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Submitted: 11/13/14 • Approved: 11/13/14 • Last Updated: 11/16/14 • R280558-G0-S3
North of Decatur NE just across the Burt/Thurston county line is a historic location known as Blackbird Bend. On private property overlooking that part of the Missouri river is the single gravestone of Sampson Gilpin. It is broken and laying in the grass, but plans have been made to restore it.
Contributed on 11/13/14 by blplek
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Record #: 280558