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| 1 Fort Atkinson State Historic Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: From 1820-1827 this post was western-most point of government authority, in charge of regulating the fur trade, and the location of the first school and library in Nebraska. Restoration is ongoing | Address S 7th St PO Box 240 Fort Calhoun, Nebraska 68023 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Omaha (15 mi) Closest Major Highway: US 75 Closest Airport: Omaha OMA | Contact Phone 402 468-5611 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Fort Kearney State Historical Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Erected in 1848 to replace an earlier fort, it guarded the Oregon Trail during the Gold Rush era, became a stagecoach and freight caravan stop and a Pony Express home station | Address 1020 V Rd Kearney, Nebraska 68847 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lincoln (125 mi) Closest Interstate: I-80 Closest Airport: Kearney Mncpl EAR (United only) Lincoln LNK | Contact Phone 308 865-5305 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Fort Robinson Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: State park offers train and stagecoach rides, two museums, buffalo herd; fort site includes the 1905 post headquarters (now the museum) and more than a dozen other sites on base such as the blacksmith | Address 3200 Highway 20 PO Box 304 Crawford, Nebraska 69339 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Casper, WY (170 mi) Closest Major Road: US 20 Closest Airport: CPR | Contact Phone 308 665-2919 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 Harold Warp Pioneer Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Buildings include 12 moved here and others constructed on site. The moved buildings are grouped around a village green and include an 1869 log cabin and fort, general store, land office | Address 224 E Highway 6 Minden, Nebraska 68959 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lincoln (145 mi) Closest Interstate: US 6 to US 183 to I-80 Closest Airport: Kearney EAR (United only) Lincoln LNK | Contact Phone 308 832-1181 Toll free 800 445-4447 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Mayhew Cabin & Historical Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Oldest original building in Nebraska, the Allen Mayhew cabin was a stop on the underground trail, with a tunnel dug to the channel of a nearby creek. Also on site are a blacksmith shop, church | Address 2012 4th Corso Nebraska City, Nebraska 68410 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Omaha (55 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 2 to I-29 Closest Airport: Omaha OMA | Contact Phone 402 873-3115 | ||||||||||||
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| 7 Museum of the Fur Trade | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: The museum has three galleries dealing with all aspects of the fur trade from early colonial days to the present, and the reconstructed Bordeaux Trading Post, active from 1837-1876 is on the grounds. | Address 6321 Highway 20 Chadron, Nebraska 69337 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Casper WY (2oo mi) Closest Major Road: US 20 Closest Airport: Chadron Mncpl CDR (United only) Casper CPR | Contact Phone 308 432-3843 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Neligh Mill State Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Location includes the mill, restored office, and reconstructed flume and penstock with the remains of the dam. | Address N Street at Wylie Drive PO Box 271 Neligh, Nebraska 68756 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Omaha (165 mi) Closest Major Road: US 275 Closest Airport: Omaha OMA | Contact Phone 402 887-4303 | ||||||||||||
| 9 Rock Creek Station State Historical Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Originally built in 1857, it evolved into road ranch on the Oregon Trail, and was used as a stage station and Pony Express swing station, as well as the location of a toll bridge. | Address 57415 710th Rd Route 4, Box 36 Fairbury, Nebraska 68352 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lincoln (80 mi) Closest Major Road: US 136 to US 77 Closest Airport: Lincoln LNK | Contact Phone 402 729-5777 | ||||||||||||
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| 10 Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Originally built in 1857, it evolved into road ranch on the Oregon Trail, and was used as a stage station and Pony Express swing station, as well as the location of a toll bridge. | Address 3133 W US Highway 34 US 281 & 34 Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: (95 mi) Closest Interstate: US 281 to I-80 exit 312 Closest Airport: Grand Island Regional GRI (United only); Lincoln LNK | Contact Phone 308 385-5316 | ||||||||||||
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