Hostetler Amphitheatre Marker

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Kearney in Buffalo County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Hostetler Amphitheatre

By William Fischer, Jr., February 19, 2012

1. Hostetler Amphitheatre Marker

Inscription.

Dedicated in honor and memory
Judge Bruno O. Hostetler
1861 - 1954
Leadership in establishing
college in Kearney
1903
A gift from his daughter
Mrs. Florence H. Raymond
June 19, 1980

Erected 1980 by Mrs. Florence H. Raymond.

Location. 40° 42.029′ N, 99° 5.852′ W. Marker is in Kearney, Nebraska, in Buffalo County. Click for map. Amphitheatre is on the University of Nebraska Kearney campus, between Ryan Library and the Fine Arts Building. Marker is at or near this postal address: 905 West 25th Street (U.S. Highway 30), Kearney NE 68849, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Kearney State College Memorial Carillon Tower (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); University of Nebraska at Kearney (approx. 0.2 miles away); Buffalo County’s Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile (approx. 0.4 miles away); Kearney Civil War and Spanish-American War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Empress Theatre (approx. 0.9 miles away); Old Oregon Trail (approx. 0.9 miles away); Kearney: From the Beginning (approx. 0.9 miles away); Site of Bauer Drug (approx. 0.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Kearney.

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Hostetler Amphitheatre and Marker Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr., February 19, 2012

2. Hostetler Amphitheatre and Marker

University of Nebraska Kearney. (Submitted on August 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)

Nearby Relief on Bruner Hall Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr., February 19, 2012

3. Nearby Relief on Bruner Hall

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 60 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. 3. submitted on August 31, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.