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Kearney

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Kearney, city (1990 pop. 24,396), seat of Buffalo co., S central Nebr., on the Platte River; inc. 1873. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center in an agricultural area. Plastic and metal products, machinery, and transportation equipment are among its manufactures. Fort Kearny (named for Gen. Stephen W. Kearny Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794–1848, American general in the Mexican War, b. Newark, N.J. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was made commander of the Army of the West with the rank (June, 1846) of brigadier general.
..... Click the link for more information. ), established nearby in 1848 to protect the Oregon Trail Oregon National Historic Trail (see National Parks and Monuments , table). An interpretive center is in Baker City, Oreg.

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The classic work by F. Parkman, The Oregon Trail, actually concerns only the eastern part of the trail.
..... Click the link for more information. , was abandoned in 1871. The site is a state park. A branch of the Univ. of Nebraska and a museum are in the city, and the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument is to the southeast.
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