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Rock Creek Trail Days
June 7-8, 2008
Rock Creek Station
State Historical Park
57426 710 Road
Fairbury, NE 68352
(402) 729-5777
Celebrate Fairbury's History First Weekend in June
The first weekend in June gives locals and visitors a chance to travel back in
time when covered wagons and the new railroad were the principle means of transportation
along the trails that cut through the Fairbury area in southeast Nebraska.
Rock Creek Station State Historical Park, located 6 miles southeast of Fairbury
along the Oregon Trail will play host to many activities including Black Powder
demonstrations, Living History demonstrations, Mounted Cowboy Shootout and Buffalo
Stew Cookout. Click Here for a complete schedule of events and contact
information.
The Rock Island Railroad Museum,
located in the Rock Island Depot at 2nd & I
Streets, will be open all weekend with miniature train rides, model train displays,
musical entertainment, and flea market.
Bring your picnic basket and spend the day exploring the wonders
of pioneer life. Don't miss the mounted cowboy shooting action
or the buffalo stew cookout! Bring your family and friends and
enjoy the weekend.
Activities Include:
- Historical Interpretation on the East & West Ranches
- Black Powder Gun Demonstartions
- Living History of Early Trail Periods
- Brain Tanning - Primitative Clothing
- Mounted Cowboy Shooting Action
- Pony Express Runs
- Basket Weaving
- Pine Needle Weaving (Sunday Only)
- Bobbin Lace (Saturday Only)
- Frontier Games
- Frontier Cabin Life
- Spinning
- Fire Building -- Flint & Steel
- Frontier Survival Skills
- Blacksmithing
- Tatting & Knitting
- Rope Making
- Tepee
Re-enactment of the McCanles-Hickok Fracas
Both days at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
Mounted Cowboy Shooting Action
Both days at 10:30 am, 12:30 & 2:30 pm on the East Ranch
Rock Creek Station Visitor's Center
Open 9 am to 5 pm Daily
Buffalo Stew Cookout on the West Ranch
Saturday June 8, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Entertainment will include: Away and Across
the Plains: Pioneer Trains Through Nebraska by Jeff Kappeler,
Research Historian and Archivist (Program funded by the Nebraska
Humanitites Council)
Ticket Prices: Adults $7.00 • Children
(12 & Under)
$5.00
Tickets are available until noon, June 7, at:
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Rock Creek Station Visitors Center
(402) 729-5777
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Fairbury
Chamber of Commerce
(402) 729-3000 |
Fairbury
Livestock Cafe
(402) 729-3341 |
*Park Entry Permit Required. Paid for by the Jefferson County
Visitors Commitee.
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Chamber
of Commerce
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