State Historical Parks

Arbor Lodge State Historical Park at 2600 Arbor Ave. in Nebraska City preserves the 52-room mansion of J. Sterling and Caroline Morton, whose first house on the site was built in 1855.

Sweet spring water made Ash Hollow State Historical Park near Lewellen a major stopover on the Oregon and California trails and prompted prehistoric Indians to use it, too.

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park preserves the ranch and legacy of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, featuring the restored 1886 Mansion on the Prairie and historic outbuildings filled with.

One of the earliest U.S. military posts, Fort Atkinson was established in 1820 on recommendation of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Site of the 1848 Army post that protected Oregon and California Trail travelers, south of the Platte River near Kearney, with a reconstructed stockade, blacksmith shop and interpretive center.

Ponca State Park covers roughly 2,100 acres on a bluff overlooking the Missouri National Recreational River, with camping, cabins, over 20 miles of hiking and biking trails, a fishing pond, and an interpretive center on Missouri River and Lewis and Clark Expedition history.

Ponca State Park is situated in the picturesque Missouri River bluffs in northeastern Nebraska, Ponca State Park is the eastern gateway to the 59-mile section of the Missouri National Recreational River, one of two picturesque, unchannelized stretches of the river bordering Nebraska.