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

By Barry Swackhamer, August 21, 2014

The Texas Trail Marker

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1 ► Nebraska, Perkins County, Madrid — 128 — The Texas Trail —

After the Civil War, herds of Texas cattle were driven north to marketing points in eastern Nebraska, but settlement by homesteaders forced the trail farther west each year. Beginning in 1875, Union Pacific selected Ogallala as its main shipping . . . — — Map (db m79377) HM

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2 ► Nebraska, Hitchcock County, Culbertson — 95 — Culbertson — First Hitchcock County Seat —

Culbertson was the county seat of Hitchcock for twenty years, and this marks the site of the first court house, used 1886-1893. Founded as a trading post in July 1873 by W.Z. Taylor, it became the county seat when Hitchcock County was organized . . . — — Map (db m79363) HM

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    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.

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