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Local legend says that Buffalo Bill paid his bill at Glur's Tavern in May 1883 with a $1,000 bill after a funeral in Columbus for Major Frank North. [3] North was the former leader of the Pawnee Indian Scouts and a close friend of Buffalo Bill's who managed the Native American participants in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. The showman's ...
In May 1860 it was moved upstream, 3 miles (4.8 km) 30 miles to the west up the Pawnee Fork, and by the end of the month was renamed Fort Larned. It served the same purpose as Camp Alert and as an agency for the administration of the Central Plains Indians by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the terms of the Fort Wise Treaty of 1861.
The Frederick L. and L. Frederick Gottschalk Houses are two historic houses in Columbus, Nebraska. The log house was built by Frederick Gottschalk and his wife, née Margaretha Loy Deuck, in 1857 on property they homesteaded. [2] Gottschalk was an immigrant from Germany, and a co-founder of Columbus. [2]
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]
Carnegie Libraries in Nebraska MPS: 6: Pawnee City Historic Business District: Pawnee City Historic Business District: February 25, 1994 : Roughly bounded by 5th, 7th, F, and G Sts. Pawnee City: 7: Pawnee County Courthouse: Pawnee County Courthouse
His son, Jack Van Berg, also went on to racing horse fame. Van Berg Stables was headquartered in Columbus, NE at the location of the Van Berg Sales Pavilion. Jack Van Berg John Charles "Jack" Van Berg, (June 7, 1936 in Columbus, Nebraska – December 27, 2017) was an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his ...
Pike Pawnee Village Site: Pike Pawnee Village Site: July 19, 1964 : Guide Rock: Webster: Claimed for the U.S. by Captain Zebulon Pike during the Pike Expedition in 1806. 18: Robidoux Pass: Robidoux Pass: January 20, 1961 : Gering
[12]: 557 The scouts finally located a large camp of Pawnees at the head of the South Loup. [6]: 49 (According to the Pawnee, they had camp somewhere on Platte River). [13]: 644 After marching for another day and night march, the body of people reached a place near the Pawnee camp in the early morning. The warriors prepared for battle.