Entries Containing All of the Phrases «dakota county» AND «nebraska»

By Cosmos Mariner, August 24, 2022

Ponca Marker

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1 ► Nebraska, Dixon County, Ponca — 149 — Ponca —

Ponca, one of northeast Nebraska’s earliest communities, was platted in 1856 by Frank West and laid out by Dr. Solomon B. Stough. The town was named for the Ponca Indian tribe that inhabited the area when the first white settlers arrived. The . . . — — Map (db m206794) HM

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2 ► Nebraska, Dakota County, Homer — 033 — Combs School — Built 1857- Closed 1964 —

The frame schoolhouse in the background is part of Nebraska’s pioneer heritage-the oldest in Nebraska. Originally erected in the spring of 1857 at Omadi, four miles south of Dakota City, the school shared the townsite’s peril when the Missouri . . . — — Map (db m154877) HM

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3 ► Nebraska, Dakota County, Jackson — 034 — St. John's — 1856 —

About 1½ miles north of this spot is the abandoned site of "Old St. John's," one of the first towns established in Dakota County. The townsite was settled on June 2, 1856, by the Father Trecy Colony — sixty people, with eighteen ox-drawn covered . . . — — Map (db m158996) HM

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