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Rock Creek Trail Days, Rock Creek Station, Fairbury NebraskaRock Creek Trail Days

First Weekend In June

Rock Creek Station
State Historical Park
57426 710 Road
Fairbury, NE 68352
(402) 729-5777
*Park Entry Permit Required.

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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 Trail Days, Rock Creek Station, Fairbury NebraskaRock 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.

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:

  • Living History of Early Pioneer Trail Days, Rock Creek StationHistorical Interpretation on the East & West Ranches
  • Living History of Early Trail Periods
  • Stagecoach Rides
  • Brain Tanning - Primitive Clothing
  • Mounted Cowboy Shooting Action
  • Pony Express Runs
  • Basket Weaving
  • Bobbin Lace (Saturday Only)
  • Frontier Games
  • Frontier Cabin Life
  • Fire Building -- Flint & Steel
  • Frontier Survival Skills
  • Jack Craven, Blacksmith, Rock Creek Station, Fairbury NebraskaBlacksmithing
  • Knitting
  • Rope Making
  • Dutch Oven Cooking
  • Rug Braiding
  • Zither Music

Rock Creek Trail Days, Rock Creek Station, Fairbury NebraskaRock Creek Station Post Office, Rock Creek Station, Fairbury Nebraska

 

 

 

 

 

Re-enactment of the McCanles-Hickok Fracas
Both days at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm

Black Powder Gun Demonstrations
Both Days at 9:30 am and 1:30 pm

Mounted Cowboy Shooting Action
By the Turkey Creek Regulators

Rock Creek Station Visitor's Center
Open 9 am to 5 pm Daily

Buffalo Stew Cookout
Saturday June 4, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Entertainment will include: Frontier Poetry with Harmonica and Song by Edgar & Jane Clemens.

Ticket Prices: Adults $9.00 • Children (13 & Under) $6.00
Tickets are available until noon, June 3rd, at:

Rock Creek Station Visitors Center
(402) 729-5777
Fairbury Chamber of Commerce
(402) 729-3000

 

 

Rock Island Railroad Museum, Fairbury NebraskaThe 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.

 
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