New state program funds historical markers for underserved groups

Nebraska Examiner

October 20, 2022

A dozen state historical markers are being erected as part of a new History Nebraska program to share the stories of underserved groups and historical events.

The state history organization on Thursday announced the first recipients of its Nebraska Historic Marker Equity Grant program, which finances the markers. They cost up to $6,000 each.

Among the markers to be erected is one in Whiteclay, which will tell the story of the “White Clay Extension,” a more than a century-old act of Congress that had created a buffer zone into Nebraska from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to prevent “whiskey ranches” from selling liquor to reservation residents.