National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Nebraska View the map at Wikipedia

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Royal

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Royal is a small town with a population of 63. Small in size, but large as a gateway to many things to do in this north central community and beautiful area of Nebraska. Several businesses dot the town, including a …

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Meet our Administrator

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We welcome you to nebraskabackroads.com. As administrator of this website, I would like to take a few moments and introduce myself. John Rains of Columbus, NE Born in Aurora, raised in Columbus. Lifetime resident of Nebraska. Attended Columbus Elementary, Middle …

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Sandhill Crane Migration

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Get ready for the Sandhill Cranes Every Spring from March to early April over 500,000 Sandhill Cranes visit the Platte River Valley to rest before resuming their migration north. The Kearney area has many excellent resources for viewing these birds, …

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Ogallala to Scottsbluff – Ash Hollow, Jailhouse Rock, Courthouse Rock & Chimney Rock

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Take Highway 61 north out of  Ogallala. Here you have two options, take a left or west to Highway 26 and drive around the south side of Lake McConaughy and continue to Ash Hollow, or go right and continue on …

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Nebraska Road Trip

Someone asked the other day “Have you ever taken a road trip across Nebraska?”.  My answer was “Which one?”. When growing up as a kid, my parents would load all of us into a car hooked onto the camper and head to …

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Scottsbluff River Trail

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Scottsbluff offers a very nice paved trail starting from the YMCA Parking lot at 10th Str out to the YMCA Camp located in Riverside Park on the west side of town. Just a little over 2 miles long, or 4.25 …

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We are now on facebook! Follow the link and “Please” click like. It helps. Thank you.

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