World War Z, a mock oral history of a zombie apocalypse by Max Brooks, features Ainsworth as one of the locations of the storytellers
Albion
Trivia
Former United States Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews was born here.
At one time Albion/Boone County had the highest unsolved murder rate in the country.
Albion is the site of the Boone County fair. For the first part of the 20th Century the Boone County fair was rated in the top 5 largest fairs in the country.
Carhenge
Alliance
Alliance is the home to Carhenge (a replica of Stonehenge constructed with automobiles), which is located just north of the city.
In fiction The second half of Ann Patchett's 1997 novel The Magician's Assistant is set entirely in Alliance
Atkinson
Notable People
Rodney L. Johnson, brigadier general in the United States Army
Meagan Winings, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2004 and Miss Nebraska USA 2009
Auburn
The only person to be elected to the United States Congress as a member of the Prohibitionist Party, Charles Hiram Randall, was born in Auburn on July 23, 1865.
Notable People
Chris Kelsay, professional football player
Charles Hiram Randall, U.S. Representative from California
Aurora
Notable People
Harold Eugene Edgerton — inventor of the strobe light
Clarence Mitchell — Major League Baseball player [7][8]
Les Nunamaker — Major League Baseball Player
Terese Nielsen — freelance fantasy artist
William Ledyard Stark — Populist politician
Eugene Jerome Hainer — U.S. Representative from Nebraska
Silas Reynolds Barton — U.S. Representative from Nebraska
Bob Kremer — Nebraska state senator
Ron Spencer — artist for Magic: The Gathering [edit]
World Record On June 22, 2003, the largest hailstone ever measured fell in Aurora. The hailstone had a diameter of 7 inches (18 cm) and a circumference of 18.75 inches (47.6 cm
Bassett
Jerome Baugher - 2006 State Champion Shotput class D
Ananias Brewster, Father of Dr. Frank Albert Brewster. Dr. Brewster was the first physician in the world to use an airplane for medical life saving purposes.
Robert Taylor, Hollywood Film Actor
Harold Lloyd, Hollywood Silent Film Star
Peter Jansen
Weldon Kees
Gene L. Coon
Pid Purdy, NFL player for the Green Bay Packers
Benkelman
Notable People
Ward Bond, actor
Blair
Notable People
Kent Bellows - artist
Bill Dannenhauser - professional wrestler
Mike Ekeler - Nebraska football coach
Mike Hollingshead - photographer
Mick Mines - Nebraska state senator
Tom Seaton - baseball star
Paul Simon - Democratic Congressman, Senator, and presidential candidate
Rod Whitaker - novelist
Trivia
This is one of two cities that have been the contact point for many consumer products contests, the other being Young America, Minnesota.
Blair served as the headquarters of 2 Lutheran denominations - the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Association in America from 1884–1896; and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church from 1896-1960. Both denominations were informally known as "The Blair Church."
Broken Bow
Nebraska's largest cattle feedlot, the Adams Land and Cattle south lot, with a capacity of 85,000 head, is located 2 miles south of Broken Bow. In the past, some locals have feared the potential of environmental damage from the feedlot, but the state's environmental agency has found the company in compliance with state standards.[5]
Cultural References
Broken Bow was mentioned in the movie Babe with a glimpse of the 'Broken Bow' stockyards which was completely fabricated to make the community look like a ghost town. It was also mentioned in the TV Series Jericho in which one character is sent to the "Nebraska State Patrol Office" in Broken Bow — which is actually located in the real Broken Bow by the rest home Off Broadway.
Broken Bow has also been mentioned in the TV show "The X-files" and in the movie "About Schmitt".
Broken Bow was also mentioned in the prime time TV show "Supernatural" on episode 3.8 "A Very Supernatural Christmas at the very beginning during a flashback.
Burwell
Burwell is host to 'Nebraska's Big Rodeo,' an annual event usually held the last weekend of July. This has been an important event for the town's economy and has been a staple for over 80 years.
Central City
Notable People
Dick Wagner - Cincinnati Reds executive
Wright Morris - Author and photographer
Chadron
The Museum of the Fur Trade is located near Chadron, at the site of the American Fur Company's former Bordeaux Trading Post.
During the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Chadron was the starting point of the 1,000-mile Chadron-Chicago Cowboy Horse Race. Nine riders competed for the $1,000 prize to be the first to reach the entrance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Among the riders was former outlaw Doc Middleton. John Berry won the race in 13 days and 16 hours
Chadron State College was founded in 1911.
Notable alumni
Don Beebe - Former NFL Wide Receiver
Danny Woodhead - All-time NCAA football leading rusher (all divisions)
William David Sanders - Teacher, killed in Columbine High School massacre
Togiola Tulafono - Current Governor of American Samoa
Jerry D. Mahlman - American meteorologist and global warming expert
Val Logsdon Fitch - Nobel Prize winning American nuclear physicist (attended for three years before being drafted into the U.S. army in 1943)
Steve McClain - head basketball coach for the University of Wyoming from 1998–2007
Notable People
Poe Ballantine, novelist and essayist.
Don Beebe, former NFL wide receiver - attended Chadron State
Justin Bruening, television actor
James Dahlman, longtime mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Charles Henry King, businessman known for founding Chadron and other cities; father of Leslie Lynch King
Leslie Lynch King, Sr., the biological father of President Gerald Ford
Danny Woodhead, football player for the New York Jets and NCAA record holder
Chappell
Notable People
Richard N. Cabela - Founded Cabela's.
Frank W. Cyr - Organized the United States' first national standards conference for school transportation in 1939.
Virginia D. Smith - Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1991 from the Third Congressional District of Nebraska.
Clay Center
The Spring Wing Ding celebrates the magnificent spring migration of millions of geese and ducks that settle into our wonderful rain water basin in Clay County. This festival will occur on March 4 & 5th, 2006 with many bus tours to local marshes, educational seminars, an evening banquet/wildlife auction and a noon cookout held in the midst of thousands of cackling snow, blue and whitefront geese. In past years we have had over 500 people from all over the country take part, and the number grows every year.
Wildbird Magazine ranks this as one of the top 15 areas to visit in the United States
Popular Culture
The novel, Clay Center by Phil Condon, was named after the town.
Glur's Tavern - Columbus, NE
Columbus
Glur's Tavern, built in 1876, is the oldest tavern west of the Missouri River still in operation. The tavern was patronized by "Buffalo Bill" Cody during his frequent visits to Columbus.[38] The tavern is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Notable People
Columbus is the birthplace of Andrew Jackson Higgins, creator/designer of the Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), or Higgins boat, used during World War II.
former U. S. Senator Chuck Hagel,
actor Brad William Henke,
former professional baseball player Saul Soltero,
former professional boxer Leon Spinks,
three time world speed climbing champion Guy German,
architect Emiel Christensen and
NFL football players Cory Schlesinger and Chad Mustard.
Lucas Cruikshank, creator of YouTube series FRED and its main character Fred Figglehorn, is a Columbus resident.[42]
Tony Raimondo, chairman of Behlen Manufactring, was initially selected in 2003 for the new federal post of assistant secretary for manufacturing in the Commerce Department. Raimondo withdrew his name from consideration following controversy over Behlen's operations in China[43]; and, according to Robert Novak, because of opposition from Senator Chuck Hagel arising from Raimondo's support of Democrat Ben Nelson over Republican Hagel in the 1996 senatorial election.[44] In 2008, Raimondo ran as a Democrat for the open U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Hagel; he came in second in the Democratic primary with 25% of the vote, behind Scott Kleeb with 69%.[45]
Although not a resident, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was a frequent visitor to Columbus. In 1883, the city was the site of the first full-dress rehearsal of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show before its opening in Omaha.
Cozad
Notable People
Robert Henri, American painter of the Ashcan School, was the son of John J. Cozad
Dan Christensen, American abstract painter, was born in Cozad
Chris Dishman, an NFL lineman
Creighton
Notable People
Tony Wragge - Football lineman
Crete
Doane College
Notable Alumni
Henry Pratt Fairchild - distinguished sociologist and educator
Zenon C.R. Hansen - former chairman of the board at Doane College and CEO of Mack Trucks, Inc.
Weldon Kees - poet
April Dowling - contestant on Big Brother 10
John Perry - philosopher and professor of philosophy at Stanford University
Douglas L. Wilson - Two-time recipient of the Lincoln Prize and Professor Emeritus at Knox College
Curtis
Curtis describes itself as "Nebraska's Easter City", and presents an annual pageant on Palm Sunday
Dakota City
Notable People
Ralph F. Beermann - Member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska
James Young Deer - Silent-era American Indian director and actor
David City
Notable People
Mike Ekeler - Linebackers Coach, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Ruth Etting - Prominent American singer of the 1930s
Joyce Hall - Founder of Hallmark Cards
Roman Hruska - Republican Senator
Dale Nichols – Artist
Fairbury
Notable People
Lowell English - Purple Heart winning veteran of World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Doyle Lade - Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs)
Gary Lauck - Leading figure on the international Neo-Nazi scene and large-scale producer of white nationalist and racist literature
Irene Worth - Tony Award winning actress, her family moved to California when she was four.
Fall City
The town was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves during the struggles resulting from the Kansas-Nebraska Act
On August 6, 1966, Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashed near Falls City due to bad weather, killing all 42 on board.
Notable People
Gil Dodds - American and World record holder for the mile run in the 1940s, Sullivan Award recipient in 1943.
Pee Wee Erwin, jazz musician
Dave Heineman - 42nd Governor of Nebraska.
John Philip Falter - noted artist and Saturday Evening Post illustrator with over 200 Post covers to his credit.
Boys Don't Cry Movie Poster
In Popular Culture
The movie Boys Don't Cry was set in Falls City, based on true events in the life and death of Brandon Teena, who was a transgendered male.
Execution of the convicted rapist and killer of Brandon is being delayed for legal clarification by Governor Heineman on issues related to the method. Governor Heineman happens to be from Falls City
Franklin
Notable People
Archie E. Mitchell - Christian missionary
Clarence Mitchell - Major League Baseball pitcher
Friend
The National Greyhound Association was founded in the community in 1906 (called at the time National Coursing Association).[4]
The Friend Police Department is also known for having what was once known as the smallest police station in the world according to Ripley's Believe it or not
Genoa
Notable People
Samuel F. Tappan Bud Tinning 2007 marks the 85th annual Oregon Trail Days, celebration which takes place during the second week of July each year. Friends, families, Gering High School classmates, and the Old Settlers reunion all congregate in Gering for a weekend full of activities.
Gering
Notable People
Galen B. Jackman - U.S. Army Major General (retired), Nancy Reagan's escort throughout the state funeral proceedings of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, first commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region
Dave Raymond - Major League Baseball broadcaster with the Houston Astros.
James G. Roudebush - U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General, current Surgeon General of the United States Air Force
Adrian M. Smith - U.S. House of Representatives, Nebraska 3rd District.
Teresa Scanlan- Miss Nebraska 2010
Scotts Bluff National Monument - 3 mi. W
Gibbon
Notable People
Dick Cavett, former television talk show host
Gordon
Notable People
Val Fitch, 1980 winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics.[4]
Dwight Griswold, governor of Nebraska from 1940 to 1946 and editor and publisher of the Gordon Journal from 1922 to 1940.
Trevor Johnson, NFL player with the Kansas City Chiefs Doc Middleton, an outlaw in the late 1800s
Gothenburg
The Pony Express Trail runs through Gothenburg. There are two original Pony Express Stations in Gothenburg. In 1931, a station located on the Upper 96 Ranch, four miles east of Fort McPherson in Lincoln County, was donated to the city. The station was moved to Ehmen Park in central Gothenburg.[6] A second station is still in its original location, on the Lower 96 Ranch four miles south of Gothenburg; it is open to the public on a limited basis.
Notable People
Former NFL tight end Jay Novacek attended Gothenburg High School.
Hartington
Notable People
Russ Hochstein, Denver Broncos offensive lineman Charles Thone, former Governor of Nebraska
Harvard
Notable People
Milan D. Bish, Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua, and St. Vincent, as well as Special Representative to St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1981 to 1984.
Jay Keasling, bioengineering pioneer
Paul Revere, born Paul Revere Dick, organist and leader of the rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders
Billy Southworth, a Hall of Fame baseball manager of two World Series champions
Hastings
It is known as the town where Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in 1927, and celebrates that event with Kool-Aid Days the second weekend of every August.
During World War II the city operated the largest Naval Ammunition Depot in the United States.
On June 24, 2007, Hastings won Yahoo's Greenest City in America competition
Fisher Fountain
The Jacob Fisher Rainbow Fountain in Highland Park, Hastings, is the largest water fountain between Chicago and Denver.[citation needed] The fountain shoots continuously changing arrays of water jets (reaching heights of 67 feet) while green, yellow, orange, red, magenta, and blue lights illuminate the water in varying patterns. Fisher Fountain was originally a temporary exhibit at the 1932 Adams County Fair, called the Electric Fountain. It was invented by Edward R. Howard and became a symbol of hope during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Because of its popularity, it was moved to the park and made permanent. A competition among schoolchildren to rename it resulted in two winning names that were combined: Rainbow Fountain, and Fisher Fountain after Mayor Jacob Fisher.[18] Fisher Fountain was renovated in 1982 but was then dynamited by vandals in 1984. Its destruction aroused a strong community response. $63,000 was raised to rebuild it, and it was rededicated on Mother's Day in 1985
Notable People
Edwin Perkins, inventor of Kool-Aid
Charles Henry Dietrich, Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator, and his wife Margretta, woman's suffrage leader
Tom Osborne, former University of Nebraska football coach and Congressman
Rick Sheehy, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
Fred A. Seaton, U.S. Secretary of the Interior 1956-61.
Rollin Kirby, political cartoonist[11]
Neal Hefti, jazz musician and composer
Sandy Dennis, American theater and film actress
Sheila Hicks, fiber artist
Teddi Smith, model
Clarence L. "Ben" Coates, computer scientist
Johnny Hopp, Major League baseball player
Marc Boerigter, former professional football player
Adam Carriker, NFL defensive tackle for the Washington Redskins.
Hebron
Hebron is the home of the world's largest porch swing.
Imperial
Notable People
Warren Prall Watters, founding archbishop of the Free Church of Antioch, was born in Imperial.
In the 1860s it was the location of a stop along the Pony Express.
The Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles is located in Lexington adjacent to I-80.
Longpine
Long Pine is mentioned in Willa Cather's 1911 short story The Joy of Nelly Deane.
Loup City
During the Great Depression, Loup City was the site of a clash between radical leftists, influenced by Mother Bloor, who clashed with area residents in June 1934 following efforts by Communists to organize the workers of a poultry processing plant.
For many years Loup City has proclaimed itself as the "Polish capital of Nebraska," due to a significant Polish population (see Polonia). "Polish Days" is an annual community event.
The town's Catholic church, Saint Josaphat's, features stained glass windows commemorating area families, most with Polish names. The windows were salvaged from the previous St. Josaphat's and date from the early 1900s
Madison
Notable People
Horace L. McBride, lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and commander of the 80th Infantry Division in Europe during World War II
McCook
McCook is the birthplace of one of Nebraska's two U.S Senators, Ben Nelson.
Former professional football player Jeff Kinney is a 1968 graduate of McCook High School; he was a three-year starter for the Nebraska Cornhuskers at tailback. Kinney was a major factor on the national championship teams of 1970 and 1971, especially during the "Game of the Century" at unbeaten Oklahoma on Thanksgiving in his senior season. He gained 171 yards on 31 carries (5.5 avg.) and scored four touchdowns, the final one with less than two minutes remaining to put Nebraska ahead 35-31, the final score. He was a first-round draft choice (23rd overall) of the Kansas City Chiefs in 1972; he played five seasons in the NFL with the Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills.
McCook Army Airfield, active from 1943 through 1945, was located nine miles northwest of McCook.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Sutton House, a restored, good condition example of the prairie style, is located in McCook, at the intersection of Norris Avenue and West F Street. The home is currently privately owned
Minatare
Notable People
John A. Nerud - Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972.
Monroe
Leland Hayward — United States Senator from Nebraska and grandfather of Leland Hayward George H. Heinke — lawyer and US Congressman 1939-1940.
John Henry Kagi — second in command in John Brown's 1859 raid on the US Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and was responsible for the Mayhew Cabin's role in the Underground Railroad.
J. Sterling Morton — founder of Arbor Day and former US Secretary of Agriculture under President Cleveland.
Pete Ricketts — former Chief Operating Officer of Ameritrade.
He was the Republican nominee for the 2006 U.S. Senate race in Nebraska, which he lost to incumbent Ben Nelson.
Nebraska City
Mayhew Cabin, which is Nebraska's only site on the National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program.
Notable People
Leland Hayward — Hollywood and Broadway agent, and theatrical producer
Neligh
Notable People
John DeCamp - Politician and author of The Franklin Cover-up.
Norfolk is the eastern terminus of the Cowboy Trail.
Notable People
Television host Johnny Carson (born in Corning, Iowa) moved to Norfolk at the age of 8 and graduated from Norfolk High School.
Model rocketry was invented in Norfolk in 1954 by Orville Carlisle, working in the basement of his shoe store on 420 Norfolk Avenue.
Norfolk is the birthplace of Thurl Ravenscroft, best known as the voice of "Tony the Tiger" and as the singer of the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".
Max Carl (Gronenthal), singer and songwriter for .38 Special, grew up in Humphrey, and graduated from a Norfolk High School. He was with the band for its Rock & Roll Strategy and Bone Against Steel albums, and co-wrote the #1 hit song "Second Chance".
Joyce Ballantyne, painter of pin-up art, was born in Norfolk.
Joyce Hall, who created the Norfolk Post Card Company in 1908. The company eventually moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where it became Hallmark Cards.
Scott Munter, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, was born in Norfolk.
Shane Osborn, pilot of the plane downed in the Hainan Island incident, and later Nebraska State Treasurer, was raised in Norfolk and graduated from Norfolk High School.
Don Stewart, actor best known for his role in Guiding Light
Doris Pawn, an actress in silent motion pictures
Jim Buchanan, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns
Patrick M. Martin, later a U.S. Representative for California
The Smoke Ring, a 1960s rock band.
Tanner Pflueger, title name star of Billy Elliot the Musical on Broadway and the London West End.
Jeromey Clary, an offensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers, was born in Norfolk.
North Bend
Notable People
Marg Helgenberger, actress on CSI and China Beach
North Platte
North Platte is home to the world's largest railyard, Bailey Yard.
The Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center is an eight story building which overlooks the expansive railroad staging area. The tower and visitor center are open to the public year-round
During the 1930s, high crime rates and corruption caused North Platte to be infamously known as 'Little Chicago,' as depicted in the novel Evil Obsession written by award-winning author Nellie Snyder Yost.
North Platte is also home of the State of Nebraska official celebration known as "Nebraskaland Days" which occurs every year in June which draws over 100,000 visitors each year to enjoy rodeos, concerts, western art, parades and many other events
UFO Incidents
In North Platte Area Two deputies investigated the sighting of unidentified flying objects in the sky south of Brady Nov. 21, 2008 according to Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer. Although both deputies and the man who called to report the lights dancing in the sky observed them for more than 15 minutes, they could offer no explanation about what they were.[7]
Notable People
Howard Baskerville - missionary and teacher
Mobster Henry Hill used to work as a cook in North Platte.
The popular big band leader Glenn Miller lived in North Platte during his childhood and started his musical career there when his father bought him a mandolin.
Noted San Francisco Bay Area Disc Jockey Dr. Don Rose, was born and raised in North Platte and would frequently reference the city on his popular morning show.
Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel was born in North Platte.[8]
Danny Woodhead played high school football at North Platte High School. Woodhead went on to play college football at Chadron State College. He set numerous records including the all-time rushing mark for any NCAA division level. He also won NCAA Football- Division II's most prestigious award twice, the Harlon Hill Trophy, in both 2006 and 2007.
Chief Red Cloud, Sioux warrior, was born near North Platte in 1822.
Former PBR bull rider Mark Ward, 4-time qualifier to the PBR World Finals (1999-2001, 2004), currently a stock contractor.
PBR/PRCA bull rider Dustin Elliott, 2-time PBR World Finals qualifier (2007-08), and 2004 PRCA World Champion bull rider.
Oakland
Notable People
Oakland is the birth place of Jon Kyl, the Junior U.S. Senator from Arizona.
Ogallala
In the days of the Nebraska Territory, the city was a stop on the Pony Express and later along the transcontinental railroad Ogallala first gained fame as a terminus for cattle drives that traveled from Texas to the Union Pacific railhead located there
O'Neill
Father Edward Flanagan, who went on to establish Boys Town, first served as a Catholic priest at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in O'Neill.
For now, O'Neill houses the world's largest permanent shamrock. Made of colored concrete, it was installed in the main intersection of 4th & Douglas in 2000.
Saint Patrick's Day and the Summerfest in July are the town's main celebrations
Notable People
Moses Kinkaid, U.S. Representative from Nebraska and sponsor of the Kinkaid Act
Frank Leahy, American college football coach U.S. Senator
Thomas Kearns, Utah Mining magnate and owner of Salt Lake Tribune a O'Neill native
Ord
Notable People
Rod Dowhower - former coach of the Indianapolis Colts and the Stanford Cardinal football team.
Clyde E. Elliott - motion picture producer and director
Evelyn Sharp - American aviatrix Darrell Johnson - former Major League Baseball player and manager
Papillion
In 2009, Papillion was named the #3 best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine[4], surpassing its 2007 ranking of #6
Larry the Cable Guy
Pawnee City
Notable People
Larry the Cable Guy, comedian
Lavon Heidemann, state Senator (District 1)
Irish McCalla, actress
Kenneth S. Wherry, U.S. Senator from Nebraska; Senate Republican Leader
David Butler, First Governor of Nebraska
Pender
Notable People
Monty Budwig – Jazz double-bassist known for his work with Vince Guaraldi.
Dale R. Buis – First name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Loren Miller (judge) – Moved to Kansas as a boy.
Maurice Pate – A founding figure for the United Nations Children's Fund.
Peru
Notable People
Herbert Brownell, Jr., United States Attorney General, was born in Peru.
Samuel Gordon Daily, United States Congress, lived in Peru.
Pierce
Pierce is the home of Cuthills Vineyards, Nebraska's first winery.
Pierce Lockers, owned by Terry Wragge, is known for its famous hand-twisted hot dogs, called "Wragge Dogs," which have been sold to customers from at least 47 states. The company, located at 117 N Brown Street, also does custom butchering, among other things.
Plainview
Plainview promotes itself as the "Klown Kapital" of the world, boasting a Klown Festival every June and a Klown Doll Museum with more than 4,500 pieces on display
Plainview holds the distinction of being the first city in Nebraska with fiber-optic lines to every resident and business.
Plattsmouth
Notable People
John Falter, artist
Randolph
It refers to itself as "The Honey Capital of the Nation" due to the per-capita number of bee keeping families
Red Cloud
The author Willa Cather lived in Red Cloud for several years with her family, starting in 1884 at age nine. She used the town as inspiration for several in her novels, including Black Hawk in My Ántonia.[5] Several 19th-century buildings described in her books are included in the Willa Cather Historic District, the largest district dedicated to an author that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Notable People
Red Cloud - Oglala Sioux chief
Silas Garber - Governor of Nebraska
William Norris - computer pioneer
Willa Cather - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer [10]
William A. McKeighan - U.S. Representative
Rushville
Notable People
John Gottschalk - Retired publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and National president of the Boy Scouts of America
Kelly Stouffer - NFL quarterback who graduated from Rushville High School.
St. Paul
Notable residents
Baseball Hall of Famer Grover Cleveland Alexander lived in St. Paul and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, south of the city.
Scottsbluff
Notable People
Kip Gross - retired Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, and Houston Astros.
Galen B. Jackman - U.S. Army Major General (retired), Nancy Reagan's escort throughout the state funeral proceedings of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, first commanding general of Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region
Randy Meisner - former bassist with The Eagles
Terry Carpenter - American politician
Ashley Bauer - Miss Nebraska 2007
Jennifer McCafferty - Miss Wyoming 2007
Brook Berringer - The former University of Nebraska quarterback was born in Scottsbluff in 1973. (His family moved to Goodland, Kansas, after his father's death.)
Bert Wright - Professional Ice Dancer
Scribner
Notable People
J. Martin Klotsche, educator and historian
Superior
Superior bills itself as the "Victorian Capital of Nebraska", and holds an annual Victorian Festival
Notable People
Evelene Brodstone, later Evelyn Vestey, Lady Vestey, executive and baroness.
Thomas E. Trowbridge, Wyoming state legislator
The town was used largely for the setting of the mini-series Amerika, which depicted life in a small American town after a successful takeover by the Soviet Union.
Tecumseh
Notable People
Hoot Gibson, rodeo champion and early cowboy film actor, director, and producer
L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology and science fiction author
Baseball player and broadcaster Richie Ashburn in 1927.
Richie Ashburn, Hall of Fame Baseball Player
Walter Brueggemann, Old Testament Scholar
Valentine
In 2007, National Geographic Adventure magazine included Valentine in its list of the best ten wilderness towns and cities.
Notable People
James Dahlman worked as a brand inspector for the Wyoming Stock Association in Valentine in the 1890s. Later he became the eight-term Omaha mayor from 1906 to 1930.
Valley
Valley is the hometown of Gail Rock, who used it as the basis for the small town Clear Rock in her Addie Mills books, of which "The House Without a Christmas Tree" is best known
Wahoo
Beginning in February 1996, the city was denoted the location of the "home office" that produces the top-10 list for David Letterman's Late Show program, having relocated from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The town had lobbied Letterman for the status for months. It had the Nebraska legislature proclaim him an admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, as well as inundate Letterman with letters, postcards, and bribes of flowers, clothing, animals, alcoholic beverages, shredded money, and free checkups at the Wahoo Medical Center. When Letterman jokingly said he wanted more, Wahoo sent him a '76 Ford Pinto with a sofa attached to the hood, a wall clock made of cow droppings, and two of the town's teenagers, brothers Jeff and Josh Price. This brought some degree of fame and tourism to the town. The nightly recap of the show on the CBS web site is titled The Wahoo Gazette.
Notable People
Baseball player Wahoo Sam Crawford and
film producer Darryl F. Zanuck
composer Howard Hanson
1958 Nobelist George Beadle (in Physiology/Medicine).
Wahoo Public High School is also the owner of the third-longest boys' high school basketball winning streak — 114 straight games — from 1987-88 thru the 1991-92 seasons. This feat spanned 5 seasons and 4 state basketball championships.
Clarence William Anderson, author and illustrator of children's books
George Beadle, leading American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate
Sam Crawford, Hall-of-Fame baseball player with the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers
Howard Hanson, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor, author, and educator
Zach Miller, NFL football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Darryl F. Zanuck, Academy Award–winning producer, writer, actor, director, and studio executive
Wayne
Notable People
Don Meyer — holder of first place on the NCAA men's basketball coaches win list, currently coaching for Northern State University
Wilber
Wilber is the official "Czech Capital of the USA" and hosts an annual Czech Days festival in August.
Notable People
Laurence Wild, 1913 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American, former head coach for the Navy Midshipmen men's basketball, and 30th Governor of American Samoa
Lewis H. Brown - Quarterback for the 1930-31 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Dale M. Hansen – Medal of Honor recipient
Virginia Huston - Hollywood actress (known as "Virginia Houston")
Jim Kane - High school sports coach
John Henry Kyl - Iowa Congressional Representative
Jerry LaNoue – 1936 All Big Six Halfback, Nebraska Cornhuskers
Frank Merriam – Former Wisner school superintendent; later Governor of California
Wood River
Notable People
Scott Frost - Nebraska Cornhuskers quarterback on 1997 NCAA championship team and former NFL player
Wymore
Wymore, Nebraska is also the burial place of author and anthropologist R. Clark Mallam, whose book, Indian Creek Memories; A Sense of Place is set in and around the town.
York
Notable People
Doug Bereuter - Congressman, a main sponsor of the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004
Fred Niblo - Silent era film director
Loyd A. Jones - Inventor, Head of Physics for Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY 1912-1950?
