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

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By Barry Swackhamer, August 22, 2014
Bridgeport, Nebraska Marker
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1 ► Nebraska, Morrill County, Bridgeport — 418 — Bridgeport, Nebraska — “Trail City, USA” —
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
2 ► Nebraska, Morrill County, Bridgeport — 391 — Camp Clarke Bridge and Sidney-Black Hills Trail —
Just north of here the Camp Clarke bridge crossed the North Platte River. The bridge was built in the spring of 1876 by entrepreneur Henry T. Clarke to improve the trail from the Union Pacific Railroad at Sidney, Nebraska, to the gold mining towns . . . — — Map (db m79422) HM
3 ► Nebraska, Morrill County, Bridgeport — 79 — Mormon Pioneer Camp —
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

4 ► Nebraska, Morrill County, Bridgeport — In Memory of Paul C. Henderson of Bridgeport, Nebraska — 1895 — 1979 —
Honored historian and map maker of the Oregon-California Trail which passed this way. With his wife, Helen, he explored and recorded trail remains and shared his knowledge with a legion of trail followers. Dedicated August 17, 1985 . . . — — Map (db m315328) HM
 
 
  
 
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Nov. 12, 2026