Marker Monday: Czech Capital
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Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs. They left a land which ...
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Crowdfunded African American Sandhills Settlement Marker Dedication will be April 11, 2016
St. James A.ME. Church at DeWitty, Nebraska. History Nebraska RG2301-1-3
Nebraska’s longest-lasting African American rural settlement will receive a state ...
Marker Monday: Crook House
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On April 27, 1875, General George A. Crook assumed command of the Department of the Platte, which then included Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska’s Flying Doctor
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Dr. Frank Brewster of Beaver City and how he ...
Marker Monday: Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors
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This marker, dedicated on the 100th anniversary of Hartington High School, June 25, 1988, is in honor of two graduates who became governors of ...
Marker Monday: Opening the Sandhills
The first ranch in this area was set up on the Niobrara River about five miles south of here in 1877.
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Nebraska’s most problematic historical markers
The Nebraska Historical Marker Program is one of History Nebraska’s most popular programs, but some markers have not aged well. We’re reviewing them to identify and ...
Marker Monday: Ward Bond’s Boyhood Home
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the childhood home of Ward Bond, an actor who ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska City
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Permanent settlement in this area dates from 1846, with the establishment of old Fort Kearny on Table Creek. Nebraska City, founded in 1854, became an ...
Marker Monday: The Neligh Mills
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The Neligh Mills, built from locally fired brick in 1873 by John D. Neligh, was the first business and industry in the then newly platted town. Later owners ...
Marker Monday: Chimney Rock
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Rising 470 feet above the North Platte River Valley, Chimney Rock stands to the south as the most celebrated of all natural formations along the overland ...
Marker Monday: Chadron-Chicago Cowboy Race
America's longest horse race began here June 13, 1893.
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