Editing Verdigre, Nebraska (section)

==History==
Verdigre was [[plat]]ted in 1887 shortly before the [[Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/knox/verdigre/ | title=Verdigre, Knox County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=August 18, 2014}}</ref> It took its name from nearby [[Verdigre Creek]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA133|year=1908|page=133}}</ref>

Verdigre was the site of a fatal injury during a [[professional wrestling]] tag team match on June 13, 1971, when Alberto Torres was hurt while competing against [[Ox Baker]].  Torres died of a ruptured appendix four days after being hurt.<ref>"Wrestler Dies After Professional Match", ''Los Angeles Times'', June 18, 1971, p.13</ref>