Minden, Nebraska
Historic Homes Tour
A printed self-guided driving or walking tour of 41 architectural and historical buildings and homes is available at the Pioneer Village Motel and the Chamber of Commerce. ...
Historic Homes Tour
Minden Opera House was built in 1891 and featured plays and Monday night dances that drew traveling bands until entertainment events at the facility ceased in the late 1940'
Minden, NE Historic BuildingsThe Minden depot is a brick/stucco structure completed in 1913. The original frame depot was then used as a freight house placed to the west of the passenger depot. The engineering department of the old CB&Q, predecessor of BN, designed several floor plans during the period of 1910-1920
Minden, NE Railroad HistoryA printed self-guided driving or walking tour of 41 architectural and historical buildings and homes is available at the Pioneer Village Motel and the Chamber of Commerce.
Minden, NE ToursAt the southeast corner of the square is the Minden Post Office. It was completed in 1937 in the style called by some "WPA Moderne". The mural over the postmaster's door was painted by Willow E. Bunn in the WPA artists' program in 1939.
Minden, NE ArtsCampers will find south-central Nebraska's Fort Kearny State Recreation Area much to their liking. Once called Kearney County SRA, this rec area boasts excellent camping facilities. The attractive 152-acre area was acquired by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in 1960
Minden, NE RecreationThe NGPC regularly stocks the lake which is populated with walleye, white bass, northern pike, crappie, channel catfish, larg...
Midway Canyon Reservoir is a beautiful lake with 609 acres of great fishing available. The area is home to many species of fi...
After camping just two miles south and east of where the Plum Creek emptied into the Platte River on August 7, 1864, the Mort...