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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]
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]
Old Freighters Museum: Nebraska City: Otoe: Southeast: Historic house: website, operated by the Nebraska City Historical Society, mid 19th-century house, history and importance of transportation to the development of the community Old West Trail Center: Odell: Gage: Southeast: Local history: Area transportation history and local history [55]
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University of Nebraska State Museum, also known as Elephant Hall, a natural history museum in the Morrill Hall building on the University of Nebraska campus, founded. 1872. New State Lunatic Asylum completed. [10] Atchison and Nebraska Railroad begins service. Lincoln Gas Light Company organized. 1874-1879 US Post Office and Courthouse built.
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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]