view gallery W10.8 km | MK1892 Shelby Cath Ch Dome -- Shelby NE in U.S. Benchmarks The Shelby Catholic Church dome in the small town of Shelby Nebraska is an NGS benchmark posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/09/2023 last visited: 02/09/2023 |
view gallery NE20.3 km | SHINN'S FERRY in Nebraska Historical Markers Moses Shinn and his son Dick began operating Shinn's Ferry across the Platte in 1859. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: Nebraska date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: 02/01/2008 |
view gallery NE20.3 km | Butler County - Savannah - Shinn's Ferry in Nebraska Historical Markers Site of the original county seat of Butler County and Shinn's Ferry across the Platte River. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: Nebraska date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: 02/01/2008 |
view gallery NE20.3 km | Presentation Catholic Church - NE in Country Churches Presentation Catholic Church at 1291 41 Rd, Bellwood, NE 68624 posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: Nebraska date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: 04/25/2007 |
view gallery W20.8 km | Osceola and the Early Pioneers - Osceola, NE in Nebraska Historical Markers An historical marker titled Osceola and the Early Pioneers is located on US Hwy 81 & Nebraska Hwy 92 on the east end of Osceola in Polk County, Nebraska. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Nebraska date approved: 12/01/2011 last visited: 04/13/2023 |
view gallery W20.8 km | Lions Club Historical Marker - Osceola, NE in Lions Clubs International Markers The Osceola Lions Club was responsible for placing an historical marker about "Osceola and the Early Pioneers" on the east end of Osceola in Polk County, Nebraska, USA. posted by: Marine Biologist location: Nebraska date approved: 10/05/2011 last visited: 04/13/2023 |
view gallery W21.1 km | Osceola, Nebraska 68651 in U.S. Post Offices Small town post office. Elevation 1648 posted by: NGComets location: Nebraska date approved: 11/15/2018 last visited: never |
view gallery N25.1 km | US81/US30 Viaduct over Loup River -- Columbus NE USA in Truss Bridges An elegant truss bridge carries the US30/Lincoln Highway southbound over the Loup River as you come into Columbus, Nebraska. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/09/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.3 km | Andrew Jackson Higgins (1886-1952) in Nebraska Historical Markers Andrew Jackson Higgins, designer and manufacturer of World War 11 landing craft known as "Higgins boats," was born August 28, 1886, at Columbus, Nebraska. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: Nebraska date approved: 06/02/2008 last visited: 04/28/2007 |
view gallery N25.6 km | Union Pacific Steam Locomotive 561 -- Pawnee Park, Columbus NE USA in Lincoln Highway The UP 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive 561, on static display in Pawnee Park, along the Lincoln Highway in Columbus, Nebraska. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 03/07/2023 last visited: 03/08/2023 |
view gallery N25.6 km | Union Pacific Steam Locomotive 561 -- Pawnee Park, Columbus NE USA in Locomotives The UP C-2 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive 561, on static display in Pawnee Park, Columbus Nebraska posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/09/2023 last visited: 05/08/2023 |
view gallery N25.6 km | LAST - Remaining example of the 1903 "Harriman Standard" Locomotive -- Columbus NE USA in Last of its Kind UP C-2 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive 561, now on static display in Pawnee Park, is the last locomotive of her type left in the world posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/09/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.6 km | FIRST - Application of "Harriman Standards" to a Locomotive Order -- Columbus NE USA in First of its Kind The first application of the 1903 "Harriman Standards" for locomotives was applied to the order that produced UP C-2 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive 561, now on static display in Pawnee Park, in Columbus Nebraska posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/10/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.6 km | Pawnee Park -- Columbus NE USA in Lincoln Highway Pawnee Park (established 1925) in the small town of Columbus Nebraska is a delightful combination of history, culture, and entertainment along the Lincoln Highway posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 03/07/2023 last visited: 03/08/2023 |
view gallery N25.6 km | Pawnee Park -- Columbus NE USA in Municipal Parks and Plazas Pawnee Park in the small town of Columbus Nebraska is a delightful combination of history, culture, and entertainment posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/10/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | FIRST Main Street in town -- Columbus NE USA in First of its Kind The first Main Street in the town of Columbus, NE was the famous covered wagon emigrant route to the west known as the Mormon/California/Oregon Trail posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/10/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | "Overland Trail was once Main Street Columbus" -- Columbus NE USA in News Article Locations An article in the local newspaper for the 150th anniversary of the Union Pacific RR's arrival in 1866 recalls the town's days along the Oregon Trail, when the famous emigrant trail was the town's Main Street - and what happened after. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/09/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | Quincentenary Bell Tower -- Columbus NE USA in Lincoln Highway The Quincentenary Bell Tower at Pawnee Park in Columbus, Nebraska is a commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the New World - the town of course was named for him posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 03/07/2023 last visited: 03/08/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | Quincentenary Bell Tower -- Columbus NE USA in Bell Towers The Quincentenary Bell Tower at Pawnee Park in Columbus, Nebraska is a commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the New World - the town of course was named for him posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/09/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | Pioneer -- Pawnee Park, Columbus NE in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The North Branch of the Oregon Trail commemorative statue "Pioneer" is listed in the SIRIS database posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 03/06/2023 last visited: 03/06/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | North Branch of the California/Mormon/Oregon Trail DAR Monument -- Pawnee Park, Columbus, NE, USA in Daughters of the American Revolution An elegant and thought-provoking DAR memorial in Pawnee Park commemorates the North branch of the Oregon Trail, which followed the Loup River through what is now the city of Columbus NE posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 05/08/2023 last visited: 05/09/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | North Branch of the California/Mormon/Oregon Trail -- Pawnee Park, Columbus NE USA in Lincoln Highway The North Branch of the California/Mormon/Oregon Trail in Pawnee Park, DAR Monument along the Lincoln Highway in Columbus, Nebraska. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 03/07/2023 last visited: 03/08/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | Pioneer -- Pawnee Park, Columbus NE in Figurative Public Sculpture This statue of a North Branch of the Oregon Trail pioneer stands in Pawnee Park, Columbus NE posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/10/2023 last visited: 02/11/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | North Branch of the California/Mormon/Oregon Trail -- Pawnee Park, Columbus NE USA in Wagon Roads and Trails An elegant and thought-provoking DAR memorial in Pawnee Park commemorates the North branch of the Oregon Trail, which followed the Loup River through what is now the city of Columbus NE posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Nebraska date approved: 02/08/2023 last visited: 02/09/2023 |
view gallery N25.7 km | THE VILLASUR EXPEDITION - 1720 in Nebraska Historical Markers Site of the 1770 massacre of the Spanish Villasur expedition was the deepest official penetration of the Great Plains by Spanish explorers. posted by: plainsdrifter358 location: Nebraska date approved: 05/29/2008 last visited: 02/08/2023 |
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