Although today it is nearly universally forgotten, a segment/connection of the Oregon Trail ran through Lancaster County and ...

As part of the Oxbow Cutoff trail, this location was along the route directing freighters from Nebraska City to Kearney. With many acres of unplowed prairie, this nature center allows you to ...

Rachel Pattison grave. Rachel Pattison, who died of cholera on the Oregon Trail in 1849, occupies the oldest and most prominent grave at Ash Hollow Cemetery near Lewellen, Nebraska.

There are more miles of streams in Nebraska than any other state, so it follows that there must be quite a few miles of hike-bike trails bordering those streams. We can think of three hike-bike ...

As we begin our trek westward from Independence, Missouri, the first real destination was Fort Kearney in what is known today as Nebraska.

KEARNEY — Longtime member of the Buffalo County Historical Society Elaine Batenhorst has been presented with the Heritage Hero Award for 2021 from History Nebraska.

"You can't control it, you can only work with it." Kearney's starter — named Carl — dates to 1847, when it traveled the Oregon Trail with Basque sheep farmers.

History never really dies because of the Buffalo County Historical Society. But according to some accounts, history lives on in unexplained ways at the Trails and Rails Museum in Kearney.

Preservation groups are discussing how to protect a portion of the Oregon-California Trail in Nebraska during construction of an electrical transmission line.

Road Trip: Nebraska's Pioneer Trail Follow a trail dotted with pioneers' legacy: historical villages, preserved log cabins, and lots of memorabilia.

Technically speaking, the Oregon Trail began wherever someone began their journey but eventually led everyone to Kearney, Nebraska, on the Platte River.