Men planting trees in Nebraska National Forest.

ID: 315 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG4343.PH000002-000009 ~ Date: 1931 circa
This file appears in: Village of Halsey
Men planting trees in Nebraska National Forest.
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A small number of men planting trees in furrows made by horse drawn plows at the Nebraska National Forest.

This file appears in: Village of Halsey

By The Explore Nebraska History team
In 1885 surveyors designated a route through the Sand Hills for a Burlington Railroad branch line. The rails reached this point on the Blaine-Thomas county line in 1887, and a town was laid out. It was named Halsey after Halsey E. Yates, the son of…