Day 70
Thu 15 Sep 16
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Left Grand Island KOA at 8:30 am and
stopped at The Archway (also
known as The Great Platte
River Road Archway or Kearney Arch). It is a museum of and monument to Nebraska's and
the Platte River valley's role in westward expansion. The
Archway is directly over Interstate 80, three miles east of Kearney, NE.
Designed by a Walt Disney team, The Archway spans more than 300 feet over Interstate 80 east of Kearney, Nebraska and weighs nearly 1,500 tons. The Archway takes visitors along the trails, rails, highways and superhighways in a self-guided audio tour that includes stories of the travelers along the way. The show starts in the 1840s with the Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail and California Trail that converged at the nearby Fort Kearny before heading west. As we progressed through the exhibit, the displays of different time periods featured a buffalo stampede, the Mormon Handcart Expedition, gold seekers, the Pony Express, the telegraph, the transcontinental railroad, the Lincoln Highway, a drive-in movie and a 1950s café. When we were done there, Gary and Judy went on ahead and Candy and I went to see the Pioneer Village in Minden NE. We had to backtrack 5 miles and go south another 10 miles. The Pioneer Village complex comprises 28 buildings on 20 acres, housing over 50,000 irreplaceable items of historical value, restored to operating order, arranged in groups and also in the chronological order of their development. We spent about 2 hours there, got gas and headed for the next RV Park at (Holiday RV) in North Platte, NE.
    
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