Marker Monday: Malcolm X
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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born Malcolm Little at University Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925. He was the son of Earl and Louise Little, ...
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Marker Monday: Mari Sandoz
This is the country of Mari Sandoz--historian, novelist, teacher--who brought its history and its people to life in her many books, articles and stories.
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Marker Monday: Kearney Cotton Mill
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In the late 1880’s, Kearney business leaders envisioned the city as a major manufacturing center. The Kearney Cotton Mill was among the many ...
Marker Monday: Cather Childhood Home
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Built ca. 1876, this is the house in which Willa Cather lived from 1884 to 1890. She describes it in “Old Mrs. Harris,” in “The Best Years,” and in ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska School for the Deaf
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the Nebraska School for the Deaf, established in ...
Marker Monday: Solon H. Borglum “Sculptor of the Prairie”
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Solon H. Borglum (1868-1922), son of Danish Mormon emigrants, was a world-famous sculptor. From 1885 until 1893, Solon ran his father’s cattle ...
Marker Monday: Sandhill Cranes
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The Big Bend of the Platte River in central Nebraska is one of the most important staging areas for the spring migration of the world’s largest ...
Marker Monday: Evelyn Sharp
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Evelyn Genevieve Sharp was Nebraska’s best-known aviatrix during her eight-year career. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sharp and was born ...
Marker Monday: Standing Bear and the Ponca Tribe
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In 1877 the Ponca Tribe and Chief Standing Bear were forced from their Nebraska homeland along the Niobrara River to an Oklahoma reservation. ...
Marker Monday: The Fort Robinson Cemetery
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The first recorded interment in the Fort Robinson Cemetery was James Brogan, July 2, 1875; the last was Fred Lester, June 13, 1945. Among the 258 interments ...
Marker Monday: Inventor of Center-Pivot Irrigation Machine
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Born in 1894, Frank Zybach grew up in Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska. He began inventing at age 13. In 1948, he developed a prototype of a ...
Marker Monday: Prehistoric Burial Site
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From 1050 - 1400 the lower Platte and Missouri River valleys were home to prehistoric Indian farmers. These people lived in small villages and ...
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