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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZ9_the-seedling-mile_Grand-Island-NE.html
Here is a section of an original Seedling Mile on the Lincoln Highway. It was completed November 3, 1915. Grand Island was the second city in the United States to build such an example of concrete roadway. The original Seedling Mile extended from …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEE_the-lincoln-memorial-highway_Grand-Island-NE.html
The Lincoln Highway association, formed in 1913 to build a New York to San Francisco highway, sold "highway memberships" to raise funds for the project. In Nebraska the road, which traversed twelve states, extended westward from Iowa along the Pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUE0_pioneer-park_Grand-Island-NE.html
Pioneer Park, site of the first Hall County courthouse, honors the courageous settlers who peacefully inhabited this area in 1857 when only Pawnee lived here. In 1866 the Union Pacific reached Grad Island and in 1868 the railroad donated Block 19 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDZ_earth-lodge-design-and-construction_Grand-Island-NE.html
Beneath the earthen exterior is an intricate structure of Cottonwood tree trunks and Willow branches. This is a moderate-sized earth lodge—thirty eight feet in diameter and eighteen feet high at the central fire hole. Responsible for the con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDY_the-pawnee-prairie-town-builders-pawnee-history_Grand-Island-NE.html
The Pawnee: Prairie Town Builders, Pawnee HistoryThe Pawnee migrated from the Southwest and lived in the Platte and Loup Village areas for more than seven centuries.The Pawnee were the most influential and populous of the native peoples of Nebrask…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDX_old-california-overland-trail_Grand-Island-NE.html
Extensively traveled by immigrants during the Gold Rush to California in 1849 and by the pioneers of this locality in 1857.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDK_mormon-trail_Grand-Island-NE.html
Religious freedom, An American ideal, has on occasion been denied certain sects because of prejudice. Mormons were once persecuted and forced from their homes. The north bank of the Platte River served as the exodus route for thousands of members …