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Rock Creek Trail Days 2022 at Rock Creek Station SHP

June 4, 2022 @ 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Come explore a place where road ranches served pioneers along the Oregon-California Trail, Pony Express riders carried mail across the West, and Wild Bill Hickok began a legendary career as a gunfighter!

Visitor Center is open 10:00-5:00 daily.

Nebraska’s hidden historical monuments as well as those commemorating three centuries of Native/Euro-American conflict are the subject of two presentations by Nebraska author Jeff Barnes on Saturday, June 4, at Rock Creek Station State Historical Park. The talks are free and open to the public, but regular state-park admission fees apply.

“Contact and Conflict: The Monumental Story of Nebraska and the Indian Wars” at 1 p.m. is a chronological telling of the meetings of Native American and European Americans in Nebraska, from peace through war, as commemorated in historical monuments and markers. These memos from the past mark councils, trading and military posts, treaty sites, battles and massacres originating with the differing cultures on the Plains. The presentation is sponsored by the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation through the gift of Ron and Judy Parks.

“Marking Nebraska: Our (Mostly) Hidden Historical Monuments” at 7 p.m. is a review of the state’s earliest historical markers, from setting its borders to marking its trails to honoring its people. Drawing from his site visits and photographs collected from across the state, Barnes shares some of the more interesting, colorful, and even controversial ways Nebraskans told their stories through boulders, tablets, plaques, and statues. The presentation is sponsored by Humanities Nebraska.

Saturday, June 4, enjoy a Buffalo Stew Cookout and guest speaker at 7pm.  Advanced cookout tickets will be on sale at the park’s Visitor Center and at the Fairbury Chamber of Commerce office.  Adults $9/Children $6 (13 and under).

Rock Creek Trail Days 2022 Flyer

Vehicle park entry permit required.

 

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Date:
June 4, 2022
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10:00 am - 8:00 pm
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Organizer

Michaela Clemens
Phone
402-729-5777
Email
ngpc.rock.creek.station@nebraska.gov

Venue

Rock Creek Station State Historical Park
57426 710 St
Fairbury, NE 68352
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Phone
402-729-5777