Marker Monday: B-24J Bomber Crash in Deuel County, 1944
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During World War II Nebraska was home to eleven air bases, which filled the sky with planes engaged in training aircrews. On June 7, 1944, ...
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Marker Monday: German P.O.W. Camp
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today we're focusing on a small marker that tells a big story: the ...
Marker Monday: Lewis and Clark Campsite
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The members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped a short distance south of here on the Nebraska side of the river, on July 15, 1804. They ...
Marker Monday: Nebraska 4-H Clubs Began in York County
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on E. C. Bishop, the teacher who is regarded ...
Marker Monday: Kobs Cemetery
Kobs Pioneer Cemetery Marker, Douglas County, installed 2015
Nebraska Historical Marker enthusiast Butch Springgate sent in these pictures from his most ...
Marker Monday: Martin Brothers – Two brothers shot by single arrow
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Note: The term “Indian” is used instead of “Native American” or “American Indian” as it was the common usage of the time this marker was ...
Marker Monday: Pawnee Woman’s Grave
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today our focus is the grave of a Pawnee woman wounded at the Battle ...
Marker Monday: Lakeland Sod High School
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're focusing on the story of Lakeland High School, which ...
Marker Monday: Post South Loup Fork – a.k.a “Fort Banishment”
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On the South Loup River southwest of here was the site of the U.S. Army's Post South Loup Fork. This small outpost of Fort Kearney was ...
Marker Monday: Mallalieu University, Red Willow County
The University, named for Bishop Mallalieu, was opened in September, 1886, with an enrollment of sixty students.
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Marker Monday: Lost Airmen of World War II
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On August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper ...
Marker Monday: Tekamah
Our Historical Markers across Nebraska highlight fascinating moments and places in our state's past. Today, we're talking about the history of the town of Tekamah. Or ...
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