HERITAGE SIDNEY BOOT HILL MIKE DORNBIER Nebraska history is an adventurer’s history. Past explorers journeyed through these lands in search of fortune and prosperity, taking the rugged frontier head-on and pushing the nation’s westward expansion. Our heritage is steeped in the nomadic legacy of the Native Americans, pioneers, cowpokes and adventurers who blazed these trails before us. Our Native American Legacy Browse headdresses, instruments, beadwork and other artifacts when you tour the Ponca Tribal Museum and Library in Niobrara. Then, take the Ponca Educational Trail to hear traditional tribal stories before visiting the recreated Ponca Earth Lodge . In Genoa, tour the Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation Museum to learn about the nation’s fourth-largest federal Native American boarding school. Each year, the Santee (June), Winnebago (July), Omaha (August) and Ponca (August) tribes celebrate their cultures and traditions with annual powwows . Visitors are welcome to join in these cultural celebrations full of dancing, music, traditional recipes and vendors. You can also attend the North Platte Pow Wow in July or the 34th annual Fort Omaha Intertribal Powwow in September. Into the Old West Head to the “Cowboy Capital,” Ogallala, to experience the Old West. Front Street , a replica Old West town, features daily shoot-out reenactments, a general store, the free Cowboy Museum and lively entertainment at the Crystal Palace Revue . Visit Nebraska’s Boot Hill Cemeteries , the final resting places of many cowboys and pioneers who were buried with their boots on during the rough-and-tumble days of Ogallala and Sidney. Browse more than 6,000 artifacts, from textiles to weapons, at the Museum of the Fur Trade near Chadron. How about a rustic ranch-cation? Chart your own cowboy adventure when you stay at Flying Heart Ranch in Hay Springs or Double R Guest Ranch in Mullen. In North Platte, take a guided horseback ride through Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park , home of the famous old west showman, with Dusty Trails . The Official 2025 Nebraska State Travel Guide 31
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