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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6V_bradshaw-historical_Bradshaw-NE.html
After 1861 an important variant of the overland trails system, the Nebraska City - Fort Kearny Cutoff, passed nearby, over which freight was transported from the Missouri River to western forts and mining camps. The region's first settlements wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IHD_moving-people-and-goods-on-the-overland-trail_York-NE.html
Before the transcontinental railroad was completed, the nation entrusted the West's trade and economic survival to an assortment of muleskinners, bullwhackers and stage drivers. From the early 1850s to 1869, the Overland Trail saw lumbering frei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IHC_york-county-veterans-memorial_York-NE.html
For freedom and liberty and those who served to preserve it Dedicated by Veterans Posts November 11, 1994
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IHB_nebraska-city-cut-off-of-the-oregon-trail_York-NE.html
This boulder marks the Nebraska City Cut-Off of the Oregon Trail
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGO_the-purple-heart_York-NE.html
The Purple Heart medal was originated by General George Washington on August 7, 1782 for distinguished valor and is now awarded only to members of the armed forces of the United States who have been wounded in combat against an armed enemy. Rec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGL_nebraskas-i-80-bicentennial-sculptures_York-NE.html
The American Bicentennial was a time for pondering the past and speculating about the future. Nebraskans commissioned a series of modernistic sculptures for Interstate highway rest areas that would dramatize this meeting of past and future. Mor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGK_nebraska-city-fort-kearny-cut-off_York-NE.html
Massive freighting of supplies by ox and mule trains was a direct result of the establishment of Fort Kearny and other western military posts. The Mormon War and the discovery of gold in the territories of Colorado and Montana increased this tra…
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