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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
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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
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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
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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
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University of Nebraska at Kearney-History Harvest
Robert Roy Foresman (Curator)
Dr. Tom Kiffmeyer (Digital Photographic Archivist)
Dr. Jinny A. Turman (Project Director)
Rights
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History Department-University of Nebraska at Kearney
Relation
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History Harvest
Format
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JPEG Collection of Artifacts, Print Publications, Photographs, Ephemera
Language
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English
Type
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Collection
Identifier
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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
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Wooden Board
Physical Dimensions
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6' 3/8" H x 18 1/4" W x 1 3/8" D
Dublin Core
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Title
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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
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Kearney, Nebraska
Source
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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
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April White
Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
Rights
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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
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http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39434712/
Format
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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