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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUEF_wood-river-veterans-memorial_Wood-River-NE.html
This memorial is presented in honor of the men and women, past, present and future, of the Armed Forces of the United States of America in remembrance of their efforts and sacrifices to preserve our freedom. We thank, also, our many friends and cu…
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTPU_crawford_Crawford-NE.html
Crawford sprang up as a tent city on land owned by homesteader/newspaper correspondent William E. Annin in 1886 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad pushed through the Nebraska Panhandle. To Incorporate the town, editor William E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT0P_fort-kearny_Kearney-NE.html
The growth of overland emigration to Oregon after 1842 resulted in the establishment of military posts across the West to protect travelers. The first post, Fort Kearny, was established in the spring of 1848 "near the head of the Grand Island" alo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRA0_congregation-of-israel-1884_Omaha-NE.html
Jews have been part of Nebraska's social, economic and political life since the mid 1800's. It was not until 1871 that the small Jewish community in Omaha grew large enough to organize and formally found Congregation of Israel.
On Sept. 9, 1884…