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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X7F_the-tobin-indian-raid-historical_Overton-NE.html
Railroads played an important role in the settlement of the Great Plains. Their construction was particularly damaging to the Indian way of life, since railroads helped the military to patrol rapidly along their lines, and villages and farming com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X7E_plum-creek-railroad-attack-historical_Lexington-NE.html
Here, on August 7, 1867, a band of Southern Cheyennes, led by Chief Turkey Leg, wrecked a west-bound Union Pacific freight train and handcar which preceded it.
The engineer and fireman were killed and the boxcars looted and burned.
One of the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X69_the-100th-meridian-historical_Cozad-NE.html
The 100th longitudinal line west of Greenwich was the major goal set by Congress in building the first transcontinental railroad.
Construction of the Union Pacific track reached the Meridian on October 5, 1866.
To celebrate this record-breaking …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT8_m2-bradley-fighting-vehicle_Lexington-NE.html
This vehicle, not a true tank, is built by FMC Corporation. Named after General Omar Bradley, it first appeared in 1978. It is powered by a Cummins 500 hp, V-8, Diesel engine with a supercharger. The transmission is built by General Electric. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QT7_m60a1-main-battle-tank_Lexington-NE.html
This tank weighs 53 tons with crew and equipment. The armament is one 105 mm main gun, a 7.62, co-axial machine gun and a .50 caliber m85 machine gun on the commanders cupola. The hull and turret are homogeneous steel castings.
The tank is equip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML3_original-pony-express-station_Gothenburg-NE.html
Erected on the Oregon Trail, four miles east of Fort McPherson, Lincoln County, Nebraska, and used as fur trading post and ranch house. 1860 - 61Used as Pony Express Station.1862 - 1931Used as Overland Trail Stage Station, dwelling, bunk house and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML2_dissected-loess-plains_Gothenburg-NE.html
has been designated a—————————————-NationalNatural Landmark—————————————-This site possesse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML1_the-pony-express_Gothenburg-NE.html
This old station once stood on the upper 96 Ranch west of here and south of the Platte River, on the original Pony Express route. It was moved and restored by Gothenburg Post No. 64, American Legion.Erected by the GothenburgChamber of Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ML0_the-road-to-zion_Gothenburg-NE.html
From the late 1840s through the 1860s, an exodus of more than 70,000 Mormons passed by here on their way to their "New Zion" in Utah. Starting from Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846, the first group of at least 13,000 Mormons crossed int…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ADL_central-platte-valley_Cozad-NE.html
Here in Dawson county, much of the early history is concerned with the pioneer trails to the west. The Mormon Trail to Utah and the first transcontinental railroad passed through here on the north side of the Platte River; the Oregon Trail and the…