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