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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lexington, Nebraska

 
Clickable Map of Dawson County, Nebraska and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Dawson County, NE (16) Buffalo County, NE (38) Custer County, NE (15) Frontier County, NE (2) Gosper County, NE (1) Lincoln County, NE (59) Phelps County, NE (15)  DawsonCounty(16) Dawson County (16)  BuffaloCounty(38) Buffalo County (38)  CusterCounty(15) Custer County (15)  FrontierCounty(2) Frontier County (2)  GosperCounty(1) Gosper County (1)  LincolnCounty(59) Lincoln County (59)  PhelpsCounty(15) Phelps County (15)
Lexington is the county seat for Dawson County
Lexington is in Dawson County
Dawson County (16)  ►
ADJACENT TO DAWSON COUNTY
Buffalo County (38)  ►
Custer County (15)  ►
Frontier County (2)  ►
Gosper County (1)  ►
Lincoln County (59)  ►
Phelps County (15)  ►
 
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1 ► Nebraska, Dawson County, Lexington — M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle — Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles —
This vehicle, not a true tank, is built by FMC Corporation. Named after General Omar Bradley, it first appeared in 1978. It is powered by a Cummins 500 hp, V-8, Diesel engine with a supercharger. The transmission is built by General Electric. The . . . — — Map (db m92688) HM
2 ► Nebraska, Dawson County, Lexington — M60A1 Main Battle Tank — Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles —
This tank weighs 53 tons with crew and equipment. The armament is one 105 mm main gun, a 7.62, co-axial machine gun and a .50 caliber m85 machine gun on the commanders cupola. The hull and turret are homogeneous steel castings. The tank is . . . — — Map (db m92690) WM
3 ► Nebraska, Dawson County, Lexington — Plum Creek Railroad Attack —
Here, on August 7, 1867, a band of Southern Cheyennes, led by Chief Turkey Leg, wrecked a west-bound Union Pacific freight train and handcar which preceded it. The engineer and fireman were killed and the boxcars looted and burned. One of the . . . — — Map (db m120893) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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Oct. 15, 2026