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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]
Landmark name Image Date established [5] Location County Description; 1: Homestead National Historical Park: March 19, 1936: Beatrice: Gage: The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862.
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]
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 ...
The Webster Telephone Exchange Building is the current location of the Great Plains Black History Museum. The Grand Court of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition was located in Kountze Place on the current site of Kountze Park in North Omaha. The USS Hazard is a National Historic Landmark located in Freedom Park.
Only buildings built prior to 1870 are suitable for inclusion on this list, or the building must be the oldest of its type. In order to qualify for the list, a structure must: be a recognizable building (defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy); incorporate features of ...
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.
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]