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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NB2_wagons-in-the-west_Oshkosh-NE.html
Under a picture of a large covered wagon:The Conestoga was a heavy freight wagon. Very few passed over the Oregon Trail because of the rough terrain.Under a picture of a travelers in a Prairie Schooner:Thousands of emigrants passed over this trail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NAS_rough-going_Oshkosh-NE.html
The Way West — The Oregon Trail For the wagon-traveler, the road from Independence, Missouri, to the Far West was "2,000 miles, one step at a time."Wagon BrakesThe most common wagon brake was the rough-lock. It slowed the wagon by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N03_school-district-55_Oshkosh-NE.html
Residents of the district built this stone schoolhouse in the summer of 1903.Rock quarried from the nearby hillsides was hauled in and laid in lime and sand mortar. A nearby rancher donated the quarried lintels above the doors and windows.This bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZZ_trading-post_Oshkosh-NE.html
      In 1854, the Federal Government hired contractors to carry the mail over the old trail to Salt Lake City and onto California. They built a mail station at Ash Hollow.       Most of these mail stations became trading posts, carrying a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZW_the-oregon-trail_Oshkosh-NE.html
      Travelers reached this point over the trail you see stretching out across the prairie to the southeast. They left the last real settlement at Westport Landing or at Independence, some 600 miles from here. Most of them took about 40 days t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZV_descent-of-windlass-hill_Oshkosh-NE.html
Here, covered-wagon travelers faced the mostdifficult terrain since their departure fromMissouri. One man said: "I cannot say at what angle wedescend, but it is so great thatsome go so far as to say 'theroad hangs a little past theperpendicu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MZT_wagon-ruts_Oshkosh-NE.html
      This ravine started as a set of wagon ruts cut through the grass and soil by heavy iron-shod wheels. It is but one example of the long interaction between man and the environment in this region.       This walk to the top of the hill h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHS_oregon-trail_Oshkosh-NE.html
Marked bythe State ofNebraska1912Windlass Hillentrance toAsh Hollow
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MHR_oregon-trail_Oshkosh-NE.html
Marked bythe State ofNebraska1912Trail30 feet east
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYK8_the-battle-of-blue-water_Lewellen-NE.html
On September 3, 1855, the U.S. Army's 600-man Sioux Expedition, commanded by Col William S. Harney, attacked and destroyed a Lakota village located three miles north on Blue Creek. The fight became known as the Battle of Blue Water, sometimes the …
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