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

By Roger Dean Meyer, May 22, 2024

Distance View of Mitchell And Ketchum Homesteads Marker

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1 ► Nebraska, Custer County, Arcadia — 516 — Mitchell And Ketchum Homesteads —

On Nebraska Route 70 just east of Road 459 (County Route 459), on the left when traveling east.

The most infamous Nebraska showdown between settlers and cattlemen began in 1878 on the Custer County homesteads of Luther Mitchell and Ami Ketchum, located one mile to the south. Conflict arose when Ketchum’s crops were trampled by cattle belonging . . . — — Map (db m250175) HM

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2 ► Nebraska, Custer County, Gothenburg — 530 — Etna —

On Etna Road just east of State Highway 47, on the left when traveling east.

The first Etna post office (1885-1895) was located three miles to the northwest. A new post office operated 1.5 miles east until 1921. In 1907 Etna saw the opening of a school, store, and telephone exchange. The store was enlarged by Andrew . . . — — Map (db m181798) HM

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3 ► Nebraska, Custer County, Westerville — Westerville United Methodist Church —

Near Second (Main) Street west of Hancock Street.

Westerville United Methodist Church Organized in 1880. First church in Custer County. — — Map (db m77817) HM

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4 ► Wyoming, Goshen County, Torrington — Empire, Wyoming: African American Community Building in the West —

On CanAm Highway (U.S. 85) 0.2 miles north of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

In the 1870s, thousands of African Americans fled the poverty and racial unrest that followed the American Civil War to homestead on the plains of Kansas. These migrants were known as the Exodusters. Some intended to create separate, . . . — — Map (db m292793) HM

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5 ► Nebraska, Custer County, Broken Bow — Custer County War Memorial —

On South 10th Avenue just north of South E Street (State Highway 2/92), on the left when traveling north.

This tablet is dedicated in grateful remembrance of those loyal citizens of Custer County who served their country in 1861   The Civil War   1865 1898   Spanish American War   1898 Company M, First Nebraska Volunteers ☆ Harry Doxsee   . . . — — Map (db m311633) WM

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6 ► Nebraska, Custer County, Ansley — Ansley 1886-1986 —

On Main Street (Nebraska Route 92), on the left when traveling north.

In 1886 Ansley was platted in southeastern Custer County by the Lincoln Land Company, headed by R.O. Phillips. Ansley was named for Eliza J. Ansley, who invested in real estate there. The site was purchased from ranchman Anthony Wilkinson. The . . . — — Map (db m311615) HM

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7 ► Nebraska, Adams County, Hastings — Liberal Hall —

On West 3rd Street (Business U.S. 6) east of North St Joseph Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

Liberal Hall was built in 1878 by Tom Scales for the Hastings Free Religious Society, a group of liberal thinkers in religious matters. The outside of the frame building measured 50 by 75 feet. The interior had a stage at one end and a gallery . . . — — Map (db m251846) HM

8 ► Nebraska, Custer County, Broken Bow — The Arrow Hotel — Built in 1928 —

On South E Street (State Highway 2/92) at South 9th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on South E Street.

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m290600) HM

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9 ► Colorado, Custer County, Westcliffe — Hope Lutheran Church —

On 3rd Street at Powell Avenue, on the right when traveling south on 3rd Street.

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m293900) HM

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