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Chester in Thayer County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Home of 6 Man Football

Chester, Nebraska

— 1934 Originator: Stephen E. Epler —

 
 
Home of 6 Man Football Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 1, 2012
1. Home of 6 Man Football Marker
Inscription.

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Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports.
 
Location. 40° 0.839′ N, 97° 36.852′ W. Marker is in Chester, Nebraska, in Thayer County. It is on Meridian Road 0.1 miles south of Nebraska Highway 8, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chester NE 68327, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Nebraska’s Smoky Hills, in Eastern Nebraska and in the Republican 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 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Municipal Auditorium (approx. 0.3 miles away); Friedensau (approx. 10 miles away); The Hebron CCC And POW Camps (approx. 10½ miles away); World's Largest Porch Swing (approx. 10.6 miles away); A Tribute To Hebron, Its People and Its Schools (approx. 10.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.7 miles away); Thayer County (approx. 10.8 miles away); Belleville Agriculture (approx. 13.2 miles away in Kansas).
 
Also see . . .
1. Six Man Football at Wikipedia. (Submitted on December 26, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. History of Six Man Football. (Submitted on December 26, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. 2014 Crowell TX Six Man Football Highlights on YouTube. (Submitted on December 26, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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Home of 6 Man Football Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 1, 2012
2. Home of 6 Man Football Marker
Looking northwest
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 645 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 26, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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