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4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Beatrice on Nebraska Highway 4 40°17′15″N 96°50′07″W / 40.2875°N 96.835278°W / 40.2875; -96.835278 ( Homestead National Monument of Beatrice
Homestead National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System known as the Homestead National Monument of America prior to 2021, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property.
The Beatrice Downtown Historic District in Beatrice, Nebraska is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [ 1 ] The listing included 113 contributing buildings , six contributing structures , and a contributing site on about 40 acres (16 ha).
Beatrice (/ b i ˈ æ t r ɪ s /) [4] is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States. Its population was 12,261 at the 2020 census, making it the 15th most populous city in Nebraska. Beatrice is located approximately 42 miles south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River.
[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location City or town Description 1: Ames Family Homestead: Ames Family Homestead: December 19, 2012 (5332 and 5336 W150N, northwest of LaPorte
Its county seat is Beatrice. [2] The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857. [3] [4] [5] It was formed from land taken from the Otoe in an 1854 treaty. The county was named for William D. Gage, a Methodist minister who served as the first chaplain of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature. [6] [7]
The Homestead Harmonizers is a chorus created in response to a charter to operate a barbershop chorus in Beatrice, Nebraska issued on December 12, 1988, by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc.
The Beatrice Chautauqua Pavilion and Gatehouse is a historic structure in Beatrice, Nebraska. The pavilion was built in 1889 for the Chautauqua movement, which held meetings in Beatrice until 1916. [2] The gatehouse, designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style, was moved to its current location after 1916, and the porch was added circa ...