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Homestead National Historical Park
Homestead National Historical Park is a sightseeing stop in Beatrice, NE. Cost: free.
8523 W State Hwy 4 · Beatrice, NE
Why you should go…
This National Park Service site marks the Homestead Act of 1862, which let settlers claim up to 160 acres of federal land. The Heritage Center, with a roofline shaped like a plow cutting through sod, holds exhibits on how the law changed immigration, farming and Native tribes. Outside you can see the 1867 Palmer-Epard Cabin, visit the brick Freeman School that taught pupils from 1872 to 1967, and walk about 2.7 miles of trails through 100 acres of restored tallgrass prairie.
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