Welcome to Marker Mondays!
In honor of Nebraska's historical markers, the History Nebraska blog is instituting Marker Mondays. Each Monday, we will feature one of our state's historical markers, ...
Marker Monday
What We Found
Marker Monday: Courthouse and Jail Rocks
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on a pair of famous landmarks of westward ...
Marker Monday: Fairmont Army Air Field (1 and 2)
Marker Text (1)
Construction began on the Fairmont Army Air Field September 17, 1942. Located east of here, it was one of eleven built in Nebraska during World ...
Marker Monday: The Skala Timber House
Marker Text
The Joseph and Katherine Severa Skala house, built near Battle Creek by 1869, is a rare product of Czech-American culture. Discovered inside a ...
Marker Monday: Grover Cleveland Alexander, a baseball great
Marker Text
Grover Cleveland Alexander, the third-winningest pitcher in major league baseball history, was born near Elba, Nebraska, on February 26, 1887. ...
Marker Monday: Spring Ranche
Marker Text
The original Spring Ranche, located two miles south of here on the north side of the Little Blue River, was founded about 1863. James ...
Marker Monday: Early Irrigation in Cheyenne County
Marker Text
On June 1, 1926, George A. Coulter completed one of the first four irrigation wells in Cheyenne County, among the earliest in western Nebraska, on ...
Marker Monday: Dead Horse Creek
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the history behind the name of Loup City's ...
Marker Monday: The Watson Ranch
Marker Text
In 1888, H. D. Watson established the historic Watson Ranch, at one time containing 8,000 acres, reaching from the fertile Platte Valley on ...
Marker Monday Encore: “Haumann Sisters: Lost in the Sandhills”
Six generations of the Haumann family attended the marker dedicaiton in Thedford on Sunday, May 1, 2016. From left to right: Alan & wife Ronda Haumann, Shari and ...
Marker Monday Encore: Omaha Central Students Restore Historical Markers
Left to right: Omaha Central Social Studies teacher Gary Groff with students Maddie Badura and Micah Martin
In the fall of 2015, several students ...
Fremont Man Visits All of Nebraska’s 500-plus Historical Markers
Butch Springgate is the grand champion of Nebraska’s biggest scavenger hunt. If you’ve driven on a Nebraska highway, you’ve even played it. But while you might have ...
No results found.
Help Perserve and Share History
Become a Member
Being a member is the easiest way to be involved in our mission to preserve and share our state's rich history. Find out how!
Volunteer
Volunteers work with NSHS staff members to support our mission
Start Your Career
Interested in joining the NSHS team? Keep an eye on job listings!
