by evolempirecreative | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
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 lost their lives aboard the USS Frank E. Evans in 1969. Location Walnut St Niobrara,...
by evolempirecreative | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
Ice gorge, Missouri River Flood, Niobrara. Date unknown. RG2118-5-16 Last week’s Wild Weather Wednesday was so popular we decided to give you more of the story of Niobrara. The late John Carter wrote this piece for the Fall 1991 issue of Nebraska History....
by evolempirecreative | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
Welcome to Wild Weather Wednesday. We’ll post a photo from our collections depicting an extreme weather event from Nebraska’s past. Stereoview: Missouri River flood at Niobrara. RG2118.PH000005-000014 Niobrara in Knox County was established in the spring of...
by evolempirecreative | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
Location: 89101 522 Ave, Niobrara, Knox County, Nebraska; 42.750804, -98.06448 Marker Text: This has been the homeland of the Ponca Indians since earliest recorded history. In 1868 the federal government signed the treaty of Fort Laramie which transferred the...
by evolempirecreative | Oct 29, 2022 | Blog
The town of Niobrara, located along (or as shown here, in) the Missouri River in northeast Nebraska, flooded in 1881. NSHS RG2118-5-14 Poor Niobrara, Nebraska! The Missouri River is threatening to turn this Nebraska town, its newest town, into an island (at...
