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Historic Walking Tour

Historic Depot

In the years from 1863 to 1868 the railroad had become a certainty. During the five year period, the first operations of mapping, surveying, setting telegraph poles and planning the roadbed had been completed. The railroad through this territory was completed in 1868

Pony Express Mural

The Pony Express galloped through the West in 18 short months before Nebraska gained statehood. The historic value of those early times is being preserved in Gothenburg, which was named Pony Express Capital of Nebraska in 1991

Sod House Museum

The award-winning Sod House Museum was established in Gothenburg in 1988

Lake Helen

Foresighted citizens approved a bond issue in 1889 for construction of a 12