The Old Fort Kearny (Nebraska City) Road
The "Old Fort Kearny" or "Nebraska City Road" was a major route for freighters, soldiers, and goldseekers… Read More
CONFLICT OF 1867
Near here are graves of pioneer whites caught up in the conflict between native Americans and white settlers.… Read More
The Mormon Trail
Religious freedom, an American ideal, has on occasion been denied certain sects because of prejudice.… Read More
La Grande Isle
Grand Island, in the Platte River, has given its name to the city of Grand Island. The island was formed… Read More
Grand Island
You are near the Platte River’s famous Grand Island. It is approximately forty miles in length and two… Read More
The O.K. Store
The first settlers of Hall County, Nebraska, nearly all of whom were German immigrants, arrived on July… Read More
Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park, site of the first Hall County Courthouse, honors the courageous settlers who peacefully… Read More
Grand Island
You are near the Platte River’s famous Grand Island. It is approximately forty miles in length and two… Read More
The Lincoln Memorial Highway
The Lincoln Highway Association, formed in 1913 to build a New York-to-San Francisco highway, sold "highway… Read More
Sandhill Cranes
The Big Bend of the Platte River in central Nebraska is one of the most important staging areas for the… Read More
St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad
In 1879 construction of tracks connecting the Union Pacific’s main line at Grand Island with the St.… Read More
Martin Brothers
The general Indian uprising of 1864 centering in the Platte Valley caused great loss of life and property… Read More
Original Townsite of Wood River
Between 1844 and 1866 thousands of emigrants, gold seekers, and Mormons moved west through the Platte… Read More
Joseph E. Johnson and The Huntsman's Echo
In April 1860 Joseph E. Johnson, a Mormon, established a road ranche at Wood River Centre, today's Shelton,… Read More
B-17 Crash, 1943
On August 17, 1943, a B-17F bomber from Kearney, Nebraska, Army Airfield crashed 300 yards south, killing… Read More
Warren Historical Marker
On July 24, 1867 Mrs. Thurston Warren was murdered by Sioux Indians as she stood in the doorway of her… Read More