Grand Island in Hall County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Site of the Original Settlement in Hall County, Nebraska

July 4, 1857

Photographed By Theresa Hilton Small, January 13, 2022

1. Site of the Original Settlement in Hall County, Nebraska Marker

Inscription.
The following settlers arrived here July 4, 1857

R.C. Barnard
Lorenz Barnard
Joshua Smith
David P. Morgan
William Seymour

Heinrich Schoel & Wife
Heinrich Joehnck & Wife
Wilhelm Stier & Wife
Friedrich Doll & Wife
Christian Andreson & Wife & Child

Friedrich Hedde • Wilhelm A. Hagge
Heinrich Egge • Cornelius Alexson
Christina Menck • Anna Stier
Cay Ewoldt • Heinrich Schaaf
Peter Stuhr • Matthias Gries
Hans Wrage • Friedrich Landmann
Marx Stelk • Theodor Nagel
Herman Vasold • George Schultz
Friedrich Vatge • Johann Hamann
Detlef Sass • Nicholas Thede

Erected 1957 by the Leo Stuhr Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is July 4, 1857.

Location. 40° 55.448′ N, 98° 18.9′ W. Marker is on Grand Island, Nebraska, in Hall County. Marker can be reached from East Swift Road, 0.2 miles west of Museum Drive, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Grand Island NE 68801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Seedling Mile (approx. 0.6 miles away); Civil War and Spanish-American War Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away);

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Fort O. K. Cannon (approx. 1.3 miles away); Hall County Courthouse (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Yancey (approx. 1.3 miles away); Federal Building (approx. 1.3 miles away); Old Dodge School (approx. 1.4 miles away); Martin Building (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grand Island.

More about this marker. Located across from the JBS Beef Plant, behind a row of trees and next to a solar panel farm. Access is best from the SE corner of the JBS parking lot. Entrance to parking lot is near 432 S Stuhr Rd.

Also see . . . Article from the Grand Island Independent about the early settlers. (Submitted on January 13, 2022, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed By Theresa Hilton Small, January 13, 2022

2. Site of the Original Settlement in Hall County, Nebraska Marker

View of marker looking east (solar farm on left). image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Theresa Hilton Small, January 13, 2022

3. View of marker looking east (solar farm on left).

View of marker looking west towards JBS parking lot. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Theresa Hilton Small, January 13, 2022

4. View of marker looking west towards JBS parking lot.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2022, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 13, 2022, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.