Editing Bradshaw, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Bradshaw was [[plat]]ted in 1879 when the [[Burlington and Missouri River Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/york/bradshaw/ | title=Bradshaw, York County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=August 24, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InM_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA142 | title=History of Hamilton and Clay Counties, Nebraska, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Burr, George L. | year=1921 | pages=142}}</ref> Bradshaw was the maiden name of the wife of the original owner of the town site.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=147}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]</ref>

In 1890, a [[tornado]] struck Bradshaw, killing twelve people and doing great damage.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050413185842/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/bradshaw.htm "Bradshaw" historical marker text.]}}  {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990129073714/http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm Nebraska State Historical Society.]}}  Retrieved March 15, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/york/bradshaw/ "Bradshaw--York County".]  [http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php Nebraska... Our Towns.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123132824/http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/index.php |date=November 23, 2011 }}  Retrieved March 15, 2013.</ref>

On May 5, 1964, an [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado hit Bradshaw, killing 4 people and injuring 50.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19640505.31.34 |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226040147/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/19640505.31.34 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> It was the only official F5 tornado in Nebraska history.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/custom/2086096 |title=Tornado History Project: Maps and Statistics |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-date=February 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226040144/http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/custom/2086096 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>