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

Memorial Tree

 
 
Memorial Tree Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2012
1. Memorial Tree Marker
Inscription.

In honor of the
Grand Army of the Republic
by its Auxiliary the
National Woman's Relief Corps

 
Erected by National Woman's Relief Corps.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.
 
Location. 40° 44.817′ N, 98° 50.716′ W. Memorial is in Gibbon, Nebraska, in Buffalo County. It is on 2nd Street east of Court Street (Nebraska Highway 10C), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: Gibbon Heritage Center, Gibbon NE 68840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Nebraska and in the Platte River Valley. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the prairies. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gibbon (a few steps from this marker); First Buffalo County Court House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Soldiers Free Homestead Colony (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nebraska Centre - Boyd Ranche (approx. 1.3 miles away); In Honor of D. E. "Mac" McGregor (approx. 2.8 miles away); a different marker also named Gibbon (approx. 2.8 miles away); Joseph E. Johnson and the Huntsman’s Echo
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(approx. 6.2 miles away); Early Shelton Pioneers (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gibbon.
 
Also see . . .
1. Grand Army of the Republic. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War website entry (Submitted on December 17, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

2. Womans Relief Corps. Website homepage (Submitted on May 16, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Memorial Tree Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2012
2. Memorial Tree Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 701 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 17, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 11, 2026