Nebraska Outdoor Calendar

The Pawnee at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE +1 more

Join us at Fort Kearny on October 7th to honor the Pawnee Scouts of the U.S. Army Company A. The event will also celebrate the Pawnee Seed Preservation Society's 20th anniversary and will feature a Pawnee Native Harvest Exhibit and musical performances with Pawnee singers, dancers and drummers. Schedule: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Living […]

Event Series Labor Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Labor Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Celebrate Labor Day weekend by joining us for Living History at Fort Kearny State Historical Park! Schedule There will be a cannon firing at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with a special night firing on Sunday at sunset. Daily living history demonstrations will occur from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with special living history activities […]

Event Series Labor Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Labor Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Celebrate Labor Day weekend by joining us for Living History at Fort Kearny State Historical Park! Schedule There will be a cannon firing at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with a special night firing on Sunday at sunset. Daily living history demonstrations will occur from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with special living history activities […]

Event Series Labor Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Labor Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Celebrate Labor Day weekend by joining us for Living History at Fort Kearny State Historical Park! Schedule There will be a cannon firing at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with a special night firing on Sunday at sunset. Daily living history demonstrations will occur from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with special living history activities […]

Homesteading the Plains at Fort Kearny State Historical Park

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Join us at Fort Kearny State Historical Park for Homesteading the Plains! Schedule: 2:00 p.m. - Presentation by Grant Newbold on researching homesteading archives. 2:15 p.m. - Presentation by John Hunt the author of Secrets of the Sandhills. Jim Jones (aged 92) sharing photos and memories of homesteading in the Sandhills through the Kincaid Act. […]

Memorial Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Join us at Fort Kearny State Historical Park for a Memorial Day Weekend celebration! There will be living history demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as Monday form 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reenactors will be at the park to discuss life as a soldier during the fort’s […]

Memorial Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Join us at Fort Kearny State Historical Park for a Memorial Day Weekend celebration! There will be living history demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as Monday form 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reenactors will be at the park to discuss life as a soldier during the fort’s […]

Memorial Day Weekend at Fort Kearny

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Join us at Fort Kearny State Historical Park for a Memorial Day Weekend celebration! There will be living history demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as Monday form 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Reenactors will be at the park to discuss life as a soldier during the fort’s […]

Youth Fishing Instructor Certification Class, Fort Kearny State Historical Park

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Youth Fishing Instructors are part of the Youth Fishing Program, a statewide team of volunteers and Game and Parks staff who host educational fishing events. Workshop participants will receive training and tools to conduct youth fishing clinics. These volunteers will have access to Game and Parks’ loaner fishing equipment and educational materials for events. They […]

Nebraska’s Indian Wars History: Subject of Fort Kearny Presentation

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

More than three centuries of Nebraska's history during the Plains Indian Wars is the subject of a Fort Kearny State Historical Park presentation by Nebraska author Jeff Barnes on Saturday, September 10, at 1 p.m.   "Contact and Conflict: The Monumental Story of Nebraska and the Indian Wars" by historian Jeff Barnes is a chronological […]

Living the Cowboy Way at Fort Kearny State Historical Park

Fort Kearny State Historical Park 1020 V Rd., Kearney, NE

Join us for some western fun at Fort Kearny State Historical Park on June 28! Featured Events: • Miss V, the traveling cowbelle, will showcase her homemade instruments and share stories from her 14 years living a pioneer lifestyle in northwest Wyoming. • Dan Melton, cowboy, will share stories of growing up on a ranch […]