Cut in Stone, Cast in Bronze: Nebraska's Historical Markers and Monuments, 1854-1967

Cut in Stone, Cast in Bronze: Nebraska's Historical Markers and Monuments, 1854-1967 by Jeff Barnes. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781681842851.

From the time of its establishment as a territory in 1854 to its centennial in 1867, Nebraskans marked their history. Scattered across the state today are nearly 300 monuments, statues, markers, and plaques to the exploration, the cultures and their conflicts, the settlement, and the organization of Nebraska. They are found in its cities and towns and along its highways and country roads, but also in its forests, its fields and its hills off the beaten path. They mark history where it happened. For the first time, these sites are catalogued, photographed and located in a full-color guide to the earliest historical markers and monuments of Nebraska, from the iron post placed to mark the border of the Nebraska and Kansas Territories, through the nearly ninety markers of the Oregon Trail, and up to the monuments placed during the Nebraska centennial. Written and photographed by Nebraska Book Award-winning author Jeff Barnes, this richly illustrated volume includes the history behind each event and its marker, its location and GPS coordinates to allow the reader site visits of their own in these "socially distancing" times. Sponsored by the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation, this keepsake book is of limited quantity.