Lincoln County Historical Museum, North Platte, NE Photos

The Lincoln County Historical Museum has an open air collection of buildings gathered from the region including the original Fort McPherson log Headquarters building. The museum also features some Western art & a display of a canteen run by locals to feed thousands of servicemen daily who passed through on the transcontinental railroad during World War II.

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Log building of Fort McPherson HQ building (1863) now moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Fort McPherson HQ interior where General Sheridan, Cody, Custer were posted, now at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Windmill & water tower at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Open air museum setting of Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Log home (1869) built by E.E. Ericson at County Historical Museum.	Ericson house where owner offered water to travelers on Oregon Trail.	Interior of Ericson house at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Dick's Barber Shop (1900) moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Fred & Anna Fredricksen House (1899) shipped west by Sears Roebuck now Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Original parlor with piano of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum.	Original stairwell of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum.	Original dining room furniture of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum.

Antique farm machinery & Lutheran Church at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Antique farm machinery at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Brady Island Union Pacific Railroad Depot (1866) moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Ogallala Sioux child's handbag (c1880-90) at Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Ogallala Sioux beadwork papoose carrier (c1880-90) at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Ogallala Sioux beadwork moccasins (c1880-90) at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Collection of local arrowheads at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Shelf clock with carved owls by Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., Winsted, Conn. at Lincoln County Historical Museum.

Peep at Buffalo Bill's Wild West book (1887) by McLoughlin Brothers, NY at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Stampede bronze sculpture by Frederic Remington at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Collection of saddles at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Lincoln Highway marker at Lincoln County Historical Museum.

American LaFrance Fire Truck (1923) at Lincoln County Historical Museum.	Radiator ornament from American LaFrance Fire Truck (1923) at Lincoln County Historical Museum.