Nebraska State Fair Marathon
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Event Details
The Grand Island YMCA, partnering with the Nebraska State Fair to Strengthen Community. Join us for the Nebraska State Fair Marathon, Half-Marathon, Relay Marathon, 5K and 1-Mile Kid’s Run. Experience the fastest, flattest course in the country. The course begins at the Nebraska State Fair and takes you along tree-lined streets, along the Hike & Bike Trail, around Stuhr Museum and ends on the State Fair Grounds.
Marathon, Half Marathon, Relay Marathon, 5K, 1 Mile Kids Run
START TIMES
MARATHON, 1/2 MARATHON, MARATHON RELAY
Check-in 5:00 - 6:00 am Races begin 6:30 am
5K, 1 MILE KIDS RUN
Check-in 5:00 - 7:00 am Race begins 7:20 am
Nebraska State Fair Marathon
Phone : 308-395-9622 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : fitness@giymca.org
Web: www.statefairmarathon.org/welcome.html
Marathons
Attractions and Upcoming Events
William Stolley Homestead
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Located on the South lawn of the Courthouse the memorial reads, "IN MEMORY OF THE DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY, 1861-1865 and the Spanish American War, 1898-1900"
Erected by the city of Grand Island, 1913
Grand Island, NE MemorialsHamilton-Donald House
National Register of Historic Places
The house was constructed by Henry Falldorf in 1905 for Ellsworth D. Hamilton, cashier of the Commercial State Bank of Grand Island. In 1908
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Stuhr Museum is located on 200 acres
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The cannon located on the South lawn of the Courthouse is dated 1853 and with the forged stamp of AMES CO. FOUNDERS, CHICOPEE, MASS.
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