BOOST TOURISM RELATED EFFORTS
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA'S PASSPORT TO HERITAGE 2017
COME CELEBRATE NEBRASKA'S 150th – VISIT THESE MUSEUMS BETWEEN MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AND LABOR DAY, 2017:
Antelope County Historical Museum, Ashfall State Historical Park, Cedar County Historical Museum, Creighton Historical Center, Dixon County Museum, Graves Library Museum &Depot Railroad Museum, Mars Ghost Town Tours, Pierce Historical Society Museum, Plainview’s 1880 Railroad Depot Museum, Plainview Klown Doll Museum, and Verdigre Heritage Museum. When you visit each museum, the museum staff will place a sticker over their listing. If you visit all 11 of the museums, you will be entered in a drawing for a cash prize of $300. If you visit 9 or more museums, you will be entered in a drawing for a cash prize of $150. If you visit 5 or more museums you will be entered in a drawing for a cash prize of $75. Completed passports must be sent to the RC&D Office at 702 E. Park Ave., Plainview, NE 68769 postmarked by September 15, 2016. The drawing will be held on September 20th. Passports can be picked up at participating museums or you can print the passport here! |
KNOX COUNTY CEMETERY TOUR 2016
The Knox County Cemetery Tour was held on Saturday, August 13, 2016. The tour began in Verdigre at 8:30am with Judy Carlson as guide. Participants experienced the unique history of northern Knox County as well as learned about its Native American heritage.
Thirty-three people were registered. The tour visited the following sites in northern Knox County: the Mormon Monument, the Ponca Tribal Cemetery, the Interpretive Trail at the Ponca Agency, the Le Qui Court Cemetery in Niobrara, Hobu Creek Cemetery north of Lindy, the Santee Congregational Cemetery, the Howe Creek Cemetery northeast of Center, and the Verdigre Heritage Museum. The Knox County Convention and Visitors Bureau provided a grant of $500 which was used to purchase newspaper ads and radio ads. Casey's General Store donated 9 dozen doughnuts. The feedback and participant evaluations were positive, and most stated they would like to see these types of tours continued in the future. 
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NORTHEAST NEBRASKA'S PASSPORT TO HERITAGE 2016
In an effort to promote area museums, the Heritage Museum Network began a Passport to Heritage program. Twelve area museums participated providing passport sheets and placing a sticker over their listing for people who visited their museum. Anyone who visited all the museums on the passport and received a sticker for each was entered into a drawing for a package of books (all by local authors) valued over $200. Anyone who visited 10 or more museums and received a sticker for each was entered into a drawing for a commemorative Hawthorn sign (from the movie “Nebraska”) and a Legends and Lore of the Outlaw Trail book. Finally, anyone who visited 6 or more museums and received a sticker for each was entered into a drawing for a $15 Walmart gift certificate. All of the books and the Walmart gift certificate were donated.
The program ran from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Completed passport sheets had to be mailed in to RC&D prior to September 15th.
Jim Stout of Wakefield won the first prize - a package of books; Barb Stout of Wakefield won the second prize - Legends and Lore of the Outlaw Trail book and a Hawthorne sign; and Vickie DeJong of Pierce won the third prize - a $15 Wal-mart Gift Certificate.
The program ran from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Completed passport sheets had to be mailed in to RC&D prior to September 15th.
Jim Stout of Wakefield won the first prize - a package of books; Barb Stout of Wakefield won the second prize - Legends and Lore of the Outlaw Trail book and a Hawthorne sign; and Vickie DeJong of Pierce won the third prize - a $15 Wal-mart Gift Certificate.
RC&D Council Member, Brad Kellogg, presents Passport to Heritage Prizes to Barb and Jim Stout. Photo from the Wakefield Republican.
OTHER TOURISM RELATED PROJECTS FROM RC&D
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The Shannon Trail
The Shannon Trail runs through 16 communities and 2 Native American Tribes: Bloomfield, Bow Valley, Center, Creighton, Crofton, Hartington, Lindy, Niobrara, Ponca Tribe, Santee, St. Helena, St. James, Sioux Tribe, Verdel, Verdigre, Wausa, Winnetoon, and Wynot. For more information on the Shannon Trail, go to their website: www.shannontrail.com.
Outlaw Trail
The Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway encourages businesses to join the organization and get involved in this project, which will help insure that their community and attractions are in the potential visitor’s eyes. Memberships in the Byway organization help provide the cash match for this marketing effort, which is funded in part by a grant from the Nebraska Division of Travel & Tourism.
See the Byway the Quiltway Save the Date! Second Annual Quiltway will be October 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2010. 231 miles of Quilting Adventure along the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway – Nebraska Highway 12 from South Sioux City to Valentine. Buy Quiltway wristbands at any display along the way. Visit www.nebraskaoutlawtrail.org for more information
St. James Marketplace
St. James Marketplace is the brainchild of five women in the local farming community who were seeking a way to save the vanishing community of St. James after their church was closed and demolished. The women have been recognized nationwide for their success in putting St. James back on the Nebraska map, literally. For more information, go towww.stjamesmarketplace.com.
Boomerang Central
There are things you can learn from a boomerang. Like a well-thrown boomerang, what goes around, comes around. A friendly smile, kind word, or helpful deeds all have a way of returning to those who practice them.
The Shannon Trail runs through 16 communities and 2 Native American Tribes: Bloomfield, Bow Valley, Center, Creighton, Crofton, Hartington, Lindy, Niobrara, Ponca Tribe, Santee, St. Helena, St. James, Sioux Tribe, Verdel, Verdigre, Wausa, Winnetoon, and Wynot. For more information on the Shannon Trail, go to their website: www.shannontrail.com.
Outlaw Trail
The Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway encourages businesses to join the organization and get involved in this project, which will help insure that their community and attractions are in the potential visitor’s eyes. Memberships in the Byway organization help provide the cash match for this marketing effort, which is funded in part by a grant from the Nebraska Division of Travel & Tourism.
See the Byway the Quiltway Save the Date! Second Annual Quiltway will be October 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 2010. 231 miles of Quilting Adventure along the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway – Nebraska Highway 12 from South Sioux City to Valentine. Buy Quiltway wristbands at any display along the way. Visit www.nebraskaoutlawtrail.org for more information
St. James Marketplace
St. James Marketplace is the brainchild of five women in the local farming community who were seeking a way to save the vanishing community of St. James after their church was closed and demolished. The women have been recognized nationwide for their success in putting St. James back on the Nebraska map, literally. For more information, go towww.stjamesmarketplace.com.
Boomerang Central
There are things you can learn from a boomerang. Like a well-thrown boomerang, what goes around, comes around. A friendly smile, kind word, or helpful deeds all have a way of returning to those who practice them.
- Use the wind to your advantage. Don’t complain about it; put it to work for you.
- If the wind is really strong, take a nap!
- Watch your back! When throwing boomerangs – as with life – stay alert, and don’t get blind-sided. DUCK!
- Science can explain and help us understand many things, but some things we just don’t know. Could those be magic?
- As a thrown boomerang returns and drops at your feet, a task well done brings great satisfaction.
- Boomerangs are coming back. Are you ready?
- Watch for them as they come your way.
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