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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]
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]
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]
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The history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act of 1862 during the 1860s, and in 1867 was admitted to the Union as the 37th U.S. state.
The mansion functions as a museum and contains many items related to the early history of Nebraska, Otoe County, and Nebraska City. The park includes an arboretum, Italian terraced garden, log cabin, carriage house with early carriages, walking trails, and 200 varieties of lilacs. [6]
Nebraska has many historic houses. The following list includes houses, apartments, rowhouses and other places of residence that are independently listed or included in historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places, or as officially designated Omaha Landmarks:
In 1971, University of Nebraska State Museum paleontologist Michael Voorhies was walking with his wife Jane through a series of gullies on Melvin Colson's farm in northeastern Nebraska and made this discovery. [6] [7] The Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation purchased the Ashfall site in 1986. [8]