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The ranch grew with the help of the Goodmans, who maintained the ranch and managed the high-grade livestock and thoroughbred horses. [1] By 1885, 1,200 acres were planted as corn, 100 acres of alfalfa, 50 of broomcorn, and a small oat field. The ranch was operated with 80 horses and 30 men, rising to 60 men in busy seasons. [3]
Fonner Park is a 5 ⁄ 8-mile (1,000 m; 5.0-furlong) dirt oval. [1] The Fonner Keno Casino and Finish Line Restaurant offers keno and off-track betting. [2] In July 2019, the facility received authorization from the Nebraska Racing Commission to install historical Instant Racing machines, [3] [4] but in February 2020 their installation was delayed due to a pending lawsuit over their legality.
Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and now a major feature of Fort Robinson State Park, a 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) public recreation and historic preservation area located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Crawford on U.S. Route 20 in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska.
The site is protected as Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, a 360-acre (150 ha) park that includes a visitor center with interpretive displays and working fossil preparation laboratory, and a protected ongoing excavation site, the Hubbard Rhino Barn, featuring fossil Teleoceras (native hippo-like ancestral rhinoceros) and ancestral horses.
The Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track and Coliseum was an indoor arena and horse racing complex in the central United States, located in Omaha, Nebraska.. Built to fund the civic and philanthropic activities of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, the thoroughbred race track was built in 1919, [2] and the Coliseum in 1929.
Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly became dominant across Eurasia, suggesting that’s when humans started to spread domesticated horses around the world, according to ...
Blue Springs-Wymore Township is one of twenty-four townships in Gage County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,773 at the 2020 census. [1] A 2021 estimate placed the township's population at 1,760. [1] The cities of Blue Springs and Wymore lie within the Township.
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 5,047 acres (20.42 km 2).Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is broken into four separate sections that are superimposed on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation–managed lakes and reservoirs.