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 Centennial Time Capsule - Kearney, NE
N 40° 41.116 W 099° 05.403
14T E 492390 N 4503823
A time capsule placed in honor of the city's Centennial is located in front of an historical marker about the city in Centennial Park in Kearney, Nebraska, USA.
Waymark Code: WMCRFB
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2011
Views: 7
A plaque commemorating the placement of the time capsule and the city's centennial reads:
Kearney Centennial Time Capsule
1873 - 1973
Dedicated June 30, 1973
To be Opened June 30, 2023
Sponsored by -- Fort Kearney Chapter DAR
Capsule - Dobberstein Roofing
Donators
Marker - Worley Monuments
Some interesting history about the city of Kearney is located on the historical marker directly behind the time capsule. It reads:
"In 1847 Brigham Young led the first migration over the Mormon Trail along the north bank of the Platte River, and in 1866 the Union Pacific Railroad pushed its main line westward to this valley, bringing pioneer settlers. However, it was not until 1871 when the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad fixed the junction point of its line with the Union Pacific that a townsite was established here.
The village of Kearney Junction was platted in the summer of 1871 and the junction of the two railroads was completed on September 18, 1872. In the fall of 1873, a bridge was completed across the Platte, connecting Kearney with the rapidly developing areas to the south. The City of Kearney was incorporated on December 3, 1873, and became the county seat of Buffalo County in 1874.
Kearney developed rapidly as an industrial, agricultural, and cultural center. The railroads and the promise of industry offered by the new Kearney Canal, which was completed in 1886, brought many investors from the East, and by 1892 the population reached the 10,000 mark. This golden era launched the Kearney Cotton Mill, the famed 1733 Ranch, a splendid five-story opera house, and one of the state's first electric street railways."
Subject: City
Commemoration: Centennial
Date of Founding: 1873
Date of Commemoration: 1973
Address:
Centennial Park
700 W 11th Street
Kearney, NE
USA
Overview Photograph:
Yes
Detail Photograph:
Yes
Web site if available: Not listed
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