In 1893 the Crystal Ice Company dammed a portion of the Little Blue River 1Ό miles north of Ayr, creating Crystal Lake for harvesting and selling ice. A huge storage and loading facility was built on the nearby Republican Valley branch of the . . . — — Map (db m287696) HM
Originally known as Dyers Mill this settlement was begun when John Dyer and his nephews, Elbridge and Truman Dyer, built a grist mill here on the Little Blue River in 1872. Stone at the base is one of the original mill stones. In 1887, the K.C. . . . — — Map (db m287698) HM
This tree is believed to be one of the original 227 trees on campus, beginning the tradition of planting and caring for trees at Hastings College. It was planted on April 25, 1883, by Hastings College Founders in celebration of the groundbreaking . . . — — Map (db m294619) HM
"One of the most beautiful and conveniently arranged buildings of
its kind in the state" is how the A.H. Jones garage was described upon its completion in April, 1916. The front portion was made of white glazed terra cotta and the back of . . . — — Map (db m251899) HM
The Bostwick Hotel, erected in 1884 on the site of the Denver House
Hotel, was named for Harrison Bostwick, major stockholder and
president of City National Bank. The hotel occupied a large place in
the social and political history of Hastings . . . — — Map (db m251849) HM
Brickmaking in Hastings began in 1878, six years after the town was established. A year later much of the downtown was destroyed by fire in September 1879. Following the fire, the city passed an ordinance requiring future commercial buildings to use . . . — — Map (db m251211) HM
The Central Hastings Historic District began at this site in 1878 when Samuel Alexander, using his 160-acre homestead, created the first northern addition to Hastings. This National Register district physically documents the three major periods of . . . — — Map (db m251207) HM
From the early 1900s through the mid-1920s, summer circuit Chautauquas brought culture and entertainment to communities across the U.S. The Hastings Chautauqua Association constructed this pavilion in 1907. Local architect C. W. Way designed it to . . . — — Map (db m251214) HM
In 1944, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Servicemens Readjustment Act, known as the G.I. Bill of Rights. This ushered in sweeping changes to Americas colleges and universities by paying for the tuition of World War II veterans and . . . — — Map (db m287836) HM
The Heartwell Park Historic District is significant as an example of a planned residential development. The Heartwell Park Addition was platted in 1886 by J. B. Heartwell and designed by landscape architect A. N. Carpenter. The idea of a designed . . . — — Map (db m251201) HM
Highland Park Cemetery is Hastings' oldest burial ground, established in 1873 on land secured from the Union Pacific Railroad. At the time, 7th Street was the northern boundary of the community. No lots were sold after 1886 when Parkview Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m287713) HM
Considered to be the finest performance hall between Omaha and
Denver, the Kerr Opera House was admired for its magnificently ornate
grandeur. The dream to build this unique structure became a reality in
1884 when William Kerr, a wealthy . . . — — Map (db m251840) HM
In 1909 a determined and energetic thirty-year-old man purchased
a 10 x 12 loft at 817 West Second Street. His purpose was to provide
Nebraska with quality cigars. However, John W. Kipp did not realize
what massive popularity his cigar-making . . . — — Map (db m251829) HM
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
McCormick Hall opened in 1884. It is named for Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical reaper, who donated $5,000 to help finance construction of the building. The first building on the Hastings College campus, it was the intellectual, social, . . . — — Map (db m287749) HM
There are more than 200 medicinal prairie plants known to be used by American Indians long before white settlers arrived. They had extensive knowledge of their available resources as well as expertise in preparations and dosages. Healers could . . . — — Map (db m287848) HM
The U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, known locally as "the NAD," was the largest of the navy's World War II inland munitions depots, occupying almost 49,000 acres of Adams and Clay County farmland. Construction began in July 1942; loading, assembly, . . . — — Map (db m78005) HM
Oregon TrailMarked by the State of Nebraska and Niobrara Chapter Daughters of American Revolution Hastings Nebraska 1912 Pony Express Russell Majors Waddell Founders Owners Operators St. Joseph Sacramento . . . — — Map (db m287697) HM
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty 40th Anniversary Crusade . . . — — Map (db m287699) HM
Submarine Deck Gun
You are looking at a 5-inch, 51 caliber, Mark 18 submarine deck gun. This type of deck gun was mounted on three famous submarines: Bass, Barracuda, and Bonita. Known as a "wet" gun because of it's ability to function . . . — — Map (db m287711) HM
During the 1870s, the Alexander Brothers, Morris and Eugene, operated a livery stable at the corner of Second and Lincoln. In 1881 three
new brick buildings, the Alexander, Benedict, and Reed Blocks, were
built at the site. Each had two stories, a . . . — — Map (db m251841) HM
Adams County, and Hastings in particular, are "children of the
railroads," having been founded and sustained by rail companies
between the 1870s and 1960s. Hastings owes its very existence to an
intersection of two railways, the Burlington and . . . — — Map (db m251836) HM
When the Clarke Hotel was dedicated in February, 1914, it was
hailed as a triumph of local initiative. The $175.000 project originated with the Chamber of Commerce, which established a corporation to construct it through sale of stock to . . . — — Map (db m251843) HM
This building is known locally as the birthplace of Kool-Aid.
More accurately, it was the home of the Perkins Products Company,
the manufacturing and retail enterprise of Kool-Aid inventor,
Edwin E. Perkins, and his family. The company was housed . . . — — Map (db m251833) HM
The Kool-Aid Man has famous feet that have helped him bust through countless walls since his 1975 debut. In 2000, Kool-Aid Man had his footprints immortalized in concrete at the world famous Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The concrete . . . — — Map (db m287715) HM
Commissioned by Fred A. Bosselman
Sculpted by David L. Biehl, 2011
By the mid-1860s Plains Indians were being pushed off of their homeland by settlers from the East. Sioux and Cheyenne tribes made a last attempt to secure their territories . . . — — Map (db m287721) HM
The Martin Brothers
There's More to the Story
After decades of failed treaties, disease epidemics, and the repeated loss of territory, the conditions of Native American tribes on the plains consistently became worse. When the . . . — — Map (db m287724) HM
Thanks largely to the work of United States Senator
Charles Dietrich of Hastings, the Hastings Post Office, also known
as the Federal Building, was constructed at the corner of Hastings
Avenue and Third Street in 1905. This structure cost . . . — — Map (db m251896) HM
For more than 30 years after the turn of the century, the Stein Brothers Store provided quality merchandise from all over the world to south central Nebraska shoppers. Stein's buyers made regular trips to Europe purchasing goods, like Belgian lace . . . — — Map (db m187774) HM
One of the early companies to usher in the automobile era in
Hastings, the A.E. Stitt Company automobile dealership was
relocated in 1926 on the first floor of the newly built Stitt Building at
the corner of Third Street and St. Joseph Avenue. . . . — — Map (db m251904) HM
Studded in bright lights, the Strand Theatre marquee heralded
first-run showings of such movie classics as From Here to Eternity and
The Sound of Music. Hundreds of Class B Western double features
starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans . . . — — Map (db m251823) HM
The Victory Building, named to commemorate America's
victory in World War I, is one of Nebraska's finest examples of
early 20th century industrial architecture. It was constructed
between 1917 and 1920 by harness maker William Dutton as . . . — — Map (db m251852) HM
The Pony Express mail service on horseback operated from April 1860 until October 1861. The route went through 6 relay stations in Adams County for 30 miles along the Oregon Trail. Oregon Trail & Pony Express Route Sand Hill Summit Muddy . . . — — Map (db m287814) HM
The most traveled of the overland routes passed this point on its way to the great Platte Valley, highway to the west. The Oregon Trail started from Independence, followed the Kansas River west, and then the Little Blue north into Nebraska. It . . . — — Map (db m251198) HM
Susan C. Haile was born December 20, 1817, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was the youngest child of Joseph and Prudence (Bledsoe) Seawell, natives of Sumner County, Tennessee. Upon the death of Joseph in 1819, Prudence Seawell returned to Sumner . . . — — Map (db m123807) HM
To overland emigrants the rigors of the trail
began with the "Coast of Nebraska," the ridge of sandhills separating the Platte Valley from the open
prairie behind it. Thousands of emigrants passed
this way during the peak emigration years of . . . — — Map (db m257803) HM
The Kingston Cemetery is located on the hill just west of this marker. Founded in the early 1870s, the cemetery was the final resting place for nearly thirty of Kingstons early settlers. In 1887 the Kingston settlement was moved to the rail . . . — — Map (db m287680) HM
A marker, 200 feet to the south, recalls the death of White Buffalo Girl of the Ponca tribe. The death of this child, daughter of Black Elk and Moon Hawk, symbolizes the tragic 1877 removal of the Ponca from their homeland on the Niobrara River to . . . — — Map (db m182053) HM
With the establishment of the Neligh Mill and the platting of the town of Neligh, a crossing of the Elkhorn River here aided farm-to-market commerce. This bridge, built in 1910, replaced an earlier span at this location. It is a pin-connected Pratt . . . — — Map (db m158998) HM
The Neligh Mills, built from locally fired brick in 1873 by John D. Neligh, was the first business and industry in the then newly platted town. Later owners and operators of the mill included William C. Galloway, Stephen F. Gilman and J. W. Spirk. . . . — — Map (db m159000) HM
The Prairie States Forestry Project was initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to combat the severe wind-caused soil erosion of the Dust Bowl days. From 1935 through 1942, the U.S. Forest Service, working with the Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m9633) HM
The Rainbow Fountain is patterned after the Tanner Fountain at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Boston. The Tanner Fountain was created by noted designer Peter Walker and received the 2008 Landmark Award by the American Society . . . — — Map (db m237199) HM
A Route and a Power Source: The Elkhorn Valley The Elkhorn Valley was a natural travel corridor into north-central and western Nebraska. Water, wood, and grass provided people and animals the critical resources to move overland wagons. Travel . . . — — Map (db m159076) HM
Water = Power The Elkhorn River was an unlimited source of water power for flour mills and other manufacturing enterprises. But entrepreneurs found the meandering river difficult to harness. Too much water was as bad as too little. The key to . . . — — Map (db m158999) HM
The Village of Burnett was founded in 1880. Officially changed by the U.S. Post Office
to Tilden in 1887 and by the courts in 1902. — — Map (db m160291) HM
Near this location in July 1855 Logan Fontenelle noted French-Indian leader of the Omaha tribe, was slain in battle with the Sioux. Petersburg Coml Club, July 1955 — — Map (db m179380) HM
Logan Fontenelle, an interpreter and Omaha chief, was born at Bellevue in May, 1825. His father was Lucien Fontenelle, a noted fur trader both on the lower Missouri River and near Fort Laramie, Wyoming. His mother was a daughter of Big Elk, noted . . . — — Map (db m179377) HM
For more than ten thousand years the Beaver Valley and surrounding prairie, with their abundant water and wildlife, nurtured Native Americans. The Pawnee Indians, whose permanent earthlodge villages were a few miles to the south, claimed this area . . . — — Map (db m181373) HM
On this day the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean camped on the bank of the Missouri River at the base of a river landmark near here, now called The Tower. Clark wrote, Capt Lewis & my Self walked up to the top which forms a Cone and . . . — — Map (db m181800) HM
On August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper during a severe storm. There were no survivors. It was the largest single military air disaster in Nebraska . . . — — Map (db m70623) HM
The first settlers of Lyons came in the summer
of 1866. The fertile soil of the Logan Valley, combined
with the commercial promise provided by access
to the railroad after 1881, assured the life of the
town. Incorporated in 1884, the village was . . . — — Map (db m269772) HM
Val Peterson was born July 18, 1903, in the Oakland Swedish Lutheran Church parsonage, where his grandfather R.N. Swanberg was the pastor. Returning to live in Oakland at age fourteen, Peterson kept busy with school activities and various jobs, . . . — — Map (db m266055) HM
The Aron Arlington family arrived as the area's first Euroamerican settlers in 1857, later moving near Decatur.
Norwegian John Oak and his wife, Inger Askwig Oak, came to the Logan valley in 1866, occupying the abandoned Arlington cabin. As . . . — — Map (db m266049) HM
Logan Creek was named for Logan Fontenelle, a chief of the Omaha tribe killed by Oglala Sioux in 1855. The first recorded settlers in this area were the Aaron Arlington family, 1857, who settled at the site of present Oakland, and John Oak, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m266046) HM
In the summer of 1866 John Oak (namesake of Oakland) assisted Swedish immigrant families to take up homesteads here in the Logan Creek Valley. Among the first settlers were Victor Colson and his family. He is said to have broken the first sod in . . . — — Map (db m266100) HM
Old block house was built by U.S. War Department on this site in 1855 to protect white colony from Indians.
Crowning achievement of the pioneers was a gold medal award for best agricultural display at World's Fair 1893 in . . . — — Map (db m28077) HM
Tekamah, county seat of Burt County, was laid out
on October 7, 1854, by a group of settlers led by
Benjamin R. Folsom. They chose this location for
its abundant water, timber, stone, and the rich soil
of the Missouri River Valley. The site was . . . — — Map (db m269773) HM
From 1050-1400 the lower Platte and Missouri River valleys were home to prehistoric Indian farmers. These people lived in small villages and isolated farmsteads, cultivated corn and beans, and hunted game. The Indians built square-shaped houses . . . — — Map (db m298136) HM
"Love is more like a light that you carry .... that is what love is to a woman - a lantern in her hand," says Abbie Deal the courageous heroine in Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel about the pioneers who with dreams and hard work forged this great . . . — — Map (db m82510) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Blake Building 305 Main Street 1883 ca
John Blake, proprietor of a local saloon, erected this building. The . . . — — Map (db m78059) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Budweiser Building 1888
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co built for $20,000 to house a saloon and liquor business. . . . — — Map (db m78051) HM
Two markers, to the left and right of the front entrance.
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
1985
This Property
is listed in the
. . . — — Map (db m78049) HM
When the outbreak of war between the states became imminent in the spring of 1861, the citizens of Plattsmouth were quick to respond to the impending crisis. Without waiting for President Lincoln's call for volunteers, Dr. Robert R. Livingston . . . — — Map (db m78024) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Drew/Weckbach 317, 321, 325 Main Street 1881 & 1886
Joseph V. Weckbach came to Plattsmouth in 1865. After . . . — — Map (db m78056) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Excelsior Building 313 Main Street 1884
Three business owners, in succession, J.C. & R. Peterson, brothers, . . . — — Map (db m78058) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Plattsmouth Bridge 1930
The bridge was built to replace the ferry service that had started in 1848. It was . . . — — Map (db m78061) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Vienna Bakery 329 Main Street 1881
Built by William Stadelman, First occupant was a bakery run by William . . . — — Map (db m78054) HM
This Property
is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Wetenkamp Building 337 Main Street 1890
Many businesses occupied this site. Among them were various stores, . . . — — Map (db m78053) HM
This building was constructed by community effort in 1871 of native limestone as the Congregational Church and served in that capacity until a new brick church was constructed 1887-1890. The nearby stone parsonage, first occupied in 1867, was sold . . . — — Map (db m82521) HM
During their exploration of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers, Lewis and Clark held councils with Ponca, Omaha, and Sioux Indians inhabiting this region. The council with the Sioux occurred August 28-31, 1804 at Calumet Bluff now the southern . . . — — Map (db m101395) HM
On August 27, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition set up its camp for four days downstream from Calumet Bluff. The explorers came across three American Indian boys who told them of a large Yankton Sioux camp nearby.
Knowing that President . . . — — Map (db m101392) HM
You are within sight and sound of a Midwestern dream come true - the Meridian Highway.
In 1911 a group of Kansans and Nebraskans drafted a plan for a highway paralleling the sixth principal meridian through America's heartland from Canada . . . — — Map (db m101393) HM
This scenic overlook provides a clear view of the valley of the Missouri River,
the longest waterway in North America. To the west is the Gavins Point Dam and
the Lewis and Clark Recreation Area. The dam was built to harness the fury of
the . . . — — Map (db m101391) HM
The Missouri, the continent's longest river, figures prominently in the unfolding of America's saga. Flowing nearby in its 2,341 - mile course from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi, the Big Muddy is not only loaded with sediment but . . . — — Map (db m101394) HM
Much of the early history of Cedar County involves the Indian inhabitants, the Ponca, Omaha, and Sioux. Several prehistoric and historic Indian villages were located in the region. In 1804, Lewis and Clark ascended the Missouri River near here . . . — — Map (db m181311) HM
This marker, dedicated on the 100th anniversary of Hartington High School, June 25, 1988, is in honor of two graduates who became governors of Nebraska. Dwight Burney, born in 1892, graduated from Hartington High School in 1910. Burney attended . . . — — Map (db m181317) HM
Arthur, Age 16 years
Hannar, 14
Andrew, 9
William 8
Loren, 4
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Massacred by Yankton
and Santee Sioux Indians
July 24, 1863
between 9 and 10 oclock a. m. . . . — — Map (db m292955) HM
The town of Clay Center was laid out in the summer of 1879. An election on November 4, 1879, confirmed Clay Center as the location for the Clay County seat, following months of heated competition with rivals Sutton and Harvard. W. D. Young erected . . . — — Map (db m287737) HM
Placed in the National Register of Historic Places Nov. 29, 2001 Architect: R.W. Grant Builder: T.J. Fowler Cornerstone: July 7, 1913 — — Map (db m287769) HM
The original Spring Ranche, located two miles south of here on the north side of the Little Blue River, was founded about 1863. James Bainter, the first permanent settler, operated a store and inn for travelers along the Oregon-California Trail. . . . — — Map (db m287728) HM
Tracks of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad reached Harvard on December 20, 1871. The town was surveyed in March 1872 and platted on a section of land pre-empted by Newman W. Brass, George Van Gilder, Elijah J. Stone, and Levi W. Mosher. . . . — — Map (db m251240) HM
Harvard Army Air Field, located two miles northeast, was one of eleven army air forces training fields in Nebraska during World War II. The 1,759-acre base included runways, hangars, barracks, and fuel and munitions storage. Construction began in . . . — — Map (db m251249) HM
The jail was inadvertently sold to Robert Pinckney, 16, in a delinquent tax sale in 1943. When the city refused to buy back the jail, sparking a legal battle that earned national publicity, Pinckney put the jail up for auction at a West Coast war . . . — — Map (db m287727) HM
Harvards first library in 1885 was a traveling one established in Churchs Drugstore, and moved to other buildings until Mayor George H. Thomas appointed a committee in 1914 to contact the Carnegie Foundation. Citizens pledged $3,175.25 and . . . — — Map (db m251252) HM
As eight B-17F Flying Fortresses returned to Harvard AAF after training exercises on August 28, 1943, three collided. One crash-landed and two were demolished. Fourteen airmen died, including co-pilot Carl Hansen, whose parachute failed. . . . — — Map (db m251244) HM
The congregation organized in May 1881, building a church that fall on Oak Street east of the Harvard Courier building. The first service was in March 1882, with consecration by Bishop Robert Clarkson, Missionary District of the Platte. Five . . . — — Map (db m251260) HM
This stone remains from the pillar at the entrance of the Woodmen Hall building. The pillar and steps of Woodmen Hall were hauled on a flat wagon that was pulled by mules from Kansas.
Woodmen Hall was built by George Herzog in 1893. Erected . . . — — Map (db m287730) HM
The first permanent settler in the town of Sutton was Luther French, who arrived in 1870. He and his seven children lived near here in a dugout on the bank of School Creek. This dugout had a tunnel to the creek bank and the inside entrance could be . . . — — Map (db m78007) HM
Twenty-two German families from the Russian villages of Worms and Rohrbach arrived in Sutton in September 1873, the first of many German Russians to settle in Nebraska. The immigrants were descendants of ethnic Germans who began colonizing the Volga . . . — — Map (db m251263) HM
On March 27, 1879, George G. Meade Post 19, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Nebraska, was founded in Sutton by twenty former Union soldiers. The G.A.R. was a national fraternal organization created to provide for the welfare of Union . . . — — Map (db m78006) HM WM
By the early 1600s, the ancestors of the Pawnee Nation began consolidating into a few large communities. Each was home to hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Some of these were built along nearby Shell Creek. These Shell Creek cities may have . . . — — Map (db m179394) HM
Bancroft was the home of John G. Neihardt between
1900 and 1920. Here he wrote all of his short stories
and lyric poetry including A Bundle of Myrrh, The
Splendid Wayfaring, and the Quest and began his epic
poem A Cycle of . . . — — Map (db m159850) HM
John Gneisenau Neihardt (1881-1973), teacher, philosopher, and Nebraska Poet Laureate, moved to Bancroft in 1900. Here he first became acquainted with Indians, married, and began his major work, A Cycle of the West, a five-part epic poem . . . — — Map (db m161558) HM
The building was erected on this site in
the 1890s for August Hartman and used as a
residence by various owners until 1964. Poet
John G. Neihardt rented the building from
1911 through 1920 for a study. Here he wrote
his lyrics, prose, and part . . . — — Map (db m161556) HM
Transported on a 107 foot tractor-trailer
to present location on Sept. 12. 1996 from
the Army National Guard base at Mead, NE.
Dedicated Nov. 11. 1996
In memory of all who served — — Map (db m161559) HM WM
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