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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1002_the-great-platte-river-road_Kearney-NE.html
The trail which followed the south side of the Platte River was the main route to Oregon and California. Fur traders going to the Rocky Mountains took the first wagons over the trail in 1830. Oregon-bound missionaries followed in the mid-1830s, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMA_buffalo-countys-lincoln-highway-seedling-mile_Kearney-NE.html
The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a transcontinental automobile route from new York City to San Francisco. Dedicated on October 31, 1913, the route was marked by the letter "L" within red, white, and blue bands painted…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMULS_university-of-nebraska-at-kearney_Kearney-NE.html
In 1903 the legislature appropriated $50,000 to establish a state normal school in central or western Nebraska. After 111 ballots, the State Board of Education chose Kearney as the site. The city donated twenty acres on the west edge of town for a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUL2_shelton-union-pacific-depot_Kearney-NE.html
This depot was built in 1898 next to the Union Pacific tracks in Shelton. It was moved to this site in September 1975 and was the first building on the grounds of the Trails and Rails Museum of the Buffalo County Historical Society. It was donated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUKZ_boyd-house_Kearney-NE.html
The Boyd House, first frame house in Buffalo County, was built just west of present-day Gibbon in 1864 by brothers James E. and Joseph Boyd. It was the family home of James and Ann Boyd and their children. The two brothers came to the area in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUKY_german-baptist-church-of-the-brethren_Kearney-NE.html
This building was constructed in 1898 by the German Baptist Church of the Brethren to serve as a house of worship. It was originally located on the southwest corner of ? Street and Avenue A in Kearney. This congregation used this building until 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJY_loup-river-freighter-hotel_Kearney-NE.html
Loup River Freighters Hotel was built in 1884 by Jerome Lalone, a house painter and wallpaper hanger from Kearney. Mr. Lolone purchased land in the northwestern corner of Buffalo County along the South Loup river in 1883. he built the house along …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJX_baldwin-engine-481_Kearney-NE.html
Baldwin Built engine 481 in 1903. The original number was 1902, but was later renumbered 841 in 1915. It was used on the main line branch lines of the Union Pacific Railroad in Kansas until the winter of 1954-55, when it was brought to Kearney Bra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJW_historic-kearney_Kearney-NE.html
In 1847 Brigham Young led the first migration over the Mormon Trail along the north bank of the Platte River, and in 1866 the Union Pacific Railroad pushed its main line westward to this valley, bringing pioneer settlers. However, it was not until…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUJV_kearney-civil-war-and-spanish-american-war-memorial_Kearney-NE.html
Erected by the City of Kearney, 1910. In honor of the Defenders of our Country, 1861-1865 and 1898-1900.