Ft. Kearny State Recreation Area
South Hwy 10 & 44Kearney NE 68847
Ph: 308-865-5305
The Thomas House was designed by Nebraska architect George A. Berlinghof in 1906 in the Neo-Classical Revival style. Dr. A. O. Thomas, a native of Illinois, was the first president of the Kearney State Normal School, now the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Kearney, NE Historic BuildingsThis 1,150 acre wildlife sanctuary is operated by the National Audubon Society to provide habitat for sandhill cranes, whooping cranes and other birds. In March and April, Rowe staff guides groups to four crane viewing blinds (enclosed wooden buildings), which accommodate 16 to 36
Kearney, NE Wildlife RefugesRecreation area open year-round for fishing and primitive camping. ...
Every spring they come...A half million of them. Most of the sandhill cranes on this earth. And for a long, splendid month in...