| Depart |
Pickup everyone and travel to
Burwell - hot coffee, fresh baked muffins, and orange juice will be served
on the bus. |
| 9:00
am |
County
Line Saddle Shop and Dry Creek
Western Wear - watch and visit
with the craftsman who build saddles and supply gear for local
ranchers.
|
| 10:30
am |
Dream
Weaver’s Cabin - Jo began weaving in 1987. She specializes in rag
rug
weaving using natural fibers such as cotton, wool, rayon, silk, and hemp.
Also featured
in her weaving inventory are
shawls, scarves, various woven mats, and pouches.
|
| 12:00
am |
Fort
Hartsuff for lunch and tour - Fort
Hartsuff State Historical Park is comprised of a portion of the original
1280-acre Military Reservation. The nine original permanent buildings on
the Park grounds are constructed of grout, a mixture of gravel, lime, and
cement similar to concrete. Some
former temporary structures and other features such as the original Fort
cemetery are on private property. Active between 1874-1881 during the
height of Indian warfare on the Plains, the Fort provided protection for
both settlers and friendly Indians. At the Fort, a social center for the
surrounding area, settlers found employment and a market for their farm
produce. Abandoned in 1881, the buildings were
purchased by the Union Pacific Railroad, whose intention to
establish an immigrant center here was never realized. In 1897 the site
was purchased by local investors. It became a farm headquarters until
donated to the State of Nebraska in 1961 by Glen and Lillian Auble of Ord.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is responsible for restoration and
maintenance of the Park as a part of the statewide Historical Parks
system. The Park and surrounding district was named to the National
Register of Historic Places in 1978. |
| 2:00
pm |
Calamus
Fish Hatchery - Located at the base of the dam, the hatchery was
completed in 1991. Built and operated by the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission, it is located on 136 acres of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation land.
Water is supplied by eight ground wells and by a 36-inch pipeline from the
reservoir. Among common
species raised here are walleye, northern pike, wipers, muskellunge,
rainbow and brown trout, crappie, bluegill and channel catfish. Some 20 to
30 million fish are produced here annually. |
| 3:00
pm |
Calamus
Reservoir - Located 6 miles northwest of Burwell offers some of the
state's finest recreational opportunities. Camping, fishing, boating,
hiking, sightseeing and hunting are real attractions on the 5,123-acre
lake and surrounding 4,958 acres of gently rolling land, covered with
native grasses. Some 1.2 miles of the Calamus River and 3.5 miles of other
streams meander through the area. |
| 4:30
pm |
The
Country Neighbor - Enjoy old-fashioned freshly baked pie from their
soda fountain. The Country Neighbor sells souvenirs collectables and
gifts. Select from an unusual collection of country jams and jellies,
mustards, flavored coffees, pottery, candles, copper
windmills, floral pieces, hand-crafted dolls, decorations,
old-fashioned candies and a wide variety of collector s cookbooks
featuring cowboy, country pioneer or depression era recipes. |
|
5:30 pm |
Depart for Home. |
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