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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1R_a-legacy-of-change_Beatrice-NE.html
Across this footbridge you can walk through 100 acres of restored tallgrass prairie. As each year passes, this piece of ground will look more and more like what Daniel Freeman saw when he laid claim to a 160-acre homestead here in 1863.
As you …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1Q_daniel-and-agnes-freeman_Beatrice-NE.html
Daniel FreemanBorn Preble Co. Ohio Apr. 25, 1826Filed on First Homestead in U.S.A.Jan. 1, 1863 and lived on it untilhis death Dec. 30, 1908Soldier, Doctor, Sheriff & FarmerA True Pioneer.——————Agnes S. FreemanA …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1P_roads-to-success_Beatrice-NE.html
You are standing on an old road trace, lined with cottonwood trees, where freight was hauled by wagon. The ability to get goods to market is yet another reason Daniel Freeman homesteaded here, four miles from the town of Beatrice.
Freight roads…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1L_success-was-only-natural_Beatrice-NE.html
Here, in the middle of this restored prairie, you can imagine what homesteaders experienced when they first came to their land - listen to the birds and insects, smell cottonwood in the air, feel the richness of the soil, see the variety nature ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1I_boundaries-of-freedom_Beatrice-NE.html
The fenceless plains were vast and open when early homesteaders first came here. But the very nature of homesteading - the possibility of an individual owning 160 acres - meant that somebody had to legally divide and define limits for the land.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW05_close-quarters_Beatrice-NE.html
George W. Palmer built this log cabin in 1867 in Logan Township, Nebraska, some 14 miles from Beatrice. He used oak, ash, and other hardwoods cut from the banks of Bear Creek for his cabin walls. He made the brick in the gable ends by hand.
Pal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW01_is-all-barbed-wire-the-same_Beatrice-NE.html
Barbed wire proved invaluable for marking boundaries on the open prairie. Soon after its invention in 1874 there were over 570 different patents and thousands of variations. You can examine dozens of them on the fence nearby.
Why so many? Early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVZX_a-prairie-reborn_Beatrice-NE.html
These rambling acres of grass and greenery might not look like a carefully planned landscape. Yet they are part of an ongoing restoration effort begun in 1939 to undo the effects of 76 years of farming, restoring agricultural fields to a diverse c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVZW_homesteadings-legacy-is-written-on-the-land_Beatrice-NE.html
Look around you. The impact of the Homestead Act is clearly visible. Grain elevators, fertilizer plants, housing developments, state highways, modern farms - these and other features are tangible evidence of the Homestead Act's success in settling…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVZS_walk-in-their-shoes_Beatrice-NE.html
What was it like to be a homesteaders? To get an idea, take a walk. The flags around the parking lot enclose an acre.
It may not seem huge. But plowing an acre meant walking about 10 miles. Over uneven soil. Driving a team of oxen. In sun or ra…