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Historical Markers in Bruning, Nebraska

 
Clickable Map of Thayer 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 Thayer County, NE (14) Fillmore County, NE (14) Jefferson County, NE (8) Nuckolls County, NE (2) Saline County, NE (10) Republic County, KS (7) Washington County, KS (5)  ThayerCounty(14) Thayer County (14)  FillmoreCounty(14) Fillmore County (14)  JeffersonCounty(8) Jefferson County (8)  NuckollsCounty(2) Nuckolls County (2)  SalineCounty(10) Saline County (10)  RepublicCountyKansas(7) Republic County (7)  WashingtonCounty(5) Washington County (5)
Hebron is the county seat for Thayer County
Bruning is in Thayer County
      Thayer County (14)  
ADJACENT TO THAYER COUNTY
      Fillmore County (14)  
      Jefferson County (8)  
      Nuckolls County (2)  
      Saline County (10)  
      Republic County, Kansas (7)  
      Washington County, Kansas (5)  
 
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1 Nebraska, Thayer County, Bruning — Bruning Air Field Pilots Killed near Naper, NebraskaAugust 3 1944
Acree, William • Albert, John • Armstrong, William • Arnett, Willard • Blakeslide, Herbert • Boekman, George • Bohle, Robert • Brown, Jack • Brown, Richard • Burke, James • Clarkson, Donald • Hemphill, Lloyd • Hutslar, Orson • Johnson, Arthur • . . . Map (db m206988) HM
2 Nebraska, Thayer County, Bruning — 397 — Bruning Army Air Field
Bruning Army Air Field, located northeast of here, was one of eleven army airfields in Nebraska during World War II. Construction began in September 1942 on 1,480 acres of farmland, for which the government paid twelve landowners $73,400. The field . . . Map (db m206989) HM
3 Nebraska, Thayer County, Bruning — First Free Flight of a Modern Hot-Air Balloon
On October 22, 1960, Paul E. ‘Ed’ Yost made the first free flight of a modern hot-air balloon from the former Bruning Army Air Field. The flight lasted 25 minutes and covered 3 miles. Humans first flew in 1783 in a hot-air balloon conceived and . . . Map (db m207000) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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May. 13, 2024