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Firday - Saturday, July 23-24, 2000, Scott
Isaacson and I toured South Central Nebraska for
two days.
DAY
1 
On the first day we visited Nebraska
newest attraction, the Great
Platte River Road Archway Monument. The
educational display inside this two-story archway
above interstate 80 traces the history of the
Platte River Road from Oregon Trails days to
today's fiber optic communication. The balance of
the afternoon, we visited Fort
Kearny State Historical Park and Recreation
Area. Before dinner we toured the Old Union
Pacific Depot and buildings - one room school,
small hotel and A chapel at Kearney's
Trails and Rails Museum. The day ended with ice
cream sundaes at Sonic - a 50's style drive-in
restaurant.
DAY
2
The Next Day we stopped at the
old
hydro electrical power dam at University
of Nebraska at Kearney, visited the Chevyland
Museum (in Elm Creek, west of Kearney), we take
a tour of the recently restored Minden
Opera House and we walked the streets and
visited the buildings (including the new flour
mill) of the Stuhr
Museum of the Prairie Pioneer - Railroad
Town (in Grand Island).
It was a fun two days visiting South Central
Nebraska.
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