The Plum Creek Massacre Cemetery in northern Phelps County rests on the open prairie as a quiet reminder of the struggles the early pioneers endured to settle the country. Three monuments within a fenced area are protected to the west by a row of cedar trees.
The seventeen cemeteries in Phelps County have been documented and published by the Phelps County Genealogical Society and are available at the Nebraska Prairie Museum.
The bald eagle has always captured the attention of Americans, so much so that in 1782 the Continental Congress chose the eagle as the national bird and the centerpiece for the nation's Great Seal. Over the years, the bald eagle acquired its status as a symbol of freedom and of the United States.
Holdrege, NE BirdwatchingThe Holdrege Country Club is a beautiful 18-hole, grass green, semi-private golf course and Country club.
Holdrege, NE Golf CoursesMarch is the peak month for viewing waterfowl at all of the wildlife preserves. At the Funk Lagoon you may see more than 500,000 ducks and geese per day, and over 20
Holdrege, NE Wildlife RefugesFishing for white bass, crappie, catfish, northern pike, wipers and walleye has been quite productive at Enders in recent yea...
In the fall, hunters find that Medicine Creek is one of the finest public hunting areas in the state. Its wildlife lands lie ...