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
What We Found
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: Logan Fontenelle
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Logan Fontenelle, an interpreter and Omaha chief, was born at Bellevue in May, 1825. His father was Lucien Fontenelle, a noted fur trader both ...
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: 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: Louis Crompton LGBTQA+ Advocate
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Louis Crompton joined the English department faculty at UNL in 1955. While at UNL in fall 1970, Crompton taught the first interdisciplinary gay studies ...
Marker Monday: Chadron-Chicago Cowboy Race
America's longest horse race began here June 13, 1893.
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Marker Monday: U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today we focus on the site of the Navy's largest World War II ...
Seward, 4th of July City
Seward is known across Nebraska as the 4th of July City. Since 1868 they have sponsored a yearly 4th of July celebration nearly every year.
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Marker Monday: Old Dodge School, World War II P.O.W. Branch Camp
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Old Dodge School served as one of two branch camps in Hall County housing German prisoners of war. On July 9, 1944, Leo B. Stuhr, president of the county ...
Marker Monday: The Armour and Company Icehouse
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The Armour and Company Icehouse was built in 1897-98 northwest of Memphis, Nebraska. It was one of the largest ...
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