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Jayhuskers is a traveling racing circuit at 5 different locations in Kansas (JAY-Hawks) and Nebraska (Corn-HUSKERS), hence, JayHuskers.
Enjoy the JayHusker Racing at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Fairbury with 3/4 midgets.
Nebraska's first community-built playground was built in 1995
Fairbury, NE Recreation
What is today known as the Ackerman Building was originally called the I.0.0.F. Temple Building. It was the first building downtown to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building housed the International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge 54 and was built in 1894-1
Fairbury, NE National RegisterIn 1907, the Fairbury community received a grant of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. Ground was broken on October 5, 1908, and the library opened to the public December 10, 1909
Fairbury, NE Carnegie Libraries
The Fairbury Commercial District, consisting of a 10-block downtown area of 97 contributing buildings, was officially entered in the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 1997
Fairbury, NE National Register"Above the roar of the lions, the music of the calliope, and the laughter and chatter of the throngs of people, the cries of the circus barker were heard throughout the towns and cities where this great circus performed."
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Fairbury, NE One Of A Kinds