The Franklin Academy occupied this site from 1881 until 1922. It was one of six Congregational Church-affiliated academies in Nebraska. Others were located at Crete, York, Neligh, Weeping Water, and Chadron.
Over 2,500 students in college . . . — — Map (db m58998) HM
Present Franklin County was formerly a part of the buffalo hunting range of the Pawnee Indians, whose villages were at one time located further down the valley of the Republican River. Cheyenne and Sioux hunting parties also frequented the area . . . — — Map (db m59005) HM
World War I
They Died for Freedom
[Roll of Honored Dead]
World War II
The Supreme Sacrifice
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Korea
They Died for Freedom
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Vietnam
[Roll of Honored Dead] . . . — — Map (db m59000) WM
This memorial
erected on the site of
The Old Franklin
Congregational Academy
Pioneer Founders and Educators were:
E. B. James · A. E. Rice · W. S. Phipps
Rev. Amos Dresser · Rev. C. S. Harrison
Reve. W. S. Hampton · Prin. A. C. . . . — — Map (db m59003) HM
