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 ...
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What We Found
Marker Monday: German P.O.W. Camp
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we're focusing on a small marker that tells a big story: ...
Marker Monday: Paragon Cemetery
Location
567th Ave & 885th Rd, Hartington, Cedar County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 42.655746, -97.18599
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Paragon Lutheran Church evolved ...
Marker Monday: The Ionia Volcano
Early settlers worried that the so-called Ionia volcano would destroy its namesake town. It nearly did, but with a flood rather than an eruption.
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Marker Monday: Discovery Oil Well – Marathon Oil Company
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today's subject is the Discovery Oil Well, which marks the spot of ...
Marker Monday: Lodgepole and the Union Pacific Railroad
Location
751-799 McCall St, Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 41.148847, -102.6349
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The history of Lodgepole has been ...
Marker Monday: DeWitty – An African American Settlement in the Sandhills
Spread out along the North Loup River west of here, DeWitty, later known as Audacious, was the largest and longest-lasting African American settlement in rural ...
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: Mari Sandoz in Lincoln
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Mari Sandoz (1896-1966), Nebraska historian and novelist, lived at this site, 1226 J Street, from 1925 to 1937. Here in 1928, she began writing Old Jules, ...
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