On Q Street west of 10th Street (U.S. 34), on the left when traveling west.
The Territorial Legislature at Omaha drew the boundaries of Lancaster County in 1855. Settlers first arrived in 1856 and a county government was established "on paper" in 1859. Methodist Elder John M. Young arrived at the head of a colony in . . . — — Map (db m66883) HM
From 1854 to 1867 the seat of territorial and state government was in Omaha. In 1867 the State Legislature appointed a Capital Commission to select a location for the new state capital. Commission members Governor David Butler, Auditor John . . . — — Map (db m87800) HM
Near West Branched Oak Road, 0.5 miles east of North 126th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Crounse was once a small village named for Lorenzo Crounse, Nebraska Supreme Court justice (1867-73), congressman (1873-77), and governor (1893-95). The village had a school (1870-1962), post office (1873-1901), church, general store, and creamery. . . . — — Map (db m223461) HM
On Interstate 80, 5.3 miles west of State Highway 560, on the right when traveling west.
A few miles west of here on the south side of the Platte River is the site of Fort McPherson, 1863-1880. During the Indian troubles of the middle 1860's, troops of the post were occupied in keeping the telegraph lines in operation and the mail and . . . — — Map (db m176427) HM
Near Interstate 80 at milepost 194,, 13.7 miles east of State Highway 56A, on the right when traveling east.
With the discovery of gold in the Rocky Mountains in the late 1850's , overland freighting and travel intensified. Every few miles westward along the trails, enterprising individuals established road ranches which offered lodgings and provision to . . . — — Map (db m174996) HM
On U.S. 30 at South Jackson Road, on the left when traveling east on U.S. 30.
The fort was established on the Oregon Trail on the south side of the Platte River in October 1863, on the eve of intensified Indian raids on the Plains.
Built next to the well-known Cottonwood Springs and McDonald ranch, it commanded a . . . — — Map (db m101821) HM
Near Scouts Rest Ranch Road (State Highway 56E) 0.2 miles west of North Buffalo Bill Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Barn, built in 1887, is 148 feet long, 70 wide, 40 feet high. It required seven railroad cars of lumber for construction. The original rafter ends under the eaves were shaped as gun stocks. Annie Oakley's trademark, the Ace of Hearts with a . . . — — Map (db m125057) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
Blacksmithing is the working of iron. It dates back to around 1400 B.C. and by 1000 B.C. the use of iron had spread to the point that it surpassed copper and gave its name to the Iron Age. Blacksmithing reached its golden age during the High . . . — — Map (db m191898) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
After the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, settlers began to establish farms and ranches all around the railroad line and they needed access to the railroad to ship their crops and cattle to market and travel to neighboring . . . — — Map (db m191900) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This capstan was used when marshy ground made direct pulling with oxen impossible. A cable was unwound from the spool in the center of the capstan and attached to the ditch plow. Teams of oxen or draft horses were hitched to the wooden arm of the . . . — — Map (db m191897) HM
Near Scouts Rest Ranch Road (State Highway 56E) 0.2 miles west of North Buffalo Bill Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Cody, Frank and Luther North were for a time partners in a ranch located along the Dismal River in Nebraska.
This cabin was their headquarters. The cabin was moved from its original location to the Bratt Ranch in 1882.
Nate Trego later . . . — — Map (db m125054) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This cabin was built in 1866 by R. E. Rowland out of native cedar found in the hills south of the Platte River. As a freighter to the town of Cottonwood Springs, near Maxwell, Nebraska, Rowland needed living quarters while staying in the area. . . . — — Map (db m242017) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This schoolhouse was located four miles north and four miles west of Hershey, Nebraska and was called "Lower Birdwood". On January 22, 1892, the representatives from both the State of Nebraska and Lincoln County signed an agreement claiming this as . . . — — Map (db m191860) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This log, two-story, cedar log structure was built in 1868 or 1869 by Mr. E.E. Ericsson. Each log is shaped and interlocked with the next with a minimal use of square nails. Mr. Ericsson was born in Varmland, Sweden on July 1st, 1835. He arrived . . . — — Map (db m191768) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
The fort near here was established on the Oregon Trail on the south side of the Platte River in October 1863, on the eve of intensified Indian raids on the Plains. Built next to the well-known Cottonwood Springs and McDonald ranches, it commanded a . . . — — Map (db m180897) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This log cabin was constructed by the United States Army in the 1860's or 1870's at Fort McPherson. The logs were cut from the hills south of the Platte River near present-day Maxwell, Nebraska. Fort McPherson was established in 1863 by a . . . — — Map (db m191702) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
The Fredericksen House was built on the site of 315 West Third Street in North Platte, Nebraska in about 1899. It was constructed precisely to the specifications that Fred Fredrickson designed himself. The house cost $2,300 and was paid in six . . . — — Map (db m191811) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
Mormon pioneers enroute from winter quarters, (Omaha) to the valley of the Great Salt Lake, under the leadership of Brigham Young, camped near here May 11, 1847. While in this vicinity William Clayton made a distance-measuring device which when . . . — — Map (db m180898) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
These reproduction yokes would sit over the necks of two oxen each. Oxbows, small bent wood rods were placed under the oxen's necks and through the holes in the yokes and secured with pins. This allowed the yoke to secure itself against the oxen's . . . — — Map (db m191894) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
The Pawnee were one of the most important Native American tribes of the Plains area. By the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries they were living in circular earthlodges in large villages, sometimes including more than a thousand people. . . . — — Map (db m191940) HM
On West Walker Road, 0.9 miles west of South Buffalo Bill Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
(side 1) Dedicated June 15, 2002
Cold Springs added station
Jul. 1, 1861 – Nov. 20, 1861
Located 1600’ south by Lincoln County
James Stretesky Nebraskaland Days, Inc.
Nebraskaland National Bank
North Platte/Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m125063) HM
On East Third Street at North Dewey Street, on the right when traveling east on East Third Street.
Sioux Lookout, the highest point in Lincoln County, was a prominent landmark on the overland trails.
From its lofty summit the development of the West unfolded before the eyes of the Sioux and other Indians.
Trappers and traders came by here . . . — — Map (db m107393) HM
Near Scouts Rest Ranch Road (State Highway 56E) 0.2 miles west of North Buffalo Bill Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This building was a cellar used to keep fruits, vegetables, milk, etc… cool during the summer. A natural spring kept fresh, cool water in the cement tub located inside. At Cody's time there were steel racks inside that they stored food items on. . . . — — Map (db m125058) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
This cabin built in 1867
and restored by Sioux Lookout Chapter D. A. R. 1924 in honor of the early pioneers of North Platte, Nebraska — — Map (db m242273) HM
Near North Buffalo Bill Avenue, 0.8 miles north of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north.
You are standing in front of a typical scene found in most farmyards in Lincoln County. A windmill and cistern were vital to the survival of both humans and livestock, especially during the hot, dry Nebraska summers. The windmill allowed farmers and . . . — — Map (db m191774) HM
On Interstate 80 at milepost 159, on the right when traveling east.
Beneath this platform, evidence of the great westward migration still remains. These shallow depressions were once deep ruts created by thousands of hooves, shoes and wheels. The Overland Trail is often visualized as a single well-defined . . . — — Map (db m88677) HM
Near Interstate 80 at milepost 159, on the right when traveling east.
This is the Platte River Valley, America’s great road west. It provided a natural pathway for westward expansion across the continent during the nineteenth century. Here passed the Oregon Trail, following the South Platte River along much the same . . . — — Map (db m227919) HM
Near State Highway 96, 5.6 miles east of U.S. 183, on the right when traveling east.
Settlement promoted by the Kinkaid Act of 1904 was directly responsible for the establishment of Valleyview, originally called Riverview. In February 1912 Walter Hesselgesser and Earl Cronk opened Valleyview Store, which included a grocery, living . . . — — Map (db m189343) HM
In 1908 John Harrop, originally from Roca, Nebraska, filed a homestead claim just west of the
Calamus River about thirteen miles north of Taylor in Loup County. Harrop acquired 640 acres
under the Kinkaid Act of 1904, which had been passed to . . . — — Map (db m77919) HM
On 546th Avenue (State Highway 121) 1.1 miles south of Front Street (U.S. 275), on the right when traveling south.
Near this site, July 12, 1859, Nebraska Territorial Militia and U. S. Army Dragoons, totaling 300 men, under the joint command of General John Milton Thayer and Lieutenant Beverly Holcombe Robertson, prepared to attack a large Pawnee village. . . . — — Map (db m189244) HM
Near South 4th Street (State Highway 121) 0.1 miles south of West Park Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Joseph and Katherine Severa Skala house, built near Battle Creek by 1869, is a rare product of Czech-American culture. Discovered inside a house being demolished in 1968, the remains were moved here. The timber rooms have been preserved as . . . — — Map (db m189248) HM
Near West 9th Street, 0.1 miles east of South Ingram Street.
This hallowed ground is the final resting place for many early settlers of Madison. Founded in 1874, it was used until early 1900. Here lie Madison’s founder, Henry Mitchell Barnes, first generation Americans, Civil War veterans, pioneers, and many . . . — — Map (db m181889) HM
On Main Avenue east of 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Near here at a point midway between the source of the Elkhorn River and its entry into the Platte, is the town of Meadow Grove. The Elkhorn Valley has long been an important passageway for travelers and settlers. In 1739, the Mallet brothers made . . . — — Map (db m182088) HM
On Georgia Avenue at North 11th Street, on the left when traveling east on Georgia Avenue.
In July 1866, a group of German Lutheran families from Ixonia, Wisconsin, arrived in the area that became the city of Norfolk. They staked claims along the North Fork of the Elkhorn River. They were later joined by their pastor, Reverend Heckendorf, . . . — — Map (db m181891) HM
Near Queen City Boulevard just south of Elm Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
This park developed on ground once known as the “clay pit.” John F. Flynn came to Norfolk in April 1880 to start a brick factory at this site. Flynn, Dr. Ferdinand Verges, August Pilger, and Herman Gerecke formed the Norfolk Brick and Tile Company, . . . — — Map (db m181896) HM
On U.S. 30 at 15th Road, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 30.
For thousands of Mormons, the great pioneer trail along the north bank of the Platte which paralleled the river about a mile south of here was an avenue of escape from persecution and a roadway to a new life.
Brigham Young led the first mass . . . — — Map (db m53233) HM
On U.S. 26 at Road 104, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 26.
Fleeing heated religious and political hostility and persecution, many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (widely known as Mormons) abruptly fled their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846. Unprepared for the cold of . . . — — Map (db m195175) HM
On Gold Rush Byway (U.S. 385) at Local Road 86, on the right when traveling north on Gold Rush Byway.
On June 23, 1850, twenty-eight-year-old Amanda Lamme, a California-bound emigrant, died of cholera and was buried near here in what is now private pastureland. She was the wife of M.J. Lamme of Boone County, Missouri, and mother of three . . . — — Map (db m223465) HM
On Main Street (Route 26/385) near 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Bridgeport, founded in 1900 as a station by the Burlington Railroad, celebrated its centennial in 2000. The town is located on or near many historic trails of the West, including the Oregon, California Mormon, Pony Express, and Sidney-Black Hills . . . — — Map (db m79389) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 88) at Gold Rush Byway (U.S. 385), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Old Oregon Trail, 1750 feet south, 1850-1869.
The Old Pony Express Route 6 mi south, 1860-1861.
The First Transcontinental Telegraph Line
passed 6 miles south, 1861-1870.
Old Deadwood Trail, 4 mi. west, 1874-1886.
Old Mormon Road, 1 mi. . . . — — Map (db m182056) HM
On Route 26 near Road 103, on the right when traveling west.
Court House Rock was first noticed by explorer Robert Stuart in 1812 and quickly became one of the guiding landmarks for fur traders and emigrants traveling to the California, Oregon and Utah Territories. It is a massive monolith of Brule Clay and . . . — — Map (db m79388) HM
On Main Street (Route 26/385) near Brown's Creek Road (underpass), on the left when traveling north.
Brigham Young and his company of Mormon Pioneers camped about 1,000 feet west of this point May 24, 1847. They were enroute from Nauvoo, Illinois and Winter Quarters, Nebraska to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, which they reached July 24, 1847. . . . — — Map (db m79387) HM
On Gold Rush Byway (U.S. 385) 0.7 miles south of Local Road 68.
Mud Springs, so-named for its seeps of water, was an oasis on the dry plateau between Lodgepole Creek and the North Platte River. Overland travelers began using the springs in the late 1850s when a cutoff was laid out from Old Julesburg to . . . — — Map (db m223466) HM
Near 68, 1.5 miles west of Gold Rush Byway (U.S. 385), on the left when traveling north.
A station on the Pony Express Route, 1860 - 1861. A station on the First Transcontinental Telegraph Line, and on the Overland Stage Route. Battle between Sioux Indians and U.S. Troops Feb. 6-7, 1865.
This site had been given to the State of . . . — — Map (db m169812) HM
On U.S. 26 near Road 151, on the right when traveling west.
Mormon emigrants traveling west along the north sided of the North Platte River saw many topographical features that were not visible from the south side of the river. These features served as landmarks that guided the Latter-day Saints along their . . . — — Map (db m79386) HM
Narcissa Whitman, trail-blazer and martyred missionary, is one of the great heroines of the frontier West. In 1836 she and Eliza Spalding, following the north side of the Platte on horseback, became the first white women to cross the American . . . — — Map (db m223469) HM
Near South Park Street (State Highway 39) just south of Ewing Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Genoa, named by the Mormon Pioneers, was among several temporary settlements established by the Church of the Latter Day Saints in 1857, along the 1000-mile trail from Florence, Nebraska to Salt Lake City. These settlements were to serve as . . . — — Map (db m179388) HM
On Central Avenue (U.S. 136) near Half-Breed Road, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing.
It was an accepted custom for many early fur traders to marry into Indian tribes. As the Indians ceded their lands, the rights of the half-breed descendants were not always identified. This situation was recognized by the government in 1830, byt . . . — — Map (db m48131) HM
Near Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
John B. Didier, Frenchman/Fur Trader• December 25, 1827 — Birth of John B. Didier, II to John and Anna B. Didier in France • 1827 — Arrived in America, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio • 1849 — Moved to St. Louis, MO, worked for . . . — — Map (db m194896) HM
On Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
On August 29, 1854, shortly after the Kansas-Nebraska Act had opened the territory west of the Missouri River to permanent settlement, Richard Brown arrived on the site of the town which was to bear his name. Other settlers soon followed. . . . — — Map (db m177299) HM
Near Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
Donated to the Brownville Historical Society by the Allen Family. The road grader in Boettner Park was owned by Frederick E. Allen who came from Fort Plain, New York, in 1860. The machine was used to grade roads in the Bracken, Nemaha, and . . . — — Map (db m194946) HM
On Atlantic Street at North 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west on Atlantic Street.
This is the former home of Robert Valentine Muir, an early resident of Brownville. Born in Scotland in 1827, Muir came to America in 1835 and moved to Nebraska in 1856 as Treasurer for the Nebraska Settlement Company. He operated a sawmill, flour . . . — — Map (db m183305) HM
On South 4th Street just south of Water Street, on the left when traveling south.
On October 16, 1867, the first meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association was held on this site in the Brownville Union High School, at that time the largest free high school in Nebraska. Presiding over this meeting was Robert W. Furnas, . . . — — Map (db m188561) HM
On West Street west of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
The first French people in this area were trappers and traders along the Missouri River. Permanent French settlers began to arrive during the 1850s. Among the early settlers were Julien Bahuaud and the Laurent Bernard, Jean Bize, and Jean Lavigne . . . — — Map (db m183300) HM
On State Highway 14, 1.6 miles north of State Highway 4, on the left when traveling north.
During the Civil War many regular troops were withdrawn from Plains military posts to fight in the east. The Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho, seizing this opportunity, attempted to drive white settlers from their lands.
Beginning on August 7, 1864, . . . — — Map (db m76706) HM
The Lewis & Clark Expedition Barge/Keelboat was 55 feet long and 8 feet 4 inches wide and drew 2 to 2.5 foot [sic] of water when loaded with an estimated 12 to 15 ton[s] of supplies. The preponderance of the historic evidence indicates that it . . . — — Map (db m66982) HM
The Otoe and Missouria people who lived in this area in the 1700s and 1800s built villages with small groupings of earth lodges. Like the Omahas, Poncas and Pawnees who lived in Nebraska and Kansas, and Mandans, Arikawas and Hidatsas in the . . . — — Map (db m66979) HM
On 4th Corso (Nebraska Route 2) 0.2 miles west of South 19th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Permanent settlement in this area dates from 1846, with the establishment of old Fort Kearny on Table Creek. Nebraska City, founded in 1854, became an important depot for military and commercial freighting. Pioneer businessmen, such as S. F. . . . — — Map (db m177231) HM
On Central Avenue west of 13th Street, on the right when traveling west.
This fire alarm bell was used in Nebraska City from 1895 until 1964. It was purchased by the City of Nebraska City on November 18, 1875, from the E. W. Van Duzen Co., Buckeye Bell Foundry, Cincinnati, Ohio for $115.16 to replace a previous bell. . . . — — Map (db m66942) HM
On Central Avenue at 11th Street (U.S. 75), on the right when traveling west on Central Avenue.
Dedicated October 23, 1956
by
M. W. Merle M. Hale,
Grand Master
in honor of the pioneer Masons of Nebraska .Territory who founded Masonry in Nebraska City as Giddings Lodge No. 156, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Missouri, May 28, . . . — — Map (db m66940) HM
On Midland Street at 5th Street, on the left when traveling south on Midland Street.
This mural celebrates
100 Years
Time proceeds from top to bottom
Past is dim so colors are more soft and grows intens[e] at the bottom Today
The seasons are from left to right
Restored 1993 + 2011
Mural 12' high . . . — — Map (db m66892) HM
On Market Street south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
This area of the Little Nemaha Valley was settled in the late 1850's and early 1860's. Many settlers were Northern European immigrants. By 1881, the Missouri Pacific R.R. had begun constructing its Kansas City-Omaha line through the area. The . . . — — Map (db m182086) HM
On 7th Street (Nebraska Route 8) just west of G Street, on the right when traveling west.
Pawnee City, the county seat of Pawnee County, was platted and the first lots were sold in the spring of 1857. The county, named for the Pawnee Indians who lived in Nebraska for generations, was defined by the territorial legislature on March 3, . . . — — Map (db m223472) HM
On 2nd Street just east of Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
The jail was originally located just northeast of its current location. For a number of years, a local farmer used it as a grain bin. In 1977, it was moved back to the village and placed adjacent to the Steinauer Community Heritage House. — — Map (db m190301) HM
On 2nd Street just west of Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
This structure was built in 1874 by Joseph A. Steinauer, the first Postmaster of the village. It was used as a post office, a bank, and a newspaper office. The bank was moved in 1888 to its current location, and the newspaper was discontinued in . . . — — Map (db m190300) HM
On Nebraska Route 67B Spur just west of Nebraska Route 50, on the left when traveling east.
Warnings to avoid “bloody Kansas” prompted the Steinauer brothers, Anton, Nicholas, and Joseph, to settle here in Pawnee County. They arrived in September 1856, only two years after the creation of Nebraska Territory. Famine and depression had . . . — — Map (db m177419) HM
On State Highway 61, on the left when traveling north.
Named for the beautiful, spirited wild horses so numerous in this area when white men first visited this lush plains, this Spring symbolized the hope and faith its discovery brought to the early pioneers. Though the rich land beckoned them, men . . . — — Map (db m79379) HM
An early morning attack on a train of 12 wagons at this spot resulted in the death of 11 men and the capture of Mrs. Thomas Morton and 9 year old Danny Marble. The attack was by Indian “Dog Soldiers” of the Cheyenne Tribe led by Chief . . . — — Map (db m62794) HM
Near North Mill Street, 0.1 miles north of East Main Street (State Highway 98), on the right when traveling north.
The first flour mill in Pierce County was constructed here about 1880 by Stephen F. Gilman. Power for its operation came from a dam on the north fork of the Elkhorn River. Flour from the mill was marketed widely under the “Golden Crescent” . . . — — Map (db m206800) HM
On 13th Street (Business U.S. 30) near 27th Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Vincent Kummer
Born 1821
Berne, Switzerland
John Rickly
Born March 19, 1815
Berne, Switzerland
Jacob Louis
Born September 2, 1834
Wurttemberg, Germany
Charles Reinke
Born May 15, 1828
Germany
Fred . . . — — Map (db m58751) HM
On 13th Street (Business U.S. 30) at 26th Avenue, on the left when traveling east on 13th Street.
The mural reveals important moments in the city’s development by “peeling through” eight of the numerous layers of time from the present to the past.
An aspect of the mural is the transition of color through the piece. It was . . . — — Map (db m58564) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) near 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Inscribed on the Bell:
Meneely & Kimberly,
Founders,
Troy, N.Y.
1878
Weight: 710 lbs.
About 1873-1874 a few Catholic families began to settle in the vicinity of the present St. Bernard. Thus, we find John Dieter, . . . — — Map (db m59860) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) near 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Inscribed on the Bell:
Henry Stuckstede B F Co.
St. Louis, Mo.
St John Baptist
Linwood, Nebr
1901
Weight: 1,450 lbs.
Father Francis Zalud of Abie, Nebraska, arranged for the organization of a new daughter parish, . . . — — Map (db m59872) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) near 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Inscribed on the Bell:
The Hy. Stuckstede B. F. Co.
St. Louis, Mo 1893
Darowall Kosciolowi
S W Michala Tarnowie Nebr
Joseph Paprocki J. Sofia
Zona Jeco
Weight: 295 lbs.
In the early 1870's with much unrest in . . . — — Map (db m59863) HM
In 1847, Brigham Young led 143 men, 2 women, and 3 children west along the Platte River, then southwest into Utah. By the 1860s, an exodus of more than 70,000 other Mormons followed this trail to their "New Zion." Today, a marked 1,624-mile auto . . . — — Map (db m53192) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) near 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Inscribed on the Bell:
Mc Shane Bell Foundry
Baltimore, Md
1891
#418
Weight: 800 lbs.
The Reverend Thomas B. Lemon, presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church in southwest Nebraska, organized a congregation . . . — — Map (db m59862) HM
On 33rd Avenue (U.S. 30/81) near 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Inscribed on the Bell:
Buckeye Bell Foundry
1898
Weight: 550lbs.
The first record of Methodist religious work in the Surprise area dates back to 1871 when C. W. Comstock was pastor of the Seward Circuit. This charge . . . — — Map (db m59866) HM
On Main Avenue at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Avenue.
of the courageous men of America. It is the responsibility of every one of us to keep the great ideal for which they fought and died. We must keep the faith with these Honored Dead. It is to us, the Living, that the Torch of Liberty and Freedom and . . . — — Map (db m53204) HM
On Main Avenue at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Avenue.
The history of Duncan, Nebraska has been closely associated with overland routes through the Platte and Loup River valleys. The Mormon Trail passed nearby during the mid-19th Century and the first transcontinental railroad was completed to this . . . — — Map (db m53194) HM
On Pine Street just north of 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
This marker is dedicated to the group of Irish families from Lindsay, Ontario Canada, who settled here in the 1870’s. The petition to incorporate as a village was granted by the Board of Supervisors of Platte County on March 7, 1888. The Centennial . . . — — Map (db m181359) HM
On 325 Street just west of 460th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This cemetery north of Genoa in Woodville Township is the center of Platte County’s West Hill area. Land for the cemetery was first purchased in 1876 from Will Irwin. The first grave was opened in 1878 for Joshua Middleton, victim of a prairie . . . — — Map (db m181797) HM
On Valley Street at U.S. 81, on the left when traveling west on Valley Street.
The early settlement of Polk County in 1867 brings us in close touch with the trail of the pioneer. Then from year to year, others came and settlement advanced. These early settlers came by covered wagon, many with ox team. The nearest railroad was . . . — — Map (db m76945) HM
On Walnut Street at Oak Street, on the left when traveling north on Walnut Street.
In 1873 Horace A. Cowles, Civil War veteran, set up the Cyclone post office in his home one mile east and one mile south of present-day Shelby. A second post office, Arcade, was established one mile east of town in 1879; a year later it moved to . . . — — Map (db m182095) HM
On Park Road just west of Main Street (U.S. 81), on the left when traveling west.
The site for Stromsburg was selected in 1870 by Lewis Headstrom, member of a townsite company from Galva, Illinois. In 1872 the town was platted and named “Stromsburg,” the last syllable of Headstrom’s name plus “burg,” which in Swedish means . . . — — Map (db m181423) HM
On Commercial Street north of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north.
In June, 1886, the townsite of Bartley was platted on land owned by the Reverend Allen Bartley, a minister of the Methodist Church. The previous year, Methodist Bishop Mallalieu had proposed this site as the location for a church-affiliated . . . — — Map (db m176889) HM
On U.S. 34, 0.1 miles west of 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Republican Valley was the center of one of the major buffalo ranges of the Great Plains. It was a favorite hunting ground of several Indian tribes. Pawnee, Sioux, Oto and Cheyenne spent much time here as late as 1874. These tribal hunts, . . . — — Map (db m152923) HM
Near George Norris Avenue just north of East G Street, on the right when traveling north.
This copper kettle was brought from Claton, Ill., in a prairie schooner by Bert’s grandparents in 1870. Bert’s father, Clifford, followed with family in 1880, and took a homestead north of Marion Nebr., Red Willow Co. Built the first frame house . . . — — Map (db m242197) HM
On 4th Street at East Square, on the left when traveling west on 4th Street.
Humboldt was platted in 1868 and the first business on the city square was established in 1869. Town founder O.J. Tinker deeded two acres for a public square in 1871 and Humboldt was incorporated in 1873. The bandstand in the center of the City . . . — — Map (db m177300) HM
On U.S. 20, 0.1 miles east of 457th Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Welcome to Spring Valley Park. Pioneers of this
region, eastern Rock County, recognized it as a great
natural haying region extending over twenty miles
south down this valley. The nearby village of Newport.
established in 1883, became one of . . . — — Map (db m223476) HM
On State Highway 103, on the left when traveling south.
Near here was located the first town and county seat in Saline County. Situated on Swan Creek from which it took its name, Swan City held prominence for only a few years.
The first settlement buildings, including a store and a sawmill, were . . . — — Map (db m76751) HM
On County Route HH, 0.5 miles west of County Route 1600, on the left when traveling west.
The village of Pleasant Hill once stood in the valley to the east. Founded in 1867, it became a thriving community with several businesses, including a general store, post office, sawmill, and gristmill. From 1871 to 1878 Pleasant Hill was the . . . — — Map (db m76764) HM
On West 3rd Street at State Highway 103 (Nebraska Highway 41), on the right when traveling north on West 3rd Street.
Many nationalities blended in America and Nebraska to create our great nation and state. Prominent among them were the Czechs.
They left a land which knew a great history and culture. The first university in Central Europe was established in . . . — — Map (db m76756) HM
On State Highway 2225 at County Route J, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 2225.
Na pamatku ceskym pionyrum Saline okresu
Erected to the memory of Bohemian pioneers in Saline County, Nebraska
First homestead entries were made in spring of 1865 in the Blue Valley within sight of this spot.
This monument placed here by . . . — — Map (db m76766) HM
On South Wilson Street just south of West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south.
1978 A.D. This historic hotel was donated by Ada Barta McDermott to the Nebraska Czechs of Wilber in honor of her mother Amelia Barta Widowed with eight children, Mrs. Barta left the farm and by hard . . . — — Map (db m177403) HM
On Franklin Street, on the right when traveling north.
Commemorative of the Astorian Expedition organized June 23, 1810, by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company This expedition discovered the Oregon Trail which spread knowledge of the Nebraska country leading to its occupancy by white people. The fur . . . — — Map (db m229275) HM
On Hancock Street, on the right when traveling north.
President Franklin Pierce appointed Francis Burt of South Carolina the first Territorial Governor of Nebraska on May 30, 1854. Governor Burt arrived in Bellevue on October 6th and Chief Justice Fenner Ferguson administered the oath of office to . . . — — Map (db m228861) HM
