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Farwell was originally called Posen, and under the latter name was established in 1887 by a colony of Polish settlers. [4] Some incoming Danish settlers soon found the name to their distaste, so in 1889 it was changed to Farwell, the Danish word for "good-bye". [5] [6] Farwell was incorporated as a village in 1895. [4]
In 1962, the site was protected as part of a 312-acre Nebraska state park. [7] Ash Hollow Cave was named as a National Historic Landmark in 1964, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The surrounding area was named the Ash Hollow Historic District in 1975. [8] In 1978, a visitor center was built overlooking the canyon. [9]
1895 house expanded into a hotel in 1914—when Long Pine boomed as a major railroad terminus—exhibiting an old-fashioned "longitudinal block" layout more typical of Nebraska's earliest hotels. [26] Now a local history museum. [27]
National Monuments, National Historic Sites, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are two of these in Nebraska.
Children's Museum of Central Nebraska: Hastings: Adams: Central: Children's: website: Chimney Rock National Historic Site: Bayard: Morrill: Nebraska Panhandle: History: Operated by the Nebraska State Historical Society, includes exhibits about pioneers and the migrations in the West Civil War Veterans Museum at the G.A.R. Memorial Hall ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]