Post Commander's home reveals how it used to be in Sidney
Helen Hiner tours the 1108 Sixth Avenue residence in Sidney once the Fort Sidney Post Commander's home. The house preserves original features from its military past, including plank sidewalks, a spiral staircase, a 1877 rosewood piano, and a dining room where memories of army life linger amid the Cheyenne County Historical Association restoration.
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Sidney
Helen Hiner
Sixth Avenue
Cheyenne County Historical Association
Knabe Co
Mama Bear
Reveille
General Morrow
Bicentennial Fourth of July Hymn by Lucille McCaslin
A patriotic lyric urges Americans to celebrate the nation’s two hundredth birthday with pride unity and faith in God. It recalls independence and wartime trials while praising progress space exploration relief for the sick and hungry and the enduring American creed.
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U.S. of A
Pageant portrays 1881 frontier murder near Valentine
A historical pageant, Murder on the Plains, recounts the 1881 killing of Lt. Samuel A. Cherry near Valentine. Private Thomas W. Locke shot Cherry during a chase from Ft. Niobrara, with two fugitives captured and one escaping. Cherry is buried at the fort cemetery. his body was later moved to Indiana. The pageant, based on C. S. Reece Jr. research, is staged in Valentine today and Saturday.
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Henry A. Morrow
Morrow
Ft Sidney
Sidney
Morrow Addition
Cherry
Locke
Fort
LaGrange
Ind
Jackson
Bloody Creek
Bassett
Tedde Reade
Johnson
Dick Burr
Plains
C.S. Reece,Jr
Valentine
Notable quotes on America and democracy from Brooks Speers
Notable quotes discuss American identity and Christian influence. Phillip Brooks asserts faith shapes national purpose, while Wallace C Speers links democracy to applying Biblical principles to society. The remarks reflect religious discourse on patriotism and governance.
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Phillip Brooks
Wallace C Speers
Fort Kearney Helped Pioneers and Buffalo County Growth
Fort Kearney served travelers and settlers from 1848 until 1871 guiding many to areas that would become Buffalo County. The fort's protection and nearby valleys drew migrants to the Platte and Wood rivers, and by 1859 Buffalo County counted about 800 residents with 272 men eligible to vote. The 1858 act organized the county as Nebraska prepared for statehood amid the Homestead Act and railroad land grants. Felix Frankfurter quote closes a reflection on liberty costs.
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Kearney
Ft Kearney
Buffalo County
Platte River
California Territory
Utah
Oregon
Platte
Fort
Wood River
Territorial
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
Two Hundred Years Since the Rubicon Crossing
Two centuries ago delegates of the Continental Congress debated independence with John Adams urging bold action. Richard Henry Lee’s resolution passed after Caesar Rodney’s dramatic tie vote, leading to the marked decision to cross the Rubicon and declare independence the next day.
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Philadelphia
Continental Congress
John Adams
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
John Dickinson
Pennsylvania
Congress
Maryland
North Carolina
Georgia
Delaware
Caesar Rodney
New York
Britain
South
Loyalists in the American Revolution and their exile
Loyalists backed the British Crown and faced exile during the Revolution. Britain evacuated and resettled tens of thousands to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with Black Loyalists later sailing to Sierra Leone. The mass emigration shaped North American demography and left lasting quotes about duty and liberty.
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Washington
New York City
Castillo de San Marcos
St. Augustine
Florida
National Georgraphic Society
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota
William Howe
Boston
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
Britain
Nova
New York
Shelburne
Thomas Peters
London
Sierra Leone
Africa
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Kalse
General Mor
21St Infantry
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Earth
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Felix Frankfurter
Rubicon
Dickinson
Historic
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Lee
New Hampshire
Connecticut
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Rhode Island
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Carolina
Edward Rutledge
South Carolina
Edward Everett Hale
Patrick Henry
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John McLean
John Foster Dulles
Camp Conrad
Sibley
Russell Lyster
California
Ft. Sidney
William J. Lyster
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