Over 175 years ago, adventurers who wanted to travel west began making their way across the Oregon Trail. According to NebraskaStudies.org, approximately one whole month of their four-month trip was ...

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.

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

As we begin our trek westward from Independence, Missouri, the first real destination was Fort Kearney in what is known today as Nebraska. In the mid-1840s, this land was all part of the great ...

From there, the bread goes through a bulk fermentation process in which Kearney lets it rise for between four and 12 hours before shaping it, letting it rise again and then baking it.

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.

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — 2,475 miles. 95 days.Gusting winds. Hot weather. Cold weather. Wet weather. A 200-pound cart filled with food and water. Wearing out four pairs of shoes.

Proceed west on Nebraska Route 50A to Nebraska Route 44, then north to Kearney, where you'll find the Trails and Rails Museum, located in an 1898 Union Pacific Depot.

Ezra Meeker’s crusade is credited for reawakening awareness of the Oregon Trail in the early 20th century. In the process, he erroneously linked Omaha to the trail and others took ...

For the second year in a row, Newell Elementary fourth-graders covered a little more than three miles on foot Tuesday, pretending they were pioneers from 1849.