Historic Events



Buffalo Bill

    Buffalo Bill made his own famous Wild West Show in 1883 at his ranch near North Platte.
 
 

Crazy Horse

    Crazy Horse, the great Sioux Indian chief, surrendered to the United States Army on May 6,1877 at Fort Robinson.
 
 

The Oregon Trail

    The Oregon Trail ran along the Platte and north Platte Rivers. Thousand of pioneers followed this trail to the west during the late 1800s.
 
 

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