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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28ZI_keith-county-nebraska_Big-Springs-NE.html
Organized May 3, 1873, when Perkins was still a part of Keith County. The southwest corner is the southwest corner section eighteen of township twelve, north, range forty-one of the 6th P.M.
Both the north and south Platte Rivers traverse the e…
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Organized on November 8, 1887 from a part of Keith County. Consists of generally prairie land with some sand hills. Its northwest corner is the northwest corner of section nineteen, township twelve, north, range forty-one west of the 6th P.M, whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28WM_colorados-northeast-corner_Big-Springs-NE.html
This Tablet is the
Property of the State of Colorado
The Organic Act creating the Territory of Colorado was signed by President Buchanan on February 26, 1861. The act carved from the territories of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico the 104,2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28WL_sedgwick-county-colorado_Big-Springs-NE.html
The Northeastern most county in Colorado was first Weld County, later Logan County and established in its own right April 9, 1889.
It consists of 554 square miles, incorporating 3 towns: The County Seat, Julesburg, Ovid and Sedgwick.
The cat…
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.…