Collection of Nebraska pioneer reminiscences . ing regents,one at Aurora, where no chapter has yet been formed; E. AUyn at Hastings, and Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton atKearney. On May 16, 1908, she organized the Fort Kearneychapter at Kearney, which was chartered October 27, 1908, withMrs. Norton as its first regent. Mrs. Richard C. Hoyt presented the following resolution tothe sixth annual conference and moved its adoption, the motionbeing seconded by Mrs. Henrietta M. Rees: Therefore, be it resolved that the D. A. R. of Nebraska co-operate with the State Historical Society in taking
Collection of Nebraska pioneer reminiscences . ing regents,one at Aurora, where no chapter has yet been formed; E. AUyn at Hastings, and Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton atKearney. On May 16, 1908, she organized the Fort Kearneychapter at Kearney, which was chartered October 27, 1908, withMrs. Norton as its first regent. Mrs. Richard C. Hoyt presented the following resolution tothe sixth annual conference and moved its adoption, the motionbeing seconded by Mrs. Henrietta M. Rees: Therefore, be it resolved that the D. A. R. of Nebraska co-operate with the State Historical Society in taking some stepstoward marking the old Oregon trail in Nebraska and that acommittee be appointed to act in unison with the HistoricalSociety. The resolution was adopted. Members of the Omaha chapterwho were interested in this matter at the time, say that the ideawas suggested by Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha, then presidentof the State Historical Society. In accordance with the fore-going resolution Mrs. Letton, state regent, appointed the follow-. ^loNUMENT Located inBemis Park, Omaha, onTHE California Trail or ^Military Kieited by Omaha Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution ^M J ^lonument in r iyer sidePark, Omaha, marking theInitial Point of the Cali-fornia Trail Erected by Omaha Chapter, Daugh-ters of the American Revolution
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