Archaeology in Genoa, Nebraska

Genoa, Nebraska

Burkett Archeological Site -NHR
Situated on a prominent natural terrace near the Loup River valley near Genoa, the Burkett Site comprises numerous earthlodge ruins covering an area of over 100 acres. The site is attributed to the...
Burkett Archeological Site -NHR
Wright Site - NHR
Sometime between A.D. 1600 and 1750 the ancestors of the Skidi Pawnee occupied this immense village on a prominent terrace overlooking Beaver Creek and the Loup River near present-day Genoa. Archeo...
Wright Site - NHR
Genoa Site - NHR
After nearly three decades of Sioux harassment and epidemic diseases, all four bands of the Pawnee Confederation agreed by an 1857 treaty to congregate at a single village near their agency on Beav...
Genoa Site - NHR

Indian School Smokestack

The brick smokestack stands alone where at one time it was attached to the power house that made steam heat which heated the buildings at the Indian Industrial School through underground tunnels. Electricity was also produced in this building.

Genoa, NE

St. Rose of Lima Church

St. Rose of Lima church is of Gothic architecture, its arches pointing heavenward like hands pressed together in prayer. Built in 1951, this building is the new St. Rose, an imposing stone structure that replaces the frame church made inadequate by the rapid growth of St. Rose of Lima parish.

Genoa, NE

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Genoa, Nebraska

Burkett Archeological Site -NHR

Wright Site - NHR

Genoa Site - NHR

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Indian School Smokestack

St. Rose of Lima Church

Wright Site - NHR

Burkett Archeological Site -NHR

Genoa Indian School Barns

Things to do near Genoa, NE

Sergeant Floyd River Museum and Welcome Center

Gavins Point Dam

Corps of Discovery Welcome Center

City Recreation

Master's Hand Candle Company Serendipity Chocolate Factory