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Points of
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you won't want to miss
Cabela's
Retail Store
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Fort Sidney ComplexPost Commander's Home and |
Fort Sidney - Powder HouseOctagonal rock building that was the post powder magazine.
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Legion
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Historic Downtown SidneyDowntown Sidney is home to several buildings listed on the National Historic Registry. |
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| Historical Markers Contact Chamber for Locations 308-254-5851 |
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| Sidney Deadwood Trail - West
Highway 30 A walk across the Union Pacific tracks will reveal the ruts of this famed trail still visible up the valley as far as the eye can see. I-80 Golden Link Fort Sidney - East Hwy 30 Pony Express - East Hwy 30 Lincoln Highway Markers - Hwy 30 |
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Points of Interest you won't want to miss
in Cheyenne County
Potter
Located on U.S.Highway 30 and Interstate 80, 18
miles west of Sidney. It was named after General Joseph S. Potter, Union Pacific
Railroad Director. Union Pacific built a station house at Potter in 1870 which also
served as a post office, school house and land development office. Potter was
incorporated as a village in 1912. Potter is a Tree City USA and has won numerous awards
in the Nebraska Community Improvements Program.
ATTRACTIONS: City park with playground equipment, two Museums, and three
antique stores.
Lodgepole
Founded in 1867, platted in 1884 and incorporated
as an official village in 1901. The name is derived from the creek bearing the same
name, stemming from when the Indians cut poles for tepees (lodges) along it's banks. It is
the second oldest community in Cheyenne County.
ATTRACTIONS: Lodgepole Depot Museum, Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library, Gazebo -
Dedicated to the Kinder family, and lighted tennis courts.
Gurley
Founded in 1913, is located on U.S.Highway 385
approximately 12 miles north of Interstate 80 at Sidney's East Interchange. Settlers
had begun arriving in the area as early as 1884. The community was named for Fred R.
Gurley, who was the Superintendent of the Burlington Northern Railroad.
ATTRACTIONS: City park with playground equipment, public gymnasium (by
appointment at school), historic post office, Egging oil well monument, football field,
lighted tennis court, historic railroad tower.
Dalton
An agriculture community on U.S.385, 20 miles
north of Interstate 80 at Sidney's East Interchange. The first depot was built in
1908 and the town was incorporated in 1909.
ATTRACTIONS: City park with playground equipment, Prairie Schooner Museum,
authentic pioneer log cabin.
