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Rush Creek Ranch
Rush Creek Ranch is a historic site and Beef cattle, cattle ranch located across eight counties in the Sandhills (Nebraska), Sandhills of the Nebraska panhandle on the North Platte River. History After a debtor defaulted on their loan, Thomas E. Wells received several thousand head of cattle as collateral. In 1890, he initially purchased 10,000 acres of land in the Great Plains from the Union Pacific Railroad, establishing Rush Creek Ranch. The ranch spans Garden County, Nebraska, Garden, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Cheyenne, Morrill County, Nebraska, Morrill, Arthur County, Nebraska, Arthur, Sheridan County, Nebraska, Sheridan, Cherry County, Nebraska, Cherry, Grant County, Nebraska, Grant, and Hooker County, Nebraska, Hooker counties of Nebraska. It maintains over half-a-million head of cattle and raises approximately 1,000 Arabian horses. Rush Creek formerly raised salmon. A relic of the Homestead Acts and Free Soil policies, there are multiple Homestead (building), homesteads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. Nebraska is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 16th-largest state by land area, with just over . With a population of over 2 million as of 2024, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 38th-most populous state and the List of states and territories of the United States by population density, eighth-least densely populated. Its List of capitals in the United States, capital is Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln, and its List of municipalities in Nebraska, most populous city is Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
