I am not a fan of taking pictures of posters, but I gave this one a try, hope you can read it.
The 1914 Bridge was purchased by the city of Kearney and put in place in April 2005. Under the bridge were numerous carp and one coy mooching food from the tourists. For 25 cents you could buy food for them (not much for 25 cents but oh well, Jo had to donate at least $1.00).
The Earth lodge was built in 2010 by members of Madan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations from North Dakota and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Up to 40 people could live in a earth lodge of this size.
This structure was used for drying meat and vegetables for the winter.
The Indians were pretty smart, here they used a white hide to reflect light to the dark areas of the lodge.
The buffalo roamed the area during these times, here they are overlooking the pawnee garden. In 2003 the Archway and other volunteer gardeners in central Nebraska were entrusted with Pawnee corn seed, some varieties on the verge of extinction. In 2010, the project, now called the Pawnee Seed Preservation Project, had grown enough Eagle Corn that it could, for the first time in living memory, be eaten by members of the Pawnee Nation.
This is a reproduction 12' x16' sod house it is a representative of the homes built by settlers before and after the passage of the Homestead Act. An average sod house would use an acre or more of sod to build. The walls were 2 feet deep.
The size of the house dictated that every available inch of space be utilized, here they kept their medicine.
We were told that the rope spring was fairly comfortable to sleep on, I was not convinced.
This is the first time I have seen this plant, it is a Salsify, an 1850's plant.
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