Black Squirrel City

You'll see them in City Park and elsewhere in Marysville, the town's mascots, the black squirrels. Legend has it that a boy who didn't like to see animals cooped up turned a cage full of black squirrels loose at the McMahon carnival here for the GAR encampment in 1912. Others say the black squirrels could be seen in Balderson Township as early as the late 1800s.

At any rate, city ordinance protects the black squirrels and one of them is depicted on the official city flag.

Recreation

City Lake, City Park, Dargatz Park, Lakeview Sports Complex, Lions Park, RV Hookup and Dump Station, Swimming Pool, Tennis Courts, and Family Recreation Center.

"Gateway to Tuttle Creek Reservoir"

For visitors to Tuttle Creek Reservoir from Omaha, Lincoln and other Nebraska cities. Tuttle Creek Dam is 40 miles south of Marysville on Kansas Highway 77. The Reservoir provides hunting, fishing, boating and camping.

Ferry Interpretive Park

Emigrants crossed the Blue River at Marysville on a rope ferry between 1851 and 1854, until a bridge was built. Costs were $5 per wagon and $0.25 per head of livestock. A rope crossed the river above the ferry which rode a pulley back and forth. By turning the wheel, another rope would shift the ferry into or away from the swift river current. The marker tells the story of the ferry. Other markers in the Interpretive Park tell of the various trails.

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