The first ranch in this area was set up on the Niobrara River about five miles south of here in 1877. E. S. Newman established his ranch to sell cattle to the government for delivery to the Indians at the Pine Ridge Agency to the north.
The . . . — — Map (db m9622) HM
This natural valley extending east and west across the Sandhills became known as Survey Valley after the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad surveyed a prospective line from ONeill to Alliance in 1887. No rails were ever laid. On January 19, . . . — — Map (db m178711) HM
This arched cantilever truss bridge, connected in the center with a single pin, is the only one of its kind in the United States. It was built in 1932 by the Department of Public Works and named by the local citizenry in honor of Governor Charles . . . — — Map (db m70625) HM
Oldest High School Bldg. in Nebraska
A living memorial
in memory of
Maxine Allard
for her dedication to the
education of our children — — Map (db m312421) HM
This land was donated to the
CITY OF VALENTINE in 1986
by Frank & Harriet Colburn and is
hereby named
COLBURN PARK
and it[s] purpose being for the use
of the elderly citizens &
various civic organizations of
Valentine & the . . . — — Map (db m312403) HM
Spread out along the North Loup River west of here, DeWitty, later known as Audacious, was the largest and longest-lasting African American settlement in rural Nebraska. The settlers, including former slaves who had fled to Canada before the . . . — — Map (db m312383) HM
When a Sioux Indian reservation was established north of here in Dakota Territory in 1878, early settlers in the region grew fearful of attack. They requested military protection, and in 1880 Fort Niobrara was built a few miles east of present-day . . . — — Map (db m77753) HM
For Those That Served
In The
Korean War
January 1, 1947
January 27, 1961
[Armed Services Emblems]
[★ - Killed in Action or Died in Service]
Adams, Donald E. Adams, Jack B. Adams, Merle D. Ahrens, . . . — — Map (db m312570) HM
For Those That Served
In The
Vietnam War
January 28, 1961
May 7, 1975
[Armed Service Emblems]
[★ - Killed in Action or Died in Service]
Aeschliman, Darwin W.
Aeschliman, Richard L.
Ahrens, Dennis . . . — — Map (db m312609) WM
Dedicated to the memory of All Area Veterans.
Inscribed here are the names of those veterans
from this area who made the supreme sacrifice
in defense of the freedoms we all cherish
[Dedicated] November 11, 1984
World War I . . . — — Map (db m312531) HM
Honoring those from Cherry Co[unty]
who served in the Second World War
Dedicated June 28, 2003
Carl G. Abercrombie
Donald L. Abraham
Ruth Ahlf
Leonard H. Alder
Donald J. Allard
Walter W. Allard
Albert Allen . . . — — Map (db m312633) HM
In honor and memory of those
who served in the World War
World War Veterans
[★ Killed or Died in Service]
[Column 1]
Adams, Harvey
Adams, John Phillip
Adair, Carl Geoffrey
Albrechtsen, Kai
Allard, Carl Allen . . . — — Map (db m312448) WM
At 10:45 a.m. on February 5, 1944, 1st Lt. John B. Beatty of Sandusky, OH, and 2d Lt. Earnest W. Fanslau of Mantua, NJ took to the air from the Ainsworth Army Air Field in two P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter planes for an instrument training flight. Lt. . . . — — Map (db m77754) HM
