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

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By Joan Shurtliff, September 1, 2014
Erected to the memory of Bohemian pioneers in Saline County, Nebraska Marker
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1 ► Nebraska, Saline County, Wilber — Erected to the memory of Bohemian pioneers in Saline County, Nebraska —
On State Highway 2225 at County Route J, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 2225.
Na pamatku ceskym pionyrum Saline okresu Erected to the memory of Bohemian pioneers in Saline County, Nebraska First homestead entries were made in spring of 1865 in the Blue Valley within sight of this spot. . . . — — Map (db m76766) HM

2 ► Nebraska, Saline County, Tobias — 136 — Sergeant Leodegar Schnyder —
On State Highway 74, on the right when traveling west.
Sergeant Leodegar Schnyder, who is buried in nearby Atlanta Center Cemetery, served in the U.S. Army for fifty-three years, longer than any other non-commissioned officer. Thirty-seven years were spent at the same frontier army post. Born in . . . — — Map (db m76754) HM

3 ► Nebraska, Saline County, Dorchester — 469 — PFC Charley Havlat —
Near Washington Avenue at Nebraska Highway 33, on the left when traveling east.
PFC Charley Havlat of Dorchester, Nebraska, was the last confirmed American combat fatality in the European Theater during World War II. He was born in rural Saline County, the oldest son of Anton and Antonia (Nemec) Havlat, Czech immigrants to . . . — — Map (db m76758) HM WM

4 ► Nebraska, Saline County, Wilber — 35 — Czech Capital —
On West 3rd Street at State Highway 103 (Nebraska Highway 41), on the right when traveling north on West 3rd Street.
Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs. They left a land which knew a great history and culture. The first university in Central Europe was established in . . . — — Map (db m76756) HM

5 ► Nebraska, Fillmore County, Milligan — Pioneer Chapel —
Near State Highway 41 1 mile west of N Street (Road 24), on the left when traveling west.
Many settlers in the area were Catholics of Czech and Irish descent. Services were held in homes before this small chapel was built on the farm of Joseph Kotas in 1874. It served as the first Catholic Church for pioneers in Fillmore and Saline . . . — — Map (db m206999) HM
 
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026