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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X69_the-100th-meridian-historical_Cozad-NE.html
The 100th longitudinal line west of Greenwich was the major goal set by Congress in building the first transcontinental railroad. Construction of the Union Pacific track reached the Meridian on October 5, 1866. To celebrate this record-breaking …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3D_the-savidge-brothers-aviation-pioneers-historical_Ewing-NE.html
Near here was the scene of some of Nebraska's earliest experiments with flight in a heavier-than-air vehicle. Sometime before late 1907, Martin P. Savidge's sons set out to construct a flying machine. They began by studying hawks, then went on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW8_scenic-missouri-valley-historical_Yankton-NE.html
This scenic overlook provides a clear view of the valley of the Missouri River, the longest waterway in North America. To the west is the Gavins Point Dam and the Lewis and Clark Recreation Area. The dam was built to harness the fury of the ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW7_meeting-the-yankton-sioux-historical_Yankton-NE.html
On August 27, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition set up its camp for four days downstream from Calumet Bluff. The explorers came across three American Indian boys who told them of a large Yankton Sioux camp nearby. Knowing that President Jeff…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW6_meridian-highway-historical_Yankton-NE.html
You are within sight and sound of a Midwestern dream come true - the Meridian Highway. In 1911 a group of Kansans and Nebraskans drafted a plan for a highway paralleling the sixth principal meridian through America's heartland from Canada to Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW5_the-great-missouri-river-historical_Yankton-NE.html
The Missouri, the continent's longest river, figures prominently in the unfolding of America's saga. Flowing nearby in its 2,341 - mile course from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi, the Big Muddy is not only loaded with sediment but steeped …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WW4_historic-missouri-valley-historical_Yankton-NE.html
During their exploration of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, Lewis and Clark held councils with Ponca, Omaha, and Sioux Indians inhabiting this region. The council with the Sioux occurred August 28-31, 1804 at Calumet Bluff now the southern abutm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1C_historic-lodgepole-creek-valley-historical_Chappell-NE.html
Here is the valley of Lodgepole Creek through which passed historic trails, telegraph lines, and railroads. The famed Pony Express followed the valley in 1860-61. "Nine Mile" Pony Express station was located just southeast of present Chappell; "Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1B_b-24j-bomber-crash-historical_Chappell-NE.html
During World War II Nebraska was home to eleven air bases, which filled the sky with planes engaged in training aircrews. On June 7, 1944, fifteen B-24 bombers departed from the Lincoln Army Air Base en route to the west coast. During a thundersto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEY_robidoux-trading-post-historical_Gering-NE.html
There is no enduring memory of the history that happened here. There was no one left behind to remember it. From faded pages of tattered diaries or survivors several generations removed, we assign the early dwellers here to their proper place i…
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