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By William Fischer, Jr., March 31, 2012
Gibbon Marker
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1 ► Nebraska, Buffalo County, Gibbon — 201 — Gibbon —  |
| Gibbon, near here, was the site of a unique experiment in homestead colonization. The Soldiers' Free Homestead Temperance Colony was responsible for bringing the earliest settlers, mostly Union veterans, to this locality. Traveling via the Union . . . — — Map (db m79716) HM | |||
| 2 ► Nebraska, Buffalo County, Gibbon — The Soldiers Free Homestead Colony — In Memory Of — April 7, 1871 — |
| Erected by the descendants of the Soldiers Free Homestead Colony, to honor and perpetuate their names, for their courage and self sacrifice in their pioneering. They arrived in Gibbon, Nebraska, April 7, 1871, by Union Pacific Railroad, seeking . . . — — Map (db m79721) HM | |||