Fillmore County realized an economic boost with the beginning of the construction of the Fairmont Army Air Field in 1942. Hangers housed B-24s, B-17s, and B-29s and the barracks housed nearly 6,000 officers and enlisted men. The 350
Fairmont, NE Military HistoryStanding on the grounds just south of the Fillmore County Museum in Fairmont is a Civil War Memorial "In Memory of the Unknown Dead," 1861 -1865
Fairmont, NE Memorials
Can you visualize sitting at a soda fountain sipping a frothy or fizzy concoction? Or waiting to see the doctor in the early 1900s? It's easy to imagine in the Fillmore County Museum, where Fillmore county citizens have donated over 14,000 items in an effort to preserve their heritage.
Fairmont, NE Museums
As the largest body of recreational water within 100 miles of Lincoln and Omaha, Branched Oak is popular with powerboaters an...
Since many people search for their family histories, the genealogy rooms in the Thayer County Museum in Belvidere are ones of...