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Thurston County, Nebraska
Thurston County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,940. Its county seat is Pender. In the Nebraska license plate system, Thurston County is represented by the prefix 55 (it had the 55th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). The Siouan-speaking Omaha and Ho-Chunk (''Ho-Chunk'') have reservations in Thurston County. The two reservations combined comprise the county's entire land area. History Varying cultures of indigenous peoples lived along the rivers for hundreds of years before European encounter. The Omaha occupied this territory and much of Nebraska and western Iowa before the Europeans arrived. They had migrated west from the Ohio Valley under pressure from the Iroquois Confederacy in the early 17th century. Thurston County was organized by European Americans in 1889 from land that had been divided between Dakota and Burt counties sinc ...
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John Mellen Thurston
John Mellen Thurston (August 21, 1847August 9, 1916) was a United States Senator from Nebraska. Thurston was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Daniel Sylvester Thurston and Ruth (née Mellen). He moved with his parents to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1854 and two years later to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He attended the public schools and graduated from Wayland Academy, Wisconsin, Wayland University in Beaver Dam, where he studied law. Thurston was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a city councilman from 1872 to 1874 and the city attorney of Omaha from 1874 to 1877. Thurston then served in the Nebraska Legislature, Nebraska House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877. He married Martha L. Poland Thurston, Martha L. Poland (1849–1898) in 1872. After her death in 1898, he married Leodora "Lola" Purman in 1899. He was appointed assistant attorney of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1877 and general solicitor in 1888. He was a presidential ...
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Winnebago (tribe)
The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hoocągra or Winnebago (referred to as ''Hotúŋe'' in the neighboring indigenous Iowa-Otoe language), are a Siouan-speaking Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Today, Ho-Chunk people are enrolled in two federally recognized tribes, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska have an Indian reservation in Nebraska. While related, the two tribes are distinct federally recognized sovereign nations and peoples, each having its own constitutionally formed government and completely separate governing and business interests. Since the late 20th century, both tribal councils have authorized the development of casinos. The Ho-Chunk Nation is working on language restoration and has developed a Hoocąk-language iOS app. Since 1988, it has pursued a claim to the Badger Army Ammunition Plant as traditional territory; the area ...
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Dixon County, Nebraska
History Dixon County was formed in 1856. Dixon was named for an early settler. Dixon County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,000. Its county seat is Ponca. The county was created in 1856 and attached to Dakota County. It was organized in 1858. Dixon County is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE– SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the Nebraska license plate system, Dixon County is represented by the prefix 35 (it had the 35th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). Geography Dixon County lies at the northeast edge of the state. Its northern boundary line abuts the southern boundary line of the state of South Dakota, across the Missouri River. According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (1.4%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 20 * Nebraska Highway 9 * Nebraska Highway 12 * Ne ...
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Wayne County, Nebraska
Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,595. Its county seat is Wayne. In the Nebraska license plate system, Wayne County is represented by the prefix 27 (it had the 27th-largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922). History Wayne County was organized by a proclamation of Governor David Butler in the fall of 1870. As the county was settled, precincts were formed and boundaries defined. Precincts were named for officials, early settlers, and neighborhood creeks. There are 13 precincts in Wayne County. Wayne County, like the City of Wayne, was named for Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne. Geography The terrain of Wayne County consists of low rolling hills; mostly devoted to agriculture. The ground slopes to the east-northeast. A small drainage, South Logan Creek, flows east-northeastward through the central part of the county and exits flowing northeas ...
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Cuming County, Nebraska
Cuming County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 9,139. Its county seat is West Point. In the Nebraska license plate system, Cuming County is represented by the prefix 24 since it had the 24th largest number of vehicles registered in the state when the license plate system was established in 1922. History Cuming County was formed in 1855 and organized in 1857. It was named for Thomas B. Cuming, the first secretary (and twice Acting Governor) of the newly created Nebraska Territory (1854–1858). The courthouse dates from the 1950s. On August 26, 2019, the DHHS announced that West Point's water was unsafe to drink after a year of complaints from citizens of the town. The maximum safe level of manganese for infants had been exceeded by over 700 micrograms per mL. Geography According to the US Census Bureau, the county has an area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water. Major highways * U.S. Highway 275 * ...
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Monona County, Iowa
Monona County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,751. The county seat is Onawa. History The area around present-day Onawa was a stopping point in 1804 for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their exploration of the newly obtained Louisiana Purchase. Many years later, that site was memorialized as the Lewis and Clark State Park. Monona County was formed in 1851. It was perhaps named for an Indian word meaning "beautiful valley." Monona County was organized officially in the spring of 1854 having been a part of Benton County (every county west of Benton in a line) in 1851 and afterwards Harrison County between 1852 and 1854. When Ashton (originally called Bloomfield) was named the county seat in the fall of 1854, a log house served as the first courthouse. Ashton remained the county seat for only four years. That designation was moved to Onawa on April 5, 1858, and the first Monona County Courthouse was comple ...
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Woodbury County, Iowa
Woodbury County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,941, making it the sixth-most populous county in Iowa. The county seat is Sioux City. Woodbury County is included in the Sioux City metropolitan area. History Originally established in 1851 as Wahkaw County, the Iowa Legislature in 1853 changed the name to Woodbury County in honor of Levi Woodbury (1789–1851), a senator and governor of New Hampshire who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1844 until his death. The first county seat of Wahkaw County was the now-extinct village of Thompsonville; when the Legislature changed the county name to Woodbury, the new county seat became Sergeant's Bluff (now Sergeant Bluff). The county seat was moved to Sioux City in 1856. The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska ( Ho-Chunk) owns reservation land in Woodbury County. Geography The county is on the western edge of Iowa, with its western border being the Missouri River. Accord ...
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Nebraska Highway 94
Nebraska Highway 94 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. It has a western terminus at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 9 and Nebraska Highway 16 in Pender. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 75 to the northwest of Macy. Route description Nebraska Highway 94 begins in Pender at an intersection with NE 9 and NE 16. The highway heads in an eastward direction through farmland, before turning to the northeast as it enters Walthill. Just outside the eastern edge of Walthill, NE 94 intersects US 77 as it resumes its eastward orientation. The highway terminates a few miles further along at US 75 U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south U.S. Highway that extends in the central United States. The highway's northern terminus is in Noyes, Minnesota, at the Canadian border, where it once continued as Manitoba Highway 75 on the other side ... northwest of Macy. Major intersections References External links {{Attached KML, display=title,inlineNebraska Roa ...
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N-94
N94 may refer to: * N94 (Long Island bus) * Carlisle Airport (Pennsylvania), in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States * Escadrille N.94, a unit of the French Air Force * , a submarine of the Royal Navy * Nebraska Highway 94 Nebraska Highway 94 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. It has a western terminus at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 9 and Nebraska Highway 16 in Pender. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 75 to the northwest of Macy. Route des ..., in the United States * Scania N94, a city bus {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ...
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Nebraska Highway 16
Nebraska Highway 16 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. Its southern terminus is southeast of Bancroft at an intersection with NE 51. Its northern terminus is at NE 35 south of Wakefield. Route description Nebraska Highway 16 begins at an intersection with NE 51 and NE 1 just southeast of Bancroft. It heads in a northwesterly direction, intersecting NE 9 south of Pender. It turns northward, running concurrently with NE 9 before splitting off to the west just north of Pender. It continues westward before turning to the north. It ends at an intersection with NE 35 south of Wakefield. History The original Nebraska Highway 16 went from North Platte to Omaha on an alignment which follows current U.S. Highway 83 from North Platte to Stapleton and Nebraska Highway 92 Nebraska Highway 92 is a highway that enters the state from Nebraska's western border at the Wyoming state line west of Lyman, Nebraska, to the state's eastern border on the South Omaha Veterans Memoria ...
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N-16
N16 or N-16 may refer to: Roads * N16 road (Belgium), a National Road in Belgium * Route nationale 16, in France * N16 road (Ireland) The N16 road is a national primary road in Ireland. It begins in County Sligo in the northwest of Ireland, and ends at Blacklion, County Cavan, at the border with Northern Ireland, where it becomes the A4 road. At , The N16 is one of the shor ... * Nebraska Highway 16, in the United States Vehicles * , a German submarine surrendered to the Royal Navy after the Second World War * , a submarine of the Royal Navy * Nieuport 16, a French First World War fighter aircraft * Nissan Almera (N16), a Japanese automobile sold in Europe * Nissan Bluebird Sylphy (N16), a Japanese automobile sold in Asia Other uses * N16 (Long Island bus) * BMW N16, an automobile engine * Centre Airpark, an airport in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, United States * London Buses route N16 * Nagahoribashi Station, of the Osaka Metro * Nitrogen-16, am isotope of nitro ...
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Nebraska Highway 9
Nebraska Highway 9 is a highway in northeastern Nebraska. The southern terminus is located just north of West Point at an intersection with U.S. Highway 275. Its northern terminus is at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 12 just south of Ponca. Route description Nebraska Highway 9 heads due north into farmland from its intersection with U.S. Highway 275 while US 275 turns northwest just north of West Point, Nebraska. After passing Nebraska Highway 51, it continues north and just before reaching Pender, meets and overlaps Nebraska Highway 16. NE 16 separates just north of Pender, and the highway proceeds through the Omaha Indian Reservation and the Winnebago Indian Reservation. It continues north through Emerson, meets Nebraska Highway 35, and turns west with NE 35. North of Wakefield, NE 9 turns north again and goes through Allen before meeting with U.S. Highway 20. It turns east for a mile with US 20, then turns north again. It goes north through Martinsburg, the ...
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