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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Don Dingman Subject The topic of the resource Don Dingman Artifact Collection Description An account of the resource Collection of artifacts belonging to Don Dingman, Kearney, Nebraska. Many items were incorporated from the previous collection of Buffalo County resident, Merwyn Henderson. Additionally, many of the artifacts in the collection are representative of early Nebraska frontier forts (i.e. Fort Kearny, Fort McPherson). Ephemera, photographs and historical objects primarily that relate to Nebraska are included. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Roy Foresman UNK History Harvest Director: Dr. Jinny A. Turman Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Don Dingman Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Nebraska at Kearney Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/20/2015 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource University of Nebraska at Kearney-History Harvest Robert Roy Foresman (Curator) Dr. Tom Kiffmeyer (Digital Photographic Archivist) Dr. Jinny A. Turman (Project Director) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource History Department-University of Nebraska at Kearney Relation A related resource History Harvest Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Collection of Artifacts, Print Publications, Photographs, Ephemera Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Dingman_UNK_History_Harvest_2015 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nebraska Fort McPherson, Fort Kearny, Fort Laramie, Doby town, Solomon Butcher, Buffalo County, Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Wooden Board Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 6' 3/8" H x 18 1/4" W x 1 3/8" D Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fort Kearney Marker Subject The topic of the resource Wooden Post Marker Description An account of the resource Original wooden road marker for Fort Kearney Crossing. The dates on the front are 1848, 1871. The marker was installed in 1910 and found years later. The dates on the front mark when the trail to Fort Kearney crossed the Platte River from 1848-1871 on the Overland-Oregon Trail, and there are visible bullet holes. Don received the marker as a birthday present c. 1996. It was found in the 1950s by amateur archaeologist Merwyn Henderson. This web article has a much more detailed history of the artifact: http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/history-buffs-solve--year-old-mystery/article_25afb46a-ebfc-11e0-9a0e-001cc4c002e0.html Don Dingman has this important information to include: There were three crossing points on the Platte River. All of these crossing points were, and still are, located in Buffalo County, Nebraska. There were two crossing points on the north side of the river, and one on the south side at the ferry crossing point on the Oregon Trail where this marker was placed. The Soldier's Free Homestead Association of Gibbon, Nebraska (a.k.a. the Old Settler's Association) was a Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) group of civil war soldiers. They first came to Buffalo County in 1871 on a train with the purpose of homesteading land there. In the following years, they would meet on the grounds of Fort Kearney for picnics and reunions (see attached PDF photos). In 1906, this group organized into the Fort Kearney National Park Association with the goal of having their beloved fort declared a national part. At that time they decided to have an annual three-day reunion and gain political support for their idea with their representatives in Washington D.C. The group wanted to place large, granite markers on the three crossing points and also honor General Carrington. Carrington had done a complete survey of the islands and the crossing route in 1866. He was still alive in 1910 and had planned to be at the reunion that same year. Sadly, his health was failing and he was unable to attend. Two years later, General Carrington died in 1912. The group had a vision of Fort Kearney and the surrounding area eventually being a national park with many stone monuments and markers to tell the history and stories of Fort Kearney and the Oregon Trail. In August 1910 came the reunion at the fort and it was a marked success. They named the reunion "Camp Carrington." Over 500 people camped at the old fort and there were four to five thousand visitors including the Governor of Nebraska and a Nebraska Congressman. Originally, the marker was meant to be dedicated and placed on Thursday afternoon (August 25, 1910), but was moved to Thursday morning due to some train schedule mix ups with the ceremony's scheduled speakers. The Fort Kearney National Park Association did not have the funds to purchase a stone marker so a temporary one was placed instead. The marker was dedicated by the Women's Relief Corp (WRC) to the women that crossed the Platte River at that point on the Oregon Trail. Don Dingman also adds: For the GAR to place a marker on any western trail is extremely rare. Unfortunately the effort in Washington failed that year and the group ended along with its cause. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kearney, Nebraska Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Don Dingman Merwyn Henderson (1989) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1848-1871 1910 06/20/2015 1950s Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource April White Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Don Dingman University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images) Relation A related resource http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/history-buffs-solve--year-old-mystery/article_25afb46a-ebfc-11e0-9a0e-001cc4c002e0.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Kearney_Crossing_1848_-_1871_-_Platte_River_Marker..jpg http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/old_ft_kearny_road.htm http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39434712/ Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG Wooden Board Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Kearney, Nebraska Buffalo County, Nebraska Platte River Fort Kearney, Nebraska 1840s 1848 1850s 1860s 1870s 1871 1910 1950s Buffalo County Crossing Don Dingman Artifact Collection ferry crossing Fort Kearney Fort Kearney National Park Association GAR General Carrington Kearney Marker Merwyn Henderson Nebraska Oregon Trail Overland-Oregon Trail Platte River The Soldier's Free Homestead Association of Gibbon NE UNK UNK History Harvest 2015 Western Trails Wooden Marker WRC