Marker Monday: Hastings Chautauqua Pavilion
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on the largest Chautauqua Pavilion in Nebraska, ...
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Marker Monday: The Loup City Riot, 1934
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on the 1934 Loup City Riot, which was sparked by ...
Marker Monday: Coffee Siding
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today, we're focusing on an important shipping point for ...
Marker Monday: Village of Harrison
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today, we're focusing on the history of the town with the highest ...
Marker Monday: Lewis and Clark Campsite September 7, 1804
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past.
Today, we're focusing on the story of one day in the years-long ...
Marker Monday: Grand Island Veterans Home
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments, places in our state's past.
Today, we're highlighting the newest member of the historical marker ...
Marker Monday: Potter and the Union Pacific Railroad
Marker Location
Potter Depot Museum. 845 Front Street, Potter, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
Marker Text
Potter began as a small Union Pacific Railroad ...
Marker Monday: Hartington, Home of Two Nebraska Governors
Marker Text
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: Lodgepole and the Union Pacific Railroad
Location
751-799 McCall St, Lodgepole, Cheyenne County, Nebraska
View this marker's location 41.148847, -102.6349
Marker Text
The history of Lodgepole has ...
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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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: Irish Capital of Nebraska
O'Neill, proclaimed the Irish Capital of Nebraska by the Governor in 1969.
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