Markers tagged "Grand Island": 9
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WWI Red Cross Canteen
As troop trains began moving in late 1917, it became clear that soldiers needed food between stops at military installations. U.S. Secretary of War Newton Baker requested assistance from the Red…
Fonner Park
Due to financial hardships, the former 80-acre Hall County fairground was sold in 1932. In April 1953 area farmers, ranchers, and civic leaders founded two organizations to establish a new permanent…
Farmstead Resettlement Community
During the Great Depression, millions of Americans lost their jobs, savings, and homes. Within his first 100 days in office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to deliver on his New Deal promise to…
Farm Families Displaced
In February 1942 U.S. Senator George Norris announced the selection of a central Nebraska site for a new military ordnance plant. On March 25 a condemnation action was filed in federal court against…
Schimmer's Lake
Martin Schimmer, owner of Sand Krog Tavern, desired to create a recreational lake south of Grand Island. Excavation of a 20-acre man-made lake and construction of a Wood River diversion dam was…
Grand Island Veterans Home
First known as the Nebraska Soldiers and Sailors Home, the Grand Island Veterans Home was opened in 1887. The first home was a four-story Victorian building situated on 640 acres. The building soon…
Tornado Hill
Seven tornadoes struck Grand Island and surrounding areas on the night of June 3, 1980. They were part of a supercell thunderstorm complex that produced eighteen tornadoes from Nebraska to West…
Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant
Commonly known as the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant, the facility opened in 1942 and covered nearly 20 square miles. During World War II it produced artillery shells and various bombs weighing up to 2,000…
The O.K. Store
The first settlers of Hall County, Nebraska, nearly all of whom were German immigrants, arrived on July 5, 1857. They platted Grand Island City and established farms. The O.K. Store of Henry A. Koenig…