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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM657_village-of-harrison_Harrison-NE.html
A railroad camp named Summit (elev. 4876 ft.) was located on this site in 1884. When the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad reached here in 1886, an unincorporated townsite named Bowen was platted and designated the county seat of Siou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM64X_coffee-siding_Harrison-NE.html
Large pioneer ranches were established in this region of Nebraska in the 1870's and early 1880's. Charles F. Coffee was one of these pioneers, with ranch headquarters on Hat Creek in Nebraska and Rawhide Creek in Wyoming. By June, 1886, the Fremon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4XF_john-pierrre-cabannes_Omaha-NE.html
John Pierre Cabanne's pioneer fur-trading post was 385 feet southeast of this spot.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4XE_fort-lisa_Omaha-NE.html
Built near this site in 1807 by Manuel Lisa, trader and indian commissioner, through whose influence the Omaha, Pawnee, Ponca, Otoe and Sioux tribes remained loyal to the United States during the War of 1812.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4XC_fort-atkinson_Fort-Calhoun-NE.html
Civilization came to the west bank of the Missouri with establishment of Fort Atkinson in 1820 about a half mile southeast of here. Named after its founder, General Henry Atkinson, this western-most Fort protected the frontier's developing commerc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4X8_lewis-and-clark-campsite_Fort-Calhoun-NE.html
On July 30 the explorers arrived at the bluff where Fort Atkinson would be built less than two decades later. Clark wrote, "The Situation of this place which we Call Council Bluff which is handsom ellevated a Spot well Calculated... for a fort to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4X7_lewis-and-clark-campsite_Omaha-NE.html
At the camp established very near here Captain Clark wrote about the "butifull Breeze from the N W. this evening which would have been verry agreeable, had the Misquiters been tolerably Pacifick, but thy were rageing all night." Clark may have exa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4W1_congregational-church-of-blair_Blair-NE.html
Religous institutions have played an important role in the history of Nebraska. During the frontier period, churches fulfilled both the spiritual and social needs of the early inhabitants. The Congregational Church was one of Nebraska's pioneer de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VW_desoto-townsite_Blair-NE.html
The town of DeSoto was platted on this site in 1854 and incorporated in 1855. Steamboating on the Missouri was then in its heyday. DeSoto provided a landing for passengers and goods. A number of boats sank nearby, notably the Cora and Bertrand. Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VB_brewster-cemetery_Blair-NE.html
Founded in 1870 by Israel Swihart, the cemetery was named for his wife, Mary Brewster Swihart. Those buried here include three civil war veterans, and several children who succumbed to the harsh conditions of life on the Great Plains. The cemetery…