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Tekamah was founded in October 1854 by Benjamin R. Folsom, and incorporated on March 14, 1855. [5] [6] The name is derived from the Omaha language, meaning "big cottonwood". [7] [8] [9] Its development was stimulated by the construction of railroads through the area, such as the Chicago & North Western, which have since been taken out of Tekamah.
James Polk Latta (October 31, 1844 – September 11, 1911) was a Nebraska Democratic politician. Born near Ashland, Ohio, he moved with his parents to Jackson County, Iowa, in 1846. He attended school and worked on a farm. In 1863 he moved to the Nebraska Territory to teach school in Tekamah, Nebraska.
Its county seat is Tekamah. [2] The county was formed in 1854 and named after Francis Burt, the first governor of Nebraska Territory. [3] In the Nebraska license plate system, Burt County is represented by the prefix 31 (it had the 31st-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
The H. S. M. Spielman House, [2] at 1103 I St. in Tekamah, Nebraska, is a historic house that was built in 1906. It has also been known as the Chamberlain House and has been denoted NeHBS #BT06-2 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986; the listing included three contributing buildings .
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Tekamah, Nebraska. Pages in category "People from Tekamah, Nebraska" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The Burt County Courthouse is a historic building in Tekamah, Nebraska, and the courthouse for Burt County, Nebraska. It was built in 1916-1917 to replace the old 1878 courthouse. [2] It was designed in the Beaux Arts style by Rose & Peterson. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since January 10, 1990. [1]
Incorporated communities in Nebraska are legally classified as cities or villages, depending on their population: [3] a village is a municipality of 100 through 800 inhabitants, whereas a city must have at least 800 inhabitants. There are 528 municipalities. Of Nebraska's 528 municipalities, 147 are cities and 381 are villages.
Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. [3] The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east ...