Meadville Bridge
Niobrara Valley Preserve
Norden Bridge
Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area
Offers 2,008 acres of prime habitat for deer, turkey, pheasant and quail. The 50-acre lake offers some of the best fishing in the state. Three areas for primitive camping and enjoying nature.Sand Hills Museum
Relive the colorful history of this unique area. Collection includes 15 pre-1928 antique automobiles, antique firearms, antique farm machinery and tools, steam-driven band saw, moonshine still, broom-making machine, assortment of lamps, assortment of dishes and a calf...Centennial Hall Museum
Centennial Hall, Valentine’s Historical landmark built in 1897 and now the oldest standing high school building in the state of Nebraska, houses a heritage museum of area historical artifacts. The ornate style of architecture reveals the past and will likely never be...
Spring Valley Park
Welcome to Spring Valley Park. Pioneers of this region, eastern Rock County, recognized it as a great natural haying region extending over twenty miles south down this valley. The nearby village by Newport, established in 1883, became one of the major hay shipping...Norden Dance Hall
The first Keya Paha County Fair was held in September 1898. Ever since, the center of the fair’s activities has been the Barn Dance. The current fairground was purchased in 1921. A new dance hall was approved in 1929 and built by Fred Taylor. The first dance was held...
Lost Airmen of WW II
Lost Airmen of WW II On August 3, 1944, a C-47 transport carrying twenty-eight men of the U.S. Army Air Forces crashed in a ravine six miles southwest of Naper during a severe storm. There were no survivors. It was the largest single military air disaster in Nebraska...
Lewis and Clark Camp Site: Sept 2, 1804
On its journey to the Pacific Ocean the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped near here on September 2, 1804. At this camp the explorers’ imagination and knowledge of military fortifications misled them into concluding that sand ridges and mounds left by Missouri River...
The Sage Brothers
On the night of June 2, 1969, while on maneuvers in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne was in collision with the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans. The impact cut the Evans in two, the bow section sinking almost...
The Ponca Tribe
This has been the homeland of the Ponca Indians since earliest recorded history. In 1868, the federal government signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie which transferred the land to the Sioux without the permission of the Ponca. Treaties made with the government in 1858...
Lewis and Clark Camp Site: Sept 7, 1804
On this day the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean camped on the bank of the Missouri River at the base of a river landmark near here, now called The Tower. Clark wrote, “Capt Lewis & my Self walked up to the top which forms a Cone and is about 70...
O’Neill Historic Marker
O’Neill Historic Marker Thousands of Irish were leaving troubled Ireland to settle in crowded American cities. O’Neill became interested in founding agrarian colonies in the West. For his first colony, he selected Holt County, on Nebraska’s frontier. The first...
The Neligh Mill Bridge
The bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic...
The Neligh Mills
A good mill was a major factor in the growth of Nebraska communities during the 1870’s and 1880’s. Mills turned locally grown grain into flour, cutting down on expensive long distance shipping. Mills with an ample water supply and situated on main rail lines were able...
Ponca Trail of Tears – White Buffalo Girl
Treaties in 1858 and 1865 greatly reduced the size of the original Ponca Reservation, yet the tribe remained peaceful. An 1868 error in the Treaty of Fort Laramie ceded Ponca lands to their enemy the Dakota Sioux, resulting in eight years of repeated raids against the...
The Savidge Brothers, Aviation Pioneers
The Savidge Brothers, Aviation Pioneers Following this success, the brothers spent five years barnstorming throughout the Great Plains. Matt Savidge was among the first to develop a method of skywriting. During these five years, the brothers built and flew three...