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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBA_the-innocent-assassins_Bayard-NE.html
"Once in the sun-fierce badlands of the west in that strange country of volcanic ash and cones, . . . we found a sabertooth, most ancient cat, far down in all those cellars of dead time."From The Innocent Assassinsby Loren EiseleyThe tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N05_chimney-rock-cemetery_Bayard-NE.html
During the Westwardmigration through this pass many diedas they looked for a better life.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N04_mary-murray-murdoch_Bayard-NE.html
MemberMormon Martin Handcart CompanyMary Murray Murdoch"Wee Granny"Born Scotland Oct. 13, 1782Died near Chimney Rock, Neb. Oct. 2, 1856 "Tell John I died with my face toward Zion."Dedicated by the Murdoch FamilyJune 24, 1001< B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MIK_the-oregon-trail_Bayard-NE.html
Marked bythe State ofNebraska1912Chimney RockS 56ยบ 56' W. 9041 Ft.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I7W_camp-clarke-bridge-and-sidney-black-hills-trail_Bridgeport-NE.html
Just north of here the Camp Clarke bridge crossed the North Platte River. The bridge was built in the spring of 1876 by entrepreneur Henry T. Clarke to improve the trail from the Union Pacific Railroad at Sidney, Nebraska, to the gold mining towns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I7S_chimney-rock-station_Bayard-NE.html
Seal of the National Pony Express Centennial Association Chimney Rock Station on the route of the Pony Express, was located near here between Chimney Rock and the North Platte River. This was an important Pony Express stop between stations at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I7A_imaginary-characters_Broadwater-NE.html
Mormon emigrants traveling west along the north sided of the North Platte River saw many topographical features that were not visible from the south side of the river. These features served as landmarks that guided the Latter-day Saints along thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I79_mormon-pioneer-camp_Bridgeport-NE.html
Brigham Young and his company of Mormon Pioneers camped about 1,000 feet west of this point May 24, 1847. They were enroute from Nauvoo, Illinois and Winter Quarters, Nebraska to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, which they reached July 24, 1847.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I78_guiding-landmarks_Bridgeport-NE.html
Court House Rock was first noticed by explorer Robert Stuart in 1812 and quickly became one of the guiding landmarks for fur traders and emigrants traveling to the California, Oregon and Utah Territories. It is a massive monolith of Brule Clay and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I77_bridgeport-nebraska_Bridgeport-NE.html
Bridgeport, founded in 1900 as a station by the Burlington Railroad, celebrated its centennial in 2000. The town is located on or near many historic trails of the West, including the Oregon, California Mormon, Pony Express, and Sidney-Black Hills …
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