NEAR WYMORE, Nebraska (AP) — A group of students from Peru State College have received the opportunity to learn a history lesson by leaving the classroom.

A professor of the undergraduate course called History of Nebraska received a grant that helped pay costs for students to take a two-day trip Thursday to the Chief Standing Bear Trail south of Wymore.

In 1877, the Ponca Tribe was forced to march from its home in northeast Nebraska to Oklahoma. Chief Standing Bear led them on the march. The students will visit several sites along the trail, including the burial site of the chief’s daughter, who died during the journey and the Ponca Tribal Museum.