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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IIB_d-e-mac-mcgregor_Gibbon-NE.html
whose ideas brought about
this park and this windmill
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IIA_gibbon_Gibbon-NE.html
Gibbon, on the old Mormon Trail, was the site of a unique experiment in homestead colonization. Originally conceived as a financial venture by Colonel John Thorp of Ohio, the Soldier's Free Homestead Colony was responsible for bringing the first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IE9_first-buffalo-county-court-house_Gibbon-NE.html
On Oct. 10, 1871 the Buffalo County seat was by vote located at Gibbon.
On this site was built the first Buffalo County Courthouse in 1873. Hand made brick in base, made from local clay is from this courthouse razed in 1909.
On Oct. 13, 1874 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IE8_gibbon_Gibbon-NE.html
Gibbon, near here, was the site of a unique experiment in homestead colonization. The Soldiers' Free Homestead Temperance Colony was responsible for bringing the earliest settlers, mostly Union veterans, to this locality. Traveling via the Union…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IE7_memorial-tree_Gibbon-NE.html
In honor of the
Grand Army of the Republic
by its Auxiliary the
National Woman's Relief Corps
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IE4_the-soldiers-free-homestead-colony_Gibbon-NE.html
Erected by the descendants of the Soldiers Free Homestead Colony, to honor and perpetuate their names, for their courage and self sacrifice in their pioneering. They arrived in Gibbon, Nebraska, April 7, 1871, by Union Pacific Railroad, seeking …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM141Z_the-burlington-missouri-river-railroad_Gibbon-NE.html
The Burlington & Missouri River Railroad entered Nebraska at Plattsmouth in 1870 and built west to join the Union Pacific at Kearney Junction (now Kearney city) on September 3, 1872. The railroad bridge into Kearney was used for 104 years. It link…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM141Y_dobytown_Gibbon-NE.html
Following the 1848 establishment of Fort Kearny two miles east of here and the later expansion of overland commerce and emigration, the small commercial center of Kearney City was established here in 1859. The town's more common name, Dobytown, wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJU_nebraska-center-boyd-ranche_Gibbon-NE.html
James E. Boyd settled near here in 1858 and by 1860 operated a trail ranche supplying travelers on the Platte Valley Overland Route (Mormon Trail). The ranche included 2200 acres of corn and barley. Nebraska Center Post Office was here until it wa…