On Lincoln Street 0.1 miles south of West Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south.
After 1861 an important variant of the overland trails system, the Nebraska City – Fort Kearny Cutoff, passed nearby, over which freight was transported from the Missouri River to western forts and mining camps.
The region’s first . . . — — Map (db m101842) HM
On Road B at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Road B.
Thirty-five families comprised the original Mennonite settlement in York and Hamilton Counties, Nebraska. They were part of a large segment who left homes in South Russia in 1874 and began the trek that took them to the American plains. Originally . . . — — Map (db m251268) HM
On Cedar Street at 14th Street, on the right when traveling west on Cedar Street.
In 1887 the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railroad extended its tracks from York to Hastings. Henderson was built along the railroad on land sold by Cornelius Regier to the Pioneer Town Site Company in October 1887, for $15,000. The village, . . . — — Map (db m251265) HM
On State Highway 93A at Local Road 11, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 93A.
Between 1855 and 1867 companies like Russell, Majors, and Waddell shipped millions of pounds of freight across the plains to supply military posts and mining camps to the West. After 1861 freighters followed the "Nebraska City-Fort Kearney . . . — — Map (db m223482) HM
Near York Eastbound Rest Area (Interstate 80) 2.7 miles east of Road H, on the right when traveling east.
The Plains Indians can be divided generally into two groups, both of which have called Nebraska home. The Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho were nomadic, roaming over the high plains of Western Nebraska in pursuit of buffalo. The Pawnee, Otoe, Omaha . . . — — Map (db m251883) HM
On Interstate 80 at milepost 355.2, on the right when traveling west.
Before the transcontinental railroad was completed, the nation entrusted the West's trade and economic survival to an assortment of muleskinners, bullwhackers and stage drivers. From the early 1850s to 1869, the Overland Trail saw lumbering . . . — — Map (db m79840) HM
Near North Nebraska Avenue at 4-H Drive, on the right when traveling north.
In 1898 E. C. Bishop, a teacher in nearby Bradshaw, organized student clubs. Through these clubs he planned his school lessons so that they related to the students’ activities on the farm and in the home. The first projects Bishop assigned dealt . . . — — Map (db m181319) HM
On Interstate 80, on the right when traveling east.
Massive freighting of supplies by ox and mule trains was a direct result of the establishment of Fort Kearny and other western military posts. The Mormon War and the discovery of gold in the territories of Colorado and Montana increased this . . . — — Map (db m228358) HM
On Interstate 80 at milepost 355.2, on the right when traveling west.
Massive freighting of supplies by ox and mule trains was a direct result of the establishment of Fort Kearny and other western military posts. The Mormon War and the discovery of gold in the territories of Colorado and Montana increased this . . . — — Map (db m79830) HM
On Interstate 80 at milepost 355.2, on the right when traveling west.
The American Bicentennial was a time for pondering the past and speculating about the future. Nebraskans commissioned a series of modernistic sculptures for Interstate highway rest areas that would dramatize this meeting of past and future.
More . . . — — Map (db m79829) HM
On Interstate 80 at milepost 355.2, on the right when traveling west.
The Purple Heart medal was originated by General George Washington on August 7, 1782 for distinguished valor and is now awarded only to members of the armed forces of the United States who have been wounded in combat against an armed . . . — — Map (db m79826) HM WM
