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  • Collection: Don Dingman

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19th Century Cannonballs or Field Artillery Ammunition found at Fort Kearny, Nebraska

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19th Century cast iron door latch from Fort Kearny, Nebraska site.

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Miscellaneous objects from Fort Kearny, Nebraska historic site. Collection features handles, buttons, and various metal objects collected by Merwyn Henderson in 1989 as part of his home museum collection.

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19th Century ox-shoes and single horseshoe from historic Fort Kearny, Nebraska.

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19th Century brass French bed finial found at historic Fort Kearny, Nebraska.

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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…

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An original, round Thermo-Scope used at the Ira C. Anderson Funeral Home (established in 1920) in Kearney, Nebraska (which is now the Horner, Lieske, McBride, & Kuhl Funeral Home in Kearney located at the intersection of 25th St. and Avenue A.…

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Clear, glass bottle that reads "A.J. Shepard Druggist Kearney, Neb." Possibly used for apothecary and medicinal purposes.

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A metal ephemera artifact (possibly a bell) meant to promote Farmers State Bank of Kearney, Nebraska. Text on the front reads "Farmers State Bank, Established 1890, Kearney, Nebr."

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An old bullet found by Merwyn Henderson at/near Fort Kearny in Nebraska
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