Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GBJ_the-meridian-highway-from-canada-to-mexico_Edgar-NE.html
The Meridian Road was organized in 1911 by a group of "good roads" boosters. Proposed as a direct north-south automobile route through the central United States. Its name and derived from the Sixth Principal Meridian. In 1912 the route was largely establish…
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This millstone is believed to be from the gristmill built by William Smith in 1871 on the Big Blue River south of Beaver Crossing. W. J. Thompson took over the mill in 1873, and it continued to operate until about 1917.
Gristmills were an essential industr…
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The original site of Beaver Crossing was located about three miles to the northwest. Here a trail from Nebraska City to Fort Kearny crossed Beaver Creek. John Leonard and Daniel Millspaugh were the first settlers in this area in 1862. Roland Reed establishe…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GCS_scouts-rest_North-Platte-NE.html
William Frederick Cody (1846-1917), known to the world a "Buffalo Bill," was the most noted Nebraskan of his day. The Many national and European tours of his various "Wild West" exhibitions made him the living symbol of the American West.
Cody came to Nebr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GCV_czech-capital_Wilber-NE.html
Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs.
They left a land which knew a great history and culture. The first university in Central Europe was established in Prague over 10…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GD3_historic-milford_Milford-NE.html
Founded by J. L Davison in 1864 near the limestone ford where the Nebraska City to Fort Kearny "Steam Wagon Road" crossed the Blue River, Milford is the oldest town in Seward County, serving as the first county seat until 1871. Milford was home to the famou…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GFM_sioux-army-depot_Sidney-NE.html
Sioux Army Depot was established on 23 March 1942 as Sioux Ordnance Depot. It was the only U.S. Army Ammunition Depot in Nebraska during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The depot was initially under the command of the U.S. Army Ordnance D…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GFN_fort-sidney_Sidney-NE.html
Sidney Barracks, when established in 1867, was a temporary camp with one permanent structure, a blockhouse located to the north. In 1869 the Fort was relocated at this site and in 1870 the name was officially changed to Fort Sidney. The primary service of t…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1GHU_osceola-and-the-early-pioneers_Osceola-NE.html
The early settlement of Polk County in 1867 brings us in close touch with the trail of the pioneer. Then from year to year, others came and settlement advanced. These early settlers came by covered wagon, many with ox team. The nearest railroad was 40 miles…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1H2T_fort-niobrara_Valentine-NE.html
When a Sioux Indian reservation was established north of here in Dakota Territory in 1878, early settlers in the region grew fearful of attack. They requested military protection, and in 1880 Fort Niobrara was built a few miles east of present-day Valentine…