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 now moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Fort McPherson HQ interior where General Sheridan, Cody, Custer were posted, now at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Windmill & water tower at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Open air museum setting of Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Log building of Fort McPherson HQ building (1863) now moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Fort McPherson HQ interior where General Sheridan, Cody, Custer were posted, now at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Windmill & water tower at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Open air museum setting of Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Log home built by E.E. Ericson at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Ericson house where owner offered water to travelers on Oregon Trail. North Platte, NE.Interior of Ericson house at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Dick's Barber Shop moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Log home (1869) built by E.E. Ericson at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Ericson house where owner offered water to travelers on Oregon Trail. North Platte, NE.Interior of Ericson house at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Dick's Barber Shop (1900) moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Fred & Anna Fredricksen House shipped west by Sears Roebuck now Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Original parlor with piano of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Original stairwell of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Original dining room furniture of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Fred & Anna Fredricksen House (1899) shipped west by Sears Roebuck now Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Original parlor with piano of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Original stairwell of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Original dining room furniture of Fredricksen House at County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Antique farm machinery & Lutheran Church at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Antique farm machinery at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Brady Island Union Pacific Railroad Depot moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Ogallala Sioux child's handbag at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Antique farm machinery & Lutheran Church at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Antique farm machinery at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Brady Island Union Pacific Railroad Depot (1866) moved to Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Ogallala Sioux child's handbag (c1880-90) at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Ogallala Sioux beadwork papoose carrier at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Ogallala Sioux beadwork moccasins at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Collection of local arrowheads at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Shelf clock with carved owls by Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., Winsted, Conn. at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Ogallala Sioux beadwork papoose carrier (c1880-90) at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Ogallala Sioux beadwork moccasins (c1880-90) at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Collection of local arrowheads at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Shelf clock with carved owls by Wm. L. Gilbert Clock Co., Winsted, Conn. at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Peep at Buffalo Bill's Wild West book by McLoughlin Brothers, NY at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Stampede bronze sculpture by Frederic Remington at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Collection of saddles at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Lincoln Highway marker at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
Peep at Buffalo Bill's Wild West book (1887) by McLoughlin Brothers, NY at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Stampede bronze sculpture by Frederic Remington at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Collection of saddles at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Lincoln Highway marker at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.
American LaFrance Fire Truck at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.Radiator ornament from American LaFrance Fire Truck at Lincoln County Historical Museum. North Platte, NE.

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

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