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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL4_purple-heart_Ogallala-NE.html
The Purple Heart medal was originated by General George Washington on August 7, 1782 for distinguished valor and now awarded only to members of the armed forces of the United States who have been wounded in combat against an armed enemy.Recipients…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKJ_oregon-trail_Brule-NE.html
Marked by the State of Nebraska 1912Old California River CrossingSouth 14 Degrees East
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKI_california-hill_Brule-NE.html
The large hill to the north, which became known as "California Hill," was climbed by thousands of covered wagon emigrants heading west between 1841 and 1860. Many were bound for Oregon. California became the destination of the majority of traveler…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKG_diamond-springs-station_Brule-NE.html
[Pony Express medallion on the top]0.8 miles to southwardErected to the intrepid riders and operators 1962 by Keith Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKE_samuel-david-lep-sanders_Ogallala-NE.html
One of the earliest cowboys of the many who rode the long trail north from Texas to Ogallala behind a herd of longhorns. Sanders first arrived here about 1869. He rode for William Paxton during the turbulent open range period of Western Nebraska. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKD_the-trail-boss_Ogallala-NE.html
This statue pays tribute to those courageous men who came up the Texas Trail and recognizes the role of the trail drives played in establishing the beef industry in the northern plains.Boot Hill, Ogallala's Pioneer Cemetery, established in the 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKC_boot-hill_Ogallala-NE.html
Boot Hill was the final resting place for many early westerners who helped make Ogallala a booming cowtown in the 1870's and 1880's. These people, the cowboys, settlers, and drifters, came to Ogallala when the railroad and the Texas Trail opened a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKB_cowboy-capital_Ogallala-NE.html
Named for the Oglala band of Dakota Sioux and located on the Union Pacific Railroad, Ogallala was a lusty cowtown of the Old West. From 1875 to 1886 it was a wild and woolly cowboy capital where gold flowed across the gaming tables, liquor across …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYA0_highways-26-and-92_Ogallala-NE.html
U.S. Highway 26 and Nebraska Highway 92 were designated as Nebraska's first scenic and historic byway in 1998. The byway begins in Ogallala and goes north and west past Lake McConaughy to Scottsbluff-Gering and the Wyoming border.Through the Nebra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9Y_interstate-80_Ogallala-NE.html
Mayors from ten towns, along with Governor Norbert Tiemann and the Ogallala High School band, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Ogallala in December 11, 1968, to open the Sutherland to Big Springs segment of Interstate 80. The completio…