On Georgia Avenue at North 11th Street, on the left when traveling east on Georgia Avenue.
In July 1866, a group of German Lutheran families from Ixonia, Wisconsin, arrived in the area that became the city of Norfolk. They staked claims along the North Fork of the Elkhorn River. They were later joined by their pastor, Reverend Heckendorf, . . . — — Map (db m181891) HM
Near Queen City Boulevard just south of Elm Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
This park developed on ground once known as the “clay pit.” John F. Flynn came to Norfolk in April 1880 to start a brick factory at this site. Flynn, Dr. Ferdinand Verges, August Pilger, and Herman Gerecke formed the Norfolk Brick and Tile Company, . . . — — Map (db m181896) HM
On Glenn Miller Memorial Highway (State Highway 92) just west of North Anderson Street, on the left when traveling west.
McPherson County was Nebraska’s last “dry” county. No alcohol was sold legally from the county’s founding in 1890 until 2004. Federal Prohibition began in 1920 with the 18th Amendment. Supporters believed Prohibition would decrease crime and . . . — — Map (db m178790) HM
On 16th Street (Lincoln Highway) (U.S. 30) at 15th Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 16th Street (Lincoln Highway).
Built in 1906 and remodeled in 1923, this was the home of cattleman Heber Hord until his death in 1949. Hord was the only son of Thomas Benton (T.B.) Hord, who founded a livestock feeding company based in Central City. T.B. Hord began his career . . . — — Map (db m181600) HM
On U.S. 30 at 15th Road, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 30.
Lone Tree, a giant, solitary cottonwood, was a noted Platte River landmark as early as 1833. Standing on the north side of the river some three miles southwest of present Central City, the tree was visible at great distance. Several travelers . . . — — Map (db m53229) HM
On U.S. 30 at 15th Road, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 30.
For thousands of Mormons, the great pioneer trail along the north bank of the Platte which paralleled the river about a mile south of here was an avenue of escape from persecution and a roadway to a new life.
Brigham Young led the first mass . . . — — Map (db m53233) HM
On Highway 92 0.8 miles west of U.S. 26, on the right when traveling west.
Rising 470 feet above the North Platte River Vally, Chimney Rock stands to the south as the most celebrated of all natural formations along the overland routes to California, Oregon, and Utah. Chimney Rock served as an early landmark for fur . . . — — Map (db m223464) HM
Near Chimney Rock Recreation Road (State Highway 62F) 1 mile south of State Highway 92, on the right when traveling south.
The property upon which this visitor center sits was donated by Gordon and Patty Howard
In Memory of Roszel F. (Frank) Durnal and Mary B. Durnal and their descendants, who gave Chimney Rock to the Nebraska State Historical Society in 1939 . . . — — Map (db m169810) HM
On Gold Rush Byway (U.S. 385) at Local Road 86, on the right when traveling north on Gold Rush Byway.
On June 23, 1850, twenty-eight-year-old Amanda Lamme, a California-bound emigrant, died of cholera and was buried near here in what is now private pastureland. She was the wife of M.J. Lamme of Boone County, Missouri, and mother of three . . . — — Map (db m223465) HM
On Main Street (Route 26/385) near 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Bridgeport, founded in 1900 as a station by the Burlington Railroad, celebrated its centennial in 2000. The town is located on or near many historic trails of the West, including the Oregon, California Mormon, Pony Express, and Sidney-Black Hills . . . — — Map (db m79389) HM
Just north of here the Camp Clarke bridge crossed the North Platte River. The bridge was built in the spring of 1876 by entrepreneur Henry T. Clarke to improve the trail from the Union Pacific Railroad at Sidney, Nebraska, to the gold mining towns . . . — — Map (db m79422) HM
On State Highway 88 near Road 81, on the right when traveling south.
Courthouse and Jail Rocks are two of the most famous landmarks of western migration. Nearby passed the Oregon-California Trail, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express Trail, and the Sidney-Deadwood Trail. The rocks were vanguards of unforgettable scenic . . . — — Map (db m79391) HM
On Gold Rush Byway (U.S. 385) 0.7 miles south of Local Road 68.
Mud Springs, so-named for its seeps of water, was an oasis on the dry plateau between Lodgepole Creek and the North Platte River. Overland travelers began using the springs in the late 1850s when a cutoff was laid out from Old Julesburg to . . . — — Map (db m274409) HM
Narcissa Whitman, trail-blazer and martyred missionary, is one of the great heroines of the frontier West. In 1836 she and Eliza Spalding, following the north side of the Platte on horseback, became the first white women to cross the American . . . — — Map (db m223469) HM
Near South Park Street (State Highway 39) just south of Ewing Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Genoa, named by the Mormon Pioneers, was among several temporary settlements established by the Church of the Latter Day Saints in 1857, along the 1000-mile trail from Florence, Nebraska to Salt Lake City. These settlements were to serve as . . . — — Map (db m179388) HM
Near South Park Street (State Highway 39) just south of Ewing Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
This was Pawnee Country, the last Nebraska home of an Indian Confederacy which once numbered more than 10,000, consisting of four tribes — Skidi, Grand, Republican and Tapage. Their domain covered a large part of Central Nebraska where they lived in . . . — — Map (db m179389) HM
On Courthouse Avenue south of 13th Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal created government programs to counter the effects of the Great Depression. Hundreds of post offices were built and the U.S. Treasury commissioned art for many of them. Twelve Nebraska . . . — — Map (db m78462) HM
On Central Avenue (U.S. 136) near Half-Breed Road, on the right when traveling west.
It was an accepted custom for many early fur traders to marry into Indian tribes. As the Indians ceded their lands, the rights of the half-breed descendants were not always identified. This situation was recognized by the government in 1830, byt . . . — — Map (db m274525) HM
On North Street at 19th Street, on the right when traveling south on North Street.
The Nemaha county seat was established at Brownville in March 1855 by the first territorial legislature. Brownville retained the county seat until an 1883 election approved its removal to Auburn, a town formed in 1882 by the merger of the adjacent . . . — — Map (db m140410) HM
On Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
On August 29, 1854, shortly after the Kansas-Nebraska Act had opened the territory west of the Missouri River to permanent settlement, Richard Brown arrived on the site of the town which was to bear his name. Other settlers soon followed. . . . — — Map (db m177299) HM
On East Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
The members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped a short distance south of here on the Nebraska side of the river, on July 15, 1804. They had covered nearly 10 miles that day, most traveling in a 55-foot keelboat, two pirogues, and dugout . . . — — Map (db m251277) HM
On Atlantic Street at North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on Atlantic Street.
This is the former home of Robert Valentine Muir, an early resident of Brownville. Born in Scotland in 1827, Muir came to America in 1835 and moved to Nebraska in 1856 as Treasurer for the Nebraska Settlement Company. He operated a sawmill, flour . . . — — Map (db m183305) HM
On South 4th Street just south of Water Street, on the left when traveling south.
On October 16, 1867, the first meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association was held on this site in the Brownville Union High School, at that time the largest free high school in Nebraska. Presiding over this meeting was Robert W. Furnas, . . . — — Map (db m188561) HM
On West Street west of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
The first French people in this area were trappers and traders along the Missouri River. Permanent French settlers began to arrive during the 1850s. Among the early settlers were Julien Bahuaud and the Laurent Bernard, Jean Bize, and Jean Lavigne . . . — — Map (db m183300) HM
On 8th Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on 8th Street. Reported permanently removed.
Peru State College, originally incorporated as Mount Vernon Seminary, became Nebraska's first state-supported college on June 20, 1867. The school was initially organized and largely financed by local residents, then offered to the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m78461) HM
On Park Avenue at 5th Street, on the left when traveling north on Park Avenue.
On June 20, 1867, at the urging of Civil War veteran and legislator Col. Thomas J. Majors, the state legislature established a teacher training school at Peru on the site of the former Mount Vernon Seminary. Called the Nebraska State Normal School, . . . — — Map (db m223470) HM
On State Highway 14 1.6 miles north of State Highway 4, on the left when traveling north.
During the Civil War many regular troops were withdrawn from Plains military posts to fight in the east. The Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho, seizing this opportunity, attempted to drive white settlers from their lands.
Beginning on August 7, 1864, . . . — — Map (db m76706) HM
On Maple Street at Clay Street, on the right when traveling east on Maple Street.
Sixteen-year-old Laura Roper, Mrs. Lucinda Eubanks, and children, Isabelle 3, and William 3 months, were captured by Indians at "The Narrows." Little Blue River, on Aug. 7, 1864. Laura and Isabelle were released to the Army at Hackberry Creek, . . . — — Map (db m287754) HM
On County Route 4600 south of County Route S, on the right when traveling south.
The original townsite of Oak grew up around a gristmill constructed here in 1882. By 1883 the village had a druggist, physician, blacksmith, and milliner. Oak was platted in April 1884. In 1888 all businesses but the mill moved two miles west to . . . — — Map (db m287761) HM
From April through October 1870 Company C of the second U.S. Cavalry garrisoned a temporary military post, Camp Bingham, located northeast of here on the Little Blue River, to protect nearby settlements from Indians.
On May 15 Sergeant Patrick J. . . . — — Map (db m85665) WM
On 4th Corso (Nebraska Route 2) west of South 19th Street, on the right when traveling west.
This cabin, one of Nebraska’s oldest structures, was built in the summer of 1855 as the home of Allen B. Mayhew, his wife, Barbara Ann (Kagy) Mayhew, and their sons, Edward and Henry. John Henry Kagi, Barbara Mayhew’s brother, lived briefly with . . . — — Map (db m177269) HM
On 11th Street (U.S. 75) at 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 11th Street.
After Nebraska Territory was organized in 1854, Dr. W. H. Goode came to establish Methodist missions. In 1855 Goode appointed Rev. William D. Gage to lead the Nebraska City Mission.
Construction of a church began at this site in 1855. It was . . . — — Map (db m66936) HM
On 4th Corso (Nebraska Route 2) 0.2 miles west of South 19th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Permanent settlement in this area dates from 1846, with the establishment of old Fort Kearny on Table Creek. Nebraska City, founded in 1854, became an important depot for military and commercial freighting. Pioneer businessmen, such as S. F. . . . — — Map (db m177231) HM
On North 14th Street north of 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
The U.S. Army built this house in 1858 as the residence of Quartermaster Major James Martin.
The house was sold in 1859 to the Russell, Majors, and Waddell Freighting Company. The company had a contract to haul supplies to military posts. It . . . — — Map (db m254117) HM
On Central Avenue east of North 15th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Built in 1902, this is the last intact historical windmill factory in the United States. Cousins Louis and George Kregel began windmill production in 1879 across the street. After moving here, the company (now owned by George Kregel) produced . . . — — Map (db m251358) HM
On 56th Road near Highway 2, on the left when traveling north.
The Atlas-F ICBM (operational 1961-65) was an important component of national defense during the Cold War. Twelve Atlas sites, one located half a mile west, were manned by the 551st Strategic Missile Squadron, Lincoln Air Force Base.
On November . . . — — Map (db m54341) HM
On Market Street south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
This area of the Little Nemaha Valley was settled in the late 1850's and early 1860's. Many settlers were Northern European immigrants. By 1881, the Missouri Pacific R.R. had begun constructing its Kansas City-Omaha line through the area. The . . . — — Map (db m182086) HM
On 7th Street (Nebraska Route 8) just west of G Street, on the right when traveling west.
Pawnee City, the county seat of Pawnee County, was platted and the first lots were sold in the spring of 1857. The county, named for the Pawnee Indians who lived in Nebraska for generations, was defined by the territorial legislature on March 3, . . . — — Map (db m223472) HM
On Nebraska Route 67B Spur just west of Route 50, on the left when traveling east.
Warnings to avoid “bloody Kansas” prompted the Steinauer brothers, Anton, Nicholas, and Joseph, to settle here in Pawnee County. They arrived in September 1856, only two years after the creation of Nebraska Territory. Famine and depression had . . . — — Map (db m177419) HM
On State Highway 61, on the left when traveling north.
Named for the beautiful, spirited wild horses so numerous in this area when white men first visited this lush plains, this Spring symbolized the hope and faith its discovery brought to the early pioneers. Though the rich land beckoned them, men . . . — — Map (db m79379) HM
On Whittier Street (State Highway 23) near Stevens Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
After the Civil War, herds of Texas cattle were driven north to marketing points in eastern Nebraska, but settlement by homesteaders forced the trail farther west each year. Beginning in 1875, Union Pacific selected Ogallala as its main shipping . . . — — Map (db m79377) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 34) 0.2 miles south of 728th Road, on the right when traveling south.
During World War II, a prisoner-of-war internment camp was located directly north of here. The camp had its beginning in a request by the Holdredge New Industries Committee for a federal conscientious-objector camp to help relieve the severe . . . — — Map (db m251221) HM
On U.S. 183 0.3 miles south of Interstate 80, on the left when traveling south.
Through this valley passed the Oregon Trail, highway for early explorers, fur traders, California-bound gold seekers, freighters, and brave pioneers seeking new homes in the West. Traffic was especially heavy from 1843 to 1866. At times as many as . . . — — Map (db m45521) HM
On Divide Street west of Lake Street, on the right when traveling west.
Civil War veteran P. C. Funk came to Divide Township in Phelps County in 1877 and purchased 160 acres of land two miles north of the present town. By 1883 the Nebraska-Colorado Railroad, now the Burlington Northern, had extended its line as far west . . . — — Map (db m251231) HM
On R Road 0.3 miles south of Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 34), on the left when traveling south.
Thirty Swedish settlers in Harlan and Phelps counties organized Bethel Lutheran Church on November 12, 1877, at the home and post office of Gustaf Hanson, which was located seven miles south and two miles east of Holdrege in Harlan County.
Their . . . — — Map (db m251229) HM
On Burlington Street 0.3 miles north of West Twenty-Fifth Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Soils in the Holdrege series are recognized by features of their “profile” created by horizontal layers that are the result of the prairie environment. Holdrege soils exist on 1.8 million acres of landscape in central Nebraska that is the result of . . . — — Map (db m251291) HM
On 5th Avenue at East Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 5th Avenue.
The great immigrant roads to the West which followed the Platte River brought the first settlers to this area. Beginning in the late 1850’s, these frontiersmen operated stage stations, road ranches, and trading posts. An August attack upon a wagon . . . — — Map (db m251226) HM
Near North Mill Street 0.1 miles north of East Main Street (State Highway 98), on the right when traveling north.
The first flour mill in Pierce County was constructed here about 1880 by Stephen F. Gilman. Power for its operation came from a dam on the north fork of the Elkhorn River. Flour from the mill was marketed widely under the “Golden Crescent” . . . — — Map (db m206800) HM
Near North Mill Street 0.1 miles north of East Main Street (Highway 98), on the right when traveling north.
This bridge originally spanned Willow Creek southwest of Pierce. It was fabricated in 1913 by the Canton (Ohio) Bridge Company, which held Pierce County’s bridge contract between 1905 and 1918. It was moved here in 1994. The thirty-four-foot . . . — — Map (db m206814) HM
On State Highway 13 at 552nd Avenue, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 13.
The Meridian Road was organized in 1911 by a group of "good roads" boosters. Proposed as a direct north-south automobile route through the central United States. Its name and derived from the Sixth Principal Meridian. In 1912 the route was largely . . . — — Map (db m76707) HM
Near 15th Street east of 10th Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Due to the generosity of Mrs. Albert Gehner, Mr. Theodore Friedhof, and many other benefactors, this site has become a focal point of agricultural activity in Platte County.
The donation of this land, formerly known as the Browner Farm, and a . . . — — Map (db m122883) HM
Near U.S. 30 0.3 miles south of 6th St, on the right when traveling south.
Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and manufacturer of World War II landing craft known as "Higgins boats," was born August 28, 1886, at Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were John Gonegle Higgins, a prominent lawyer and judge, and Annie Long O'Connor . . . — — Map (db m9775) HM
On 325th Street just east of Monastery Road (175th Avenue), on the left when traveling east.
In October 1934 Camp Platte was established near here by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The CCC was one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs designed to promote economic recovery during the Great Depression. Its goal was . . . — — Map (db m206955) HM
Near 3rd Avenue at 47th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Columbus Powerhouse is one of Nebraska’s largest hydroelectric generating plants and the pulse of the Loup River Public Power District hydroelectric system. The system was financed in 1933 by a $7.3 million New Deal Public Works Administration . . . — — Map (db m182100) HM
On 28th Street just east of Linden Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Born in 1894, Frank Zybach grew up in Loup Township, Platte County, Nebraska. He began inventing at age 13. In 1948, he developed a prototype of a self-propelled sprinkler irrigation machine. In 1952, the “Zybach Self-Propelled Sprinkling . . . — — Map (db m181698) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) at 7th Street on 33rd Avenue.
The West produced many fighting men and ranking high among them are Frank and Luther North of Columbus, leaders of the legendary Pawnee Scouts. The Pawnee, located at their nearby reservation, were eager to cooperate with the Army in fighting their . . . — — Map (db m53147) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) at 7th Street, on the right when traveling south on 33rd Avenue.
In June 1720 a Spanish military force led by Sir Pedro de Villasur left Santa Fe, New Mexico, to gather information on French activities near the Missouri River. The force included 45 veteran soldiers, 60 Pueblo Indian allies, some Apache scouts, . . . — — Map (db m53143) HM
On 445th Street 0.8 miles east of 340 Avenue (State Highway 71F), on the left when traveling east.
The Granville Cemetery Association was organized in February 1881. Incorporators included Civil War veteran Adin H. Potter, formerly of Granville, New York, who deeded the land. He was one of the few Union soldiers to escape from Andersonville . . . — — Map (db m206997) HM
On Main Avenue at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Avenue.
The history of Duncan, Nebraska has been closely associated with overland routes through the Platte and Loup River valleys. The Mormon Trail passed nearby during the mid-19th Century and the first transcontinental railroad was completed to this . . . — — Map (db m53194) HM
On U.S. Hwy 30 Frontage Road (original Lincoln Hwy) 0.1 miles east of the intersection of 355th Avenue and 115th Street, on the left when traveling east.
The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a coast-to-coast, toll- free automobile route. The Lincoln Highway, which followed existing roadways through thirteen states, was dedicated on October 31, 1913. The route was marked by . . . — — Map (db m53206) HM
On Pine Street just north of 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
During the 1950s and 1960s Paul Zimmerer, working in his auto and farm equipment repair shop in Lindsay, Nebraska, invented a series of irrigation products that changed the landscape of Nebraska agriculture. One was the tractor-towed “Towline” that . . . — — Map (db m181350) HM
On 325 Street just west of 460th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This cemetery north of Genoa in Woodville Township is the center of Platte County’s West Hill area. Land for the cemetery was first purchased in 1876 from Will Irwin. The first grave was opened in 1878 for Joshua Middleton, victim of a prairie . . . — — Map (db m181797) HM
On 4th Street just east of D Street, on the right when traveling east.
Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, four-star general in the U.S. Army, was born in Platte Center, Nebraska, on March 3, 1899, to Christian and Mary Shea Gruenther. He graduated fourth in his class from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1918. . . . — — Map (db m206951) HM
On Valley Street at U.S. 81, on the left when traveling west on Valley Street.
The early settlement of Polk County in 1867 brings us in close touch with the trail of the pioneer. Then from year to year, others came and settlement advanced. These early settlers came by covered wagon, many with ox team. The nearest railroad was . . . — — Map (db m76945) HM
On Walnut Street at Oak Street, on the left when traveling north on Walnut Street.
In 1873 Horace A. Cowles, Civil War veteran, set up the Cyclone post office in his home one mile east and one mile south of present-day Shelby. A second post office, Arcade, was established one mile east of town in 1879; a year later it moved to . . . — — Map (db m182095) HM
On Park Road just west of Main Street (U.S. 81), on the left when traveling west.
The site for Stromsburg was selected in 1870 by Lewis Headstrom, member of a townsite company from Galva, Illinois. In 1872 the town was platted and named “Stromsburg,” the last syllable of Headstrom’s name plus “burg,” which in Swedish means . . . — — Map (db m181423) HM
On Commercial Street north of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north.
In June, 1886, the townsite of Bartley was platted on land owned by the Reverend Allen Bartley, a minister of the Methodist Church. The previous year, Methodist Bishop Mallalieu had proposed this site as the location for a church-affiliated . . . — — Map (db m176889) HM
On D Street (U.S. 6/34) just east of 4th Street, on the left when traveling east.
The US built prisoner of war camps across the country during World War II. One such camp opened north of Indianola. It held mostly German soldiers captured in North Africa and Italy. Prisoners began arriving by train in November 1943. The camp was . . . — — Map (db m223474) HM
On U.S. 34 0.1 miles west of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Republican Valley was the center of one of the major buffalo ranges of the Great Plains. It was a favorite hunting ground of several Indian tribes. Pawnee, Sioux, Oto and Cheyenne spent much time here as late as 1874. These tribal hunts, . . . — — Map (db m152923) HM
On George Norris Avenue near East G Street, on the right when traveling north.
George W. Norris, whose home is on Norris Avenue, McCook, Nebraska, served forty years in the Congress of the United States. Born in Ohio, he worked his way through college, followed the footsteps of the pioneers westward, settling in Nebraska. He . . . — — Map (db m79364) HM
On State Highway 8 at Local Route 648, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 8.
The first publicized report of oil in Nebraska was an 1883 newspaper account of a "vein of petroleum" discovered in Richardson County. Over the next 57 years, the search for oil consumed thousands of dollars, and hundreds of wells were drilled . . . — — Map (db m80107) HM
Near Bill Schock Boulevard 0.3 miles north of Harlan Street (U.S. 73), on the right when traveling north.
In 1850, a group of pioneers from Maryland founded a small community on the banks of the swift-moving Nemaha River. Known as Falls Mills, the settlement was near the junction with the Missouri River and considered an ideal spot for a grinding mill. . . . — — Map (db m251281) HM
On 4th Street at East Square, on the left when traveling west on 4th Street.
Humboldt was platted in 1868 and the first business on the city square was established in 1869. Town founder O.J. Tinker deeded two acres for a public square in 1871 and Humboldt was incorporated in 1873. The bandstand in the center of the City . . . — — Map (db m177300) HM
On 1st Street south of Stutsman Street (U.S. 159), on the left when traveling south.
On this day the explorers passed along this stretch of the Missouri River and camped a few miles north of here on the Nebraska side. The tranquil weather recorded by Clark in his journal for July 13 was in sharp contrast with violent storms the . . . — — Map (db m251346) HM
On 1st Street south of Stutsman Street (U.S. 159), on the left when traveling south.
The Missouri River, created by geological glacial action thousands of years ago, historically has served as a gateway to the west. First used by prehistoric Indians, it served successively fur traders, explorers, and homesteaders. Among the earliest . . . — — Map (db m251342) HM
On Nebraska Route 7, on the right when traveling north.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of May 30, 1854 created the territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which had to be surveyed before settlement could proceed. In November 1854, Captain Thomas J. Lee of the U.S. Army Topographic Engineers determined the . . . — — Map (db m251349) HM
On U.S. 20 0.1 miles east of 457th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Welcome to Spring Valley Park. Pioneers of this
region, eastern Rock County, recognized it as a great
natural haying region extending over twenty miles
south down this valley. The nearby village of Newport.
established in 1883, became one of . . . — — Map (db m223476) HM
On State Highway 103, on the left when traveling south.
Near here was located the first town and county seat in Saline County. Situated on Swan Creek from which it took its name, Swan City held prominence for only a few years.
The first settlement buildings, including a store and a sawmill, were . . . — — Map (db m76751) HM
Near Washington Avenue at 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
On County Route HH 0.5 miles west of County Route 1600, on the left when traveling west.
The village of Pleasant Hill once stood in the valley to the east. Founded in 1867, it became a thriving community with several businesses, including a general store, post office, sawmill, and gristmill. From 1871 to 1878 Pleasant Hill was the . . . — — Map (db m76764) HM
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
On West 3rd Street at State Highway 103 ( 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
On Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
Commemorative of the Astorian Expedition organized June 23, 1810, by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company This expedition discovered the Oregon Trail which spread knowledge of the Nebraska country leading to its occupancy by white people. The fur . . . — — Map (db m229275) HM
On Franklin Street, on the left when traveling south.
Bellevue, gateway to the upper Missouri and the fur
trade empire, is the oldest continuous settlement in
Nebraska. This town was born, became important, almost
died, and now in the 20th century, has been revitalized.
Fur traders dealing with the . . . — — Map (db m228872) HM
On Hancock Street north of 19th Ave, on the right when traveling north.
This log cabin was built about 1835 in the Missouri River floodplains. Soon after 1835 cholera occurred at lower elevations, and the cabin was moved to the upper plateau. In about 1850 it was moved to this location, where it was used as a . . . — — Map (db m80854) HM
On Franklin Street, on the left when traveling north.
Before the organization of Nebraska Territory
In 1854. missions were established among the Indian
tribes of this area. In 1850, Rev. Edward McKinney founded the first Presbyterian Church of Nebraska with five members. He had arrived in Bellevue . . . — — Map (db m228877) HM
On Main Street at Mission Avenue ( Highway 370), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
This building of handmade bricks was constructed in 1856 to serve as the Fontenelle Bank. During the financial Panic of 1857 the Fontenelle Bank failed as did most of the other poorly backed wildcat banks in the Nebraska Territory.
In 1861 by . . . — — Map (db m80853) HM
On 10th Street north of Laplatte Road, on the left when traveling north.
In November 1833 Moses and Eliza Merrill, missionaries sponsored by the Baptist Missionary Union, arrived at the government Indian agency at Bellevue and opened a mission school for the Oto and Missouri Indians living in eastern Nebraska. The . . . — — Map (db m78023) HM
Near State Highway 31 0.4 miles north of South 204th Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 1879, the State Legislature created the Board of Fish Commissioners, the forerunner of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. That board contracted with a privately owned firm known as the Santee Hatchery. The owners, Mr. Romine and Mr. Decker, . . . — — Map (db m293300) HM
On Ridgemont Street at South 198th Street, on the left when traveling east on Ridgemont Street.
The Rishel family came from Pennsylvania to Sarpy County in May 1865. The locality where they settled became known as Peach Grove after a nearby post office by that name. The cemetery was established August 30, 1875, when Mary Jane Rishel Long . . . — — Map (db m293400) HM
On South Washington Street near West Lincoln Street.
Scouting was introduced to Papillion in 1913 with the formation of Boy Scout Troop 1. In 1921, the village granted permission to the troop's scoutmaster, Rev B. Johanssen to build a log cabin as the troop headquarters. The limestone foundation was . . . — — Map (db m223477) HM
On North Washington Street (State Highway 85) just north of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.
Completed in 1923, this neo-classical structure is one of ten courthouses designed by Omaha architect William F. Gernandt between 1920 and 1923. It served as the county’s third courthouse until a new building was built in 1974. The City of . . . — — Map (db m288100) HM
On North Washington Street north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
Approximately thirty feet south of here in 1865 the Union Pacific Railroad laid its original track extending from the Missouri River in Omaha, south up Mud Creek to Papillion Creek, and northwesterly along West Papillion Creek. Although Chief . . . — — Map (db m223478) HM
On Main Street at North 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The Springfield Community Hall was constructed between 1938 and 1940 by the Works Progress Administration, a national relief program during the Great Depression. Construction of the hall, using sandstone quarried a few miles west of town, bolstered . . . — — Map (db m287998) HM
Near Interstate 80 at milepost 425, on the right when traveling east.
Eastbound travelers will soon cross the Platte River, which has paralleled the Interstate across most of Nebraska. It has long been noted for its great width and shallow depth. The Platte is a major tributary of the Missouri River, which it flows . . . — — Map (db m78022) HM
On U.S. 6 at Silver Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 6.
This marker sits astride the Ox-Bow Trail, also known as the Old Fort Kearny or Nebraska City Road. Beginning in the 1840's, this route carried thousands of emigrants and millions of pounds of freight destined for the settlements, mining camps, or . . . — — Map (db m80433) HM
On County Road 10 at County Road J, on the left when traveling north on County Road 10.
During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in October 1957. A perceived “missile gap” led to the massive construction of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) sites in the . . . — — Map (db m287890) HM
Near County Road J just east of County Road 8, on the right when traveling east.
During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in October 1957. A perceived “missile gap” led to the massive construction of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) sites in the . . . — — Map (db m287891) HM
The Armour and Company Icehouse was built in 1897-98 northwest of Memphis, Nebraska. It
was one of the largest icehouses in the country, measuring approximately 180 feet wide, 700 feet
long, and 52 feet high. A 300-horsepower steam engine and two . . . — — Map (db m80432) HM
On North Chestnut Street (U.S. 30A&77) south of West 5th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Saunders County was originally Oto Indian territory, and a large earthlodge village under Chief Itan was located here during the early historic period. Later, the Pawnee established villages in the area and in 1855 held peace conferences with . . . — — Map (db m80430) HM
