Marker Monday: Original Townsite of Oak
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. This week we're focusing on the original site of a village ...
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What We Found
Marker Monday: Arbor Lodge
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The stately, 52-room mansion was completed in 1903 by Joy Morton, oldest son of J. Sterling and Caroline Morton. The Mortons' first home in ...
Marker Monday: Salem Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church
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The Salem Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1883. This area, including portions of Kearney, Phelps, and Harlan counties, once had ...
Marker Monday: Scout’s Rest
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we focus on Scout's Rest in North Platte, originally built as ...
Marker Monday: Susan La Flesche Picotte Memorial Hospital
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This hospital was built in 1912 under the guidance of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American woman physician, with the ...
Marker Monday: Ash Hollow Geology
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Ash Hollow is a focal point for understanding the geologic history of the Central Great Plains prior to the onset of the Great Ice Age. It is the type ...
Marker Monday: The Soldiers’ Monument
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On March 27, 1879, George G. Meade Post 19, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Nebraska, was founded in Sutton by twenty former Union ...
Marker Monday: Tornado Hill
Seven tornadoes struck Grand Island and surrounding areas on the night of June 3, 1980.
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Seven tornadoes struck Grand Island and ...
Marker Monday: The Sage Brothers
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on the tragic tale of three brothers from Niobrara who all ...
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: Pibel Lake Recreation Area
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Pibel Lake Recreation Area grew out of an 1897 irrigation claim for ...
Marker Monday: Prisoners of War in Dundy County
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In May 1944 German prisoners of war from Camp Atlanta, Nebraska, were sent to a side camp near here to help area farmers complete the 1943 corn ...
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