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It is designated Nebraska historic resource RO01-041 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1] It was deemed significant for its association with business in Bassett and for its architecture. It was built as a hotel and cafe to serve cattle buyers at the Bassett Livestock Auction, which attracted buyers nationwide.
Aerial view, 1923 "Welcome to the Omaha livestock market" The Union Stockyards of Omaha, Nebraska, were founded in 1883 in South Omaha by the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha. [1] A fierce rival of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the Omaha Union Stockyards were third in the United States for production by 1890. [2]
After a downturn in the market and changes in the livestock industry, the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha lost value through the 1960s. In 1973 the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha was sold to the Canal Capital Corporation of New York. In 1999 the Union Stockyards were closed by the City of Omaha, and replaced with a business park. [9]
Rock County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska.As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 1,262. [1] Its county seat is Bassett. [2]In the Nebraska license plate system, Rock County is represented by the prefix 81 (it had the 81st-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Atkinson Township is one of thirty-seven townships in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,744 at the 2020 census. [1] A 2023 estimate placed the township's population at 1,741. [1] The City of Atkinson lies within the Township.
As of the census [10] of 2010, there were 619 people, 306 households, and 162 families living in the city. The population density was 1,406.8 inhabitants per square mile (543.2/km 2).
Downtown Atkinson: State Street Location of Atkinson, Nebraska Coordinates: 42°31′51″N 98°58′29″W / 42.53083°N 98.97472°W / 42.53083; -98
Livestock kept on the farm included horses, necessary as draft animals until they were supplanted by machinery. Cattle and hogs have been raised for the market through most of the farm's history. In the early 1900s, the farm maintained a dairy herd of 40–50 Holsteins, and poultry were raised for meat and eggs by the farm's women. [2]