleton, NE
During the grasshopper infestations of the mid-1870s, Nebraska boosters were hesitant to advertise the state's distress, fearing that immigration and investment would be ...
Fairmont Foods
The Fairmont Creamery Company was incorporated March 29, 1884, in Fairmont, Fillmore County. The company was founded for the production and sale of butter, eggs, and ...
Marker Monday: Fairmont Army Air Field (1 and 2)
Marker Text (1)
Construction began on the Fairmont Army Air Field September 17, 1942. Located east of here, it was one of eleven built in Nebraska during World ...
Marker Monday: B-17G Flying Fortress and P-47D Thunderbolt Crash, 1944
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on a tragic story of a training exercise gone wrong ...
Marker Monday: The Ohiowa Auditorium
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past.
Today, we focus on the Ohiowa Auditorium. Constructed by the WPA during the ...
Marker Monday: Two B-24 Liberators Crash Near Milligan, 1943
Marker Text
On October 25, 1943, four B-24 "Liberator" bombers from the Fairmont Army Air Field were flying in formation. At approximately 4 p.m., one ...
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