Homestead Days
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Event Details
This annual Beatrice celebration features pioneer craft demonstrations, parades, BBQ, outdoor entertainment, and a variety of competitive events from races to horseshoe pitching contests filling the days with plenty to see and do for the entire family. Parade, Saturday. 10am-5pm daily.
Homestead Days
Phone : 402-223-3514 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : info@beatricechamber.com
Web: www.beatricechamber.com
Festivals
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Homestead National Monument of America
The Homestead Act of 1862 - By the 1850's, huge land acquisitions had filled out the continental United States. the country's sheer vastness strengthened the conviction that the public domain
Beatrice, NE National MonumentsKilpatrick Mansion
The "Kilpatrick Mansion" is a two-and-one-half story brick dwelling constructed in 1904-5 in the Renaissance Revival style, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Beatrice, NE Historic Homes
Paddock Hotel
In 1888 U.S. Senator Algernon Paddock built a hotel and a large opera house. That structure was destroyed by fire on August
1, 1919. Two years later a hotel company was organized, resulting in the New Paddock Hotel, which was completed in 1924.
Beatrice, NE Historic Hotels
Christ Church Episcopal
This church listed on the National Register of Historic Places is an Early Gothic piece of architecture whose cornerstone was laid in 1889
Beatrice, NE Historic ChurchesChautaqua Tabernacle
The Chautauqua, which operated annual summer assemblies from 1889 until the 1920's, based on high moral standards and offered secular and religious
Beatrice, NE Historic Churches