On October 15, 1866, the Union Pacific Railroad track laying crews reached the "100th Meridian"
Cozad, NE Railroad HistoryThe 100th Meridian Museum, located adjacent to the Henri Museum, houses the antique touring coach used by William Howard Taft and his family when they toured Yellowstone Park in 1907
Cozad, NE MuseumsThe Pony Express Station which stands in the Cozad City Park was known officially as the Willow Island Station and was located just south of the present Darr Bridge. The station began in 1838
Cozad, NE Pony ExpressThree major pioneer trails, the Oregon, the Mormon, and the Chisholm, as well as the Pony Express went through the Cozad area.
Every spring they come...A half million of them. Most of the sandhill cranes on this earth. And for a long, splendid month in...