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Ogallala, Nebraska

Kenfield Brothers Petrified Wood Gallery is a museum of natural history specializing in ancient woods. The gallery contains a selection of gems and minerals as well as arrowheads and Indian artifacts collected over forty years by twin brothers Harvey and Howard Kenfield.

A gallery highlight is the prize-winning collection of three-dimensional petrified wood pictures of ghost towns and houses and barns reminiscent of the Great Depression era of the 1930s. The collection has won prizes at gem and mineral shows throughout the nation. at one event in St. Louis, Missouri, the exhibit won both top awards, one judged by the general public and the other by exhibitors - the first time in the history of the show that both awards went to the same exhibit.

Also popular with gallery visitors are pictures of birds made with naturally colored pieces of petrified wood. There are baby robins, chickadee, woodpeckers, owls and eagles.

Visitors will find a unique collection of lapidary art, including beautifully polished rounds of wood, limbs, agates, spheres, and carving artistically displayed. There are also fossil cones and fossilized leaf imprints, as well as Native American artifacts, which were formed within a 25-mile radius of Ogallala, mostly in the Lake McConaughy area.

There is also a rock which bends and a gemstone map of the United States.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Mansion on the Hill

An authentic Victorian style home listed on the National Register of Historic Places , the Mansion on the Hill was Ogallala?s finest residence when it was completed in 1887

Ogallala, NE Historic Homes

Bayside Golf Course

Our 18-hole golf course is new and exciting, challenging, yet conquerable. With our seven sets of tee boxes, you can see the course in a new light with each round of play. Designed by Dan Proctor and Dave Axland, our course is "Links"

Ogallala, NE Golf Courses

Front Street

Front Street is a replica front of some typical businesses along a street in an old western town such as Ogallala, with a museum, saloon, restaurant, and gift shop inside. The museum depicts the era when Ogallala reigned as "Queen of the Cowtowns." In addition to an undertaker'

Ogallala, NE Historic Downtowns

Boot Hill Sculpture

The sculpture at the top of Boot Hill was done by the late Dr. B. L. Gainsforth, long time Ogallala dentist and orthodontist. The sculpture was done in the likeness of Samual (Lep)

Ogallala, NE Landmarks


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