Marker Monday: The Blizzard of 1888
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On January 12, 1888, a sudden fierce blizzard slashed across the Midwest. The temperature fell to between 30 and 40 degrees below zero. A howling northwest ...
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What We Found
Marker Monday: The Bank of Florence
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The Bank of Florence was chartered by the Nebraska Territorial legislature on January 18, 1856. It was located in this substantial building, ...
Marker Monday: The Kregel Windmill Factory
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Built in 1902, this is the last intact historical windmill factory in the United States. Cousins Louis and George Kregel began windmill ...
Marker Monday: Granville Cemetery
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The Granville Cemetery Association was organized in February 1881. Incorporators included Civil War veteran Adin H. Potter, formerly of Granville, New York, ...
Marker Monday: Japanese Balloon Bombs
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During World War II the Japanese built some nine thousand hydrogen-filled, paper balloons to carry small bombs to North America, hoping to set ...
Marker Monday: Ak-Sar-Ben Field and the U.S. Air Mail
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Ak-Sar-Ben Field, whose hangars were located on the southeastern corner of these grounds, was used extensively during the early development of U.S. ...
Marker Monday: Culbertson
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing Culbertson, Nebraska, the original county seat ...
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, ...
Marker Monday: Irish Capital of Nebraska
O'Neill, proclaimed the Irish Capital of Nebraska by the Governor in 1969.
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Marker Monday: Duchesne Academy
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In October 1881, Mother Margaret Dunne and three religious of the Sacred Heart opened a boarding school for girls at a temporary location on Ninth and ...
Marker Monday: Mullen, Hooker County
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The Grand Island and Wyoming Central branch of the Burlington railroad came through this area in 1887 and built a siding here named Mullen after a railroad ...
Marker Monday: Baled Hay Construction
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The invention of mechanical balers in the mid-1800s led to the use of bales of hay or straw as building blocks. Pioneer builders developed structural ...
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