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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1C_historic-lodgepole-creek-valley-historical_Chappell-NE.html
Here is the valley of Lodgepole Creek through which passed historic trails, telegraph lines, and railroads. The famed Pony Express followed the valley in 1860-61. "Nine Mile" Pony Express station was located just southeast of present Chappell; "Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1B_b-24j-bomber-crash-historical_Chappell-NE.html
During World War II Nebraska was home to eleven air bases, which filled the sky with planes engaged in training aircrews. On June 7, 1944, fifteen B-24 bombers departed from the Lincoln Army Air Base en route to the west coast. During a thundersto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I8G_hughes-ranch-pony-express-station_Chappell-NE.html
This marker has text on both sides
Dedicated October 4, 2003
Hughes' Ranch
Added Station
July 1, 1861 - Nov. 20. 1861
by
Deuel County
Historical Society
James Stretesky
Sterling Monument Company
Pony Express Trail Asso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ADU_the-great-platte-river-road_Big-Springs-NE.html
?????Since 1841, Nebraska's Platte River Valley has been the historic highway of westward migration. In this area, the Overland Trail divided into two branches, one which followed the north and the other the south forks of the river. Emigrants bou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ADT_big-springs_Big-Springs-NE.html
?????The history of Big Springs, northeast of here, has been closely associated with the Union Pacific Railroad since 1867, when a station was established at that point. A nearby spring, from which the station derived its name, provided an abundan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQ7_the-big-spring_Big-Springs-NE.html
Pioneers traveling west on the Oregon Trail discovered this spring that Plains Indians had frequented for centuries. It provided an oasis for man and beast alike in the "Great American Desert.'In 1867, Union Pacific railroad workers named it "Big …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL3_south-platte-station_Big-Springs-NE.html
[Pony Express medallion on top]1860-61South Platte Station1.5 mi. directly southErected to the intrepid riders and operators 1932 by Deuel Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL2_the-lone-tree_Big-Springs-NE.html
A replica of [the] cottonwood tree known as the Lone Tree Station ½ mile from this point. 18 feet in diameter over 100 years old. Said to be the largest from Omaha to Denver.Landmark for Pony Express, Org. and Calif. Trails, Emigrants Overlan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYL1_phelps-hotel_Big-Springs-NE.html
The Phelps Hotel was built in 1885 by the Edwin A. Phelps family, who were among the first settlers in the Big Springs area. Also known as the "House of Three Chimneys," the hotel was the most important nineteenth-century landmark in Deuel County.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYKZ_the-pony-express_Big-Springs-NE.html
[Map of the Pony Express route]From April 1860 until October 1861 the famed Pony Express riders passed along the south side of the Plate River south of Big Springs. Diamond Springs station was to the southeast. Frontz and Julesburg stations were t…