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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9P_the-mormon-trail_Ogallala-NE.html
Mormons traveled the Great Platte River Road to fulfill a religious mission. In the 1840s members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.(Mormons) moved westward to escape religious persecution. Beginning in 1847 they crossed the Plain…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9N_the-pony-express_Ogallala-NE.html
The Pony Express operated for only eighteen months, from April 1860 until October, 1861, delivering mail between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California. It ceased operating when the transcontinental telegraph line was completed. During it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9M_end-of-the-texas-trail_Ogallala-NE.html
An etching of Ogallala appeared in an 1878 issue of American Agriculturalist magazine, depicting the town as the terminus of Texas cattle drives. It shows cattle being driven up the trail, across the South Platte River, and into Union Pacific catt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9L_the-great-platte-river-road_Ogallala-NE.html
When gold was discovered in 1848, California became the main destination. After 1849 many emigrants and gold seekers began traveling the trail on the north side of the Platte. Throughout the peak migration years, the trail to Oregon or California …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9K_the-great-platte-river-road_Ogallala-NE.html
For generations Nebraska's Platte Valley provided a natural east-west travel route for native peoples, fur traders, explorers, emigrants, and the military. The first known passage by white men along the Great Platte River Road in the Keith County …