Entries Containing All of the Phrases «furnas county» AND «nebraska»

By Cosmos Mariner, July 6, 2021

Marking First Homestead in Furnas Co. Marker

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1 ► Nebraska, Furnas County, Arapahoe — Marking First Homestead in Furnas Co. — by John A. Nilson — May 1, 1871 —

{Title is marker text} — — Map (db m176852) HM

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2 ► Nebraska, Furnas County, Beaver City — 199 — Nebraska's Flying Doctor —

On May 23, 1919, Dr. Frank A. Brewster of Beaver City and pilot Wade Stevens took off on a flight to Herndon, Kansas. There, Brewster performed emergency surgery to save the life of an injured man. This flight attracted worldwide attention and Dr. . . . — — Map (db m264269) HM

3 ► Nebraska, Red Willow County, McCook — 25 — George William Norris — 1861-1944 —

George W. Norris, whose home is on Norris Avenue, McCook, Nebraska, served forty years in the Congress of the United States. Born in Ohio, he worked his way through college, followed the footsteps of the pioneers westward, settling in Nebraska. He . . . — — Map (db m79364) HM

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4 ► Nebraska, Furnas County, Holbrook — 83 — Burton's Bend —

Faced with the great influx of white settlers after the Civil War, hostile Sioux and Cheyenne Indians retreated into the Republican River Valley. Here they found a nearly ideal location since the valley remained one of the great buffalo ranges of . . . — — Map (db m176855) HM

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