GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

BEATRICE, NE

Beatrice Union Pacific McKeen car stops at the station
Beatrice Credit: Trainiac

The Gage County Historical Society is a non-profit organization based in Beatrice, Nebraska, USA. The society was established in 1914 with the objective of preserving and promoting the history and heritage of Gage County. The society is located in the historic Burlington Northern Depot which has been renovated and restored to its original grandeur.

The Gage County Historical Society offers a wide range of services and activities for locals and visitors interested in the history of the area. The society operates a museum that houses an extensive collection of artifacts, photographs, and documents related to the county's history. The museum exhibits cover a range of topics, including the early settlements, Native American culture, agriculture, and transportation.

In addition to the museum, the society also offers educational programs and events, including lectures, tours, and workshops. The society's research library is open to the public and offers access to a wealth of historical resources, including books, newspapers, maps, and photographs.

The Gage County Historical Society is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who are passionate about preserving and promoting the county's rich history. The society relies on donations and community support to continue its important work. Visitors to the area interested in exploring the history of Gage County should make a point of visiting the Gage County Historical Society in Beatrice.

GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in BEATRICE NE. US MID #8403100118

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Mount Plains (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming). Total revenue from most recent IRS 990 Form: $ 180,503 from tax period 201306 (YYYYMM).

Beatrice Union Pacific McKeen car stops at the station
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
[NEBRASKA-B-0004] Big Blue River - Beatrice <b>Image Title:</b> Big Blue River - Beatrice <b>Date:</b> c.1920 <b>Place:</b> Big Blue River, Beatrice, Nebraska <b>Description/Caption:</b> Blue River Bridge Beatrice Neb <b>Medium:</b> Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) <b>Photographer/Maker:</b> Unknown <b>Cite as:</b> NE-B-0004, WaterArchives.org <b>Restrictions:</b> There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. While the digital image is freely available, it is requested that <a href="http://www.waterarchives.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.waterarchives.org</a> be credited as its source. For higher quality reproductions of the original physical version contact <a href="http://www.waterarchives.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.waterarchives.org</a>, restrictions may apply.
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>
Homestead National Monument In January, 2021, at the behest of the Republican led legislature of Nebraska, the Republican led US Congress demoted the 85 year old Homestead National Monument to Homestead National Historical Park. The law decreeing this is written to give it the 1984 treatment, mandating that all references be changed. As a result, the National Park Service history page now says that it was designated as a national historical park 85 years ago, rather than noting that it was re-designated in 2021. They have gone so far down this false narrative that a government representative has contacted me to rename my photos here on Flickr. I have refused. ------------------------------------------ Homestead National Monument of America, a unit of the National Park System, commemorates passage of the Homestead Act of 1862, which allowed any qualified person to claim up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) of federally owned land in exchange for five years of residence and the cultivation and improvement of the property. The Act eventually transferred 270,000,000 acres (1,100,000 km2) from public to private ownership. The national monument is five miles west of Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska on a site that includes some of the first acres successfully claimed under the Homestead Act. The national monument was first included in the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 (ID 66000115). The Homestead Heritage Center, dedicated in 2007, contains exhibits that treat the effect of the Homestead Act on immigration, agriculture, native tribes, the tallgrass prairie ecosystem, and federal land policy. The roof line of the center resembles a "single bottom plow moving through the sod," and the parking lot measures exactly 1-acre (4,000 m2). A separate Education Center features science and social science presentations that can be shared with classrooms anywhere in the United States through distance-learning. Source: Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_National_Monument_of_America</a>

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GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 793
BEATRICE
NE
68310-0793

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MID # 8403100118
Name GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Alternate Name GAGE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Classification Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Mount Plains
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) 237110998
NTEECC A80
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM) 201306
INCOME 318,656
REVENUE 180,503
LAT/LONG 40.266447, -96.746773
CODES FIPS State Code: 31
FIPS County Code: 067
US Census Tract: 965100
US Census Block: 2032