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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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9X_the-lincoln-highway_Ogallala-NE.html
The Lincoln Highway was proclaimed the nation's first coast-to-coast highway in 1913. It connected New York City with San Francisco, crossing twelve states and spanning 2,300 miles. The Lincoln Highway was created by an association of automobile e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9S_california-hill_Ogallala-NE.html
Many emigrants to Oregon or California had to ford the South Platte River to continue their trek up the North Platte River to South Pass. The most important ford, known as the Old California Crossing, was a few miles west of present-day Ogallala. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9Q_the-union-pacific_Ogallala-NE.html
When the Union Pacific laid track west from Omaha in 1865 the rails also followed the Great Platte River Road. The Union Pacific linked up with the Central Pacific at Promontory, Utah in 1869 to complete the nation's first transcontinental railroa…