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Marker Monday: The Sage Brothers

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 lost their lives aboard the USS Frank E. Evans in 1969. Location Walnut St Niobrara,...
Marker Monday: The Ponca Tribe

Marker Monday: The Ponca Tribe

  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...
Flashback Friday: Poor Niobrara!

Flashback Friday: Poor Niobrara!

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...