On East Walnut Street 0.1 miles west of Airport Road, on the right when traveling west.
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
On East Walnut Street east of North Clay Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near North Harvard Avenue south of West Oak Street.
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
On North Clay Avenue north of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling north.
Harvard’s first library in 1885 was a traveling one established in Church’s 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
On East Walnut Street east of North Clay Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Harvard Avenue at West Beech Street, on the right when traveling north on Harvard Avenue.
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
Near North Harvard Avenue south of West Oak Street.
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
