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Burke's Bridge Wagon Highlighted in Fort Sidney Parade
The Fort Sidney Days Parade features an old linchpin wagon once used at Fort Kearney and in the Burke Bridge across the Platte. Sam Diedrichs will drive the wagon with Dave Clark as passenger, telling the frontier engineering tale and Burke family history of Nebraska’s 1800s bridge.
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Burke
Nebraska
Fort Kearney
Platte River
Fort Sidney
Sam Diedrichs
North Platte
Dave Clark
Diedrichs
Clark
Stevens
Sam
John Burke
Telegraph
Pete Burke
John
Margaretta Burke
Pete
Cyrus Fox
Union Pacific
Fort McPherson
Burkes
Lincoln County
Henry Appleford
Brady Island
William Di2drichs
Burke Bridge
Fort Sidney Dam
Sam Nedeivas