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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8J_mormon-pioneer-memorial-bridge_Omaha-NE.html
This Bridge is on the Mormon Pioneer Trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Rocky Mountains. Driven from their homes by mobs, many of the dispossessed Mormon people crossed the Mississippi River on the ice in February, 1846. From these refugees five …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OG7_paha-sapa_Chadron-NE.html
Paha Sapa is sacred land of the Lakota that the white man has named Black Hills. We never lived in this place. It is the womb of Mother Earth—the rightful home of birds and animals. We came here only for ceremonies, vision quests and burials…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OG3_historic-northwestern-nebraska_Chadron-NE.html
The Pine Ridge Country of northwestern Nebraska is among the greatest historic places of the nineteenth-century American West. It was long the homeland and hunting grounds of the Lakota (Western Sioux). White fur traders began arriving during th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OFH_fort-robinson-camp-sheridan-pine-ridge-indian-agency-road_Chadron-NE.html
Following the 1874 establishment of military posts near the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies for the Oglala and Brule Sioux, the army laid out a forty-two-mile road to transport military and Indian supplies between the agencies and posts.
Ogla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OFG_chadron-creek-trading-post_Chadron-NE.html
Employees of Lancaster P. Lupton built a trading post on the creek near here in 1841 to trade with the Sioux Indians. From 1842 until at least 1845 this post was managed by Louis B. Chartran, first for Sibille and Adams and later for Pratte & Caba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OFC_the-great-platte-river-road_Sutherland-NE.html
This is the Platte River Valley, America's great road west. It provided a natural pathway for westward expansion across the continent during the nineteenth century. Here passed the Oregon Trail, following the South Platte River along much the same…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OFB_box-butte-country_Alliance-NE.html
A flat-topped hill to the southeast was named Box Butte by early cowboys and travelers. This area is part of the Box Butte Tableland, semi-arid short grass country that stretches far to the west.
Box Butte has given its name to the creek that flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OBA_the-innocent-assassins_Bayard-NE.html
"Once in the sun-fierce badlands of the west in that strange country of volcanic ash and cones, . . . we found a sabertooth, most ancient cat, far down in all those cellars of dead time."From The Innocent Assassinsby Loren EiseleyThe tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OB9_purple-heart-trail_Sutherland-NE.html
The Purple Heart medal was originated by General George Washington on August 7, 1782 for distinguished valor and is now awarded only to members of the armed forces of the United States who have been wounded in combat against an armed enem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYM_crossing-the-overland-trail_Sutherland-NE.html
Beneath this platform, evidence of the great westward migration still remains. These shallow depressions were once deep ruts created by thousands of hooves, shoes and wheels. The Overland Trail is often visualized as a single well-defined…