Marker Monday: Crystal Lake
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on a manmade lake that was once home to a ...
Marker Monday
What We Found
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: Chalk Mine
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we focus on a site near Scotia, Nebraska once called Happy ...
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: 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 ...
Marker Monday: Axtell, Nebraska
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on the village of Axtell, best known as the ...
Marker Monday: Alliance Army Air Field
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Perkins Rd, Rural, Alliance County, Nebraska View this marker's location 42.091251, -102.8180
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In the spring of 1942 the U.S. Army ...
Marker Monday: Ainsworth Army Air Field
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U.S. 20, Johnstown, Brown County, Nebraska View this marker's location 42.560395, -100.0034
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Ainsworth Army Air Field, ...
Marker Monday: Republican Pawnee Village
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State St, Guide Rock, Webster County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.074929, -98.33088
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Near here was a large permanent village of ...
Marker Monday: Antioch Potash Boom-Town
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today, we're focusing on Antioch, the Nebraska ghost town that ...
Marker Monday: First Site of Bethel Lutheran Church and Cemetery, June 1879
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Rural R Rd, Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska View this marker's location 40.447361, -99.30399
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Thirty Swedish settlers in Harlan and Phelps ...
Marker Monday: The University of Nebraska
Chartered as a Land-Grant institution by the first regular session of the State Legislature on February 15, 1869, the University opened its doors to 20 collegiate ...
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