Featured Markers
Cather Childhood Home
Built ca. 1876, this is the house in which Willa Cather lived from 1884 to 1890. She describes it in "Old Mrs. Harris," in "The Best Years," and in this quotation from Song of the Lark:
"They…
Arbor Lodge
The stately, 52-room mansion was completed in 1903 by Joy Morton, oldest son of J. Sterling and Caroline Morton. The Mortons' first home in Nebraska, a log cabin at Bellevue, was built on their…
Susan LaFlesche Picotte Memorial Hospital
This hospital was built in 1912 under the guidance of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American woman physician, with the financial support of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions and…
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Lewis & Clark Expedition: 1804-1806
12 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Nebraska History TeamBeginnings
Thomas Jefferson became the third president in 1801. He had longed dreamed of expanding the nation westward as a means of providing land for farmers. In 1803, he commissioned his friend and protégé, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to explore western lands. Lewis gathered and trained men in Philadelphia and set out from Pittsburgh that summer. Upon reaching Louisville, Kentucky, Lewis was joined by his friend William Clark.
Later that year, Jefferson approved of the purchase of the…
Path to Statehood: 1803-1867
81 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Nebraska History TeamSpanning from 1803 to 1867, the area that would become Nebraska changed significantly during this time. The territorial era encompasses the slow progression of exploration and settlement that eventually culminated in the granting of statehood in 1867.
Conflicts & the Military on the Plains
68 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Nebraska History TeamFrom the 1720 battle between the Spanish and Native Americans to the Cold War missile silos of the recent past, this tour takes you to a variety of battlefields and military fortifications across Nebraska.
The Cowboy Trail
25 Locations ~ Curated by The Explore Nebraska History TeamThe "Cowboy Line" was once a rail line established in the late 1870s. After the line was fully abandoned in the early 1990s, the railroad's right of way was purchased and donated to the state of Nebraska. Nebraska Game and Parks has developed the one-of-a-kind Cowboy Trail, one of the largest rail-to-trail projects in the United States. This tour highlights the historic markers along the Cowboy Trail.
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Explore Nebraska History
A project by Nebraska State Historical SocietyExplore Nebraska History is a free app that shares the heritage of Nebraska at your fingertips. Learn more about the interesting stories and fascinating people highlighted by our Nebraska Historical Marker program. Travel across our beautiful state in person or via your device with curated historical tours. The stories provided in this app expand upon our historical markers with each point on an interactive GPS-enabled map that includes historical information about the location, images and media from archival collections and links to additional publications.
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