An early 1900s school house and an old opera house/theater located downtown are filled with historic items, Indian artifacts, fossils, and a bird collection of 300 stuffed specimens. A second museum b... It has been estimated that at least 20,000 persons died on the overland trail between 1842 and 1859. This averages ten graves per miles over the 2,000 mile trail. Of the hundreds that died while crossing Nebraska, only seven identifiable graves remain.
Oshkosh, NE Historical MarkersThis marker of the Oregon Trail is located on the walking path that leads visitors to the crest of Windless Hill in Ash Hollow State Historical Park.
Oshkosh, NE Historical MarkersNebraska Game & Parks describes Ash Hollow as the state's "most intriguing and unusual"
Oshkosh, NE Historic ParksRackett Grange Hall 318 Listed in the National Register of Historical Places [GD04-002] Listed 2001/07/05 Constructed in 1926 the hall, located at the former town site of Rackett 25 miles north east of Oshkosh, is a one-story, false front commercial building. The Rackett Grange Hall #318
Oshkosh, NE Historic Buildings
This stone marker has been moved from its original location and placed just north of the Nebraska Historical Marker of the John Hollman grave.
It is inscribed - "TO THE PIONEERS WHO TRAVELED THIS TRAIL, erected by GARDEN CO.
Oshkosh, NE Historical MarkersMastodon bones and teeth are on display, along with several other fossils found in the Chappell area. Nature's beauty can be ...
Rebecca Winters was born in New York State in 1802 and was a pioneer in the Church of the Latter Day Saints. In June of 1852...