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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2U_midair-collision-of-p-47-thunderbolt-fighter-planes-1944_Wood-Lake-NE.html
At 10:45 a.m. on February 5, 1944, 1st Lt. John B. Beatty of Sandusky, OH, and 2d Lt. Earnest W. Fanslau of Mantua, NJ took to the air from the Ainsworth Army Air Field in two P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter planes for an instrument training flight. Lt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2T_fort-niobrara_Valentine-NE.html
When a Sioux Indian reservation was established north of here in Dakota Territory in 1878, early settlers in the region grew fearful of attack. They requested military protection, and in 1880 Fort Niobrara was built a few miles east of present-day…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C8B_bryan-bridge_Valentine-NE.html
This arched cantilever truss bridge, connected in the center with a single pin, is the only one of its kind in the United States. It was built in 1932 by the Department of Public Works and named by the local citizenry in honor of Governor Charles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM661_opening-the-sandhills_Gordon-NE.html
The first ranch in this area was set up on the Niobrara River about five miles south of here in 1877. E. S. Newman established his ranch to sell cattle to the government for delivery to the Indians at the Pine Ridge Agency to the north.
The san…