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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIOQ_historical-facts-of-burt-county_Tekamah-NE.html
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Old block house was built by U.S. War Department on this site in 1855 to protect white colony from Indians.
Crowning achievment of the pioneers was a gold medal award for best agricultural display at World's Fair 1893 in Chicag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN3_chimney-rock_Bayard-NE.html
Rising 470 feet above the North Platte River Vally, Chimney Rock stands to the south as the most celebrated of all natural formations along the overland routes to California, Oregon, and Utah. Chimney Rock served as an early landmark for fur trade…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T2_mulberry-bend-scenic-overlook_Newcastle-NE.html
This short trail leads to two overlooks that offer views of a natural, free-flowing segment of the Missouri River. Here, the river still meanders through the countryside much as it did in Lewis and Clark's day.
At the first overlook, exhibits p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T1_the-great-missouri-river_Newcastle-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 in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6A8_andrew-jackson-higgins_Columbus-NE.html
Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and manufacturer of World War II landing craft known as "Higgins boats," was born August 28, 1886, at Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were John Gonegle Higgins, a prominent lawyer and judge, and Annie Long O'Connor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66C_the-prairie-states-forestry-project_Orchard-NE.html
The Prairie States Forestry Project was initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to combat the severe wind-caused soil erosion of the Dust Bowl days. From 1935 through 1942, the U.S. Forest Service, working with the Works Progress Admi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM66B_o-neill_ONeill-NE.html
One of the most colorful leaders in the early development of Nebraska was General John O'Neill, founder of O'Neill. After leading several ill-fated raids against British military posts in Canada 1866-1871, O'Neill lost his leading position in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM662_lakeland-sod-high-school_Johnstown-NE.html
Lakeland High School was constructed 20 miles south of this site by ranchers from several rural school districts during the summer of 1934. School began that September with 11 students. Constructed of prairie sod, with a sod roof supported by pole…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM661_opening-the-sandhills_Gordon-NE.html
The first ranch in this area was set up on the Niobrara River about five miles south of here in 1877. E. S. Newman established his ranch to sell cattle to the government for delivery to the Indians at the Pine Ridge Agency to the north.
The san…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM658_the-cheyenne-outbreak_Harrison-NE.html
On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife's band of 149 Indians were captured and taken to Fort Robinson. For months they refused …