Marker Monday: Ak-Sar-Ben Field and the U.S. Air Mail
Welcome to Marker Monday! Each Monday we will feature one of Nebraska’s hundreds of historical markers.
Evelyn Sharp, a Nebraskan who was an aviatrix like Nellie Willhite, is pictured here with her Curtiss Robin OX-5.
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Welcome to our weekly series, "Timeline Tuesday." Every Tuesday, we'll post a brief Nebraska history story. The late NSHS historian and Nebraska History Associate Editor Jim Potter authored these columns, which are also printed in newspapers around the state.
The Morrow airplane, probably about 1912. NSHS RG2929.PH0-6
Welcome back to Marker Monday! Each Monday we will feature one of Nebraska's hundreds of historical markers. If you'd like to see a specific marker featured, send an email to jill.dolberg@nebraska.gov.
Charles F. Walsh and his plane at Chadron, September 13, 1911. NSHS RG3340.PH3-49
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