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Genoa, Nebraska

  • Burkett Archeological Site -NHR

    Burkett Archeological Site -NHR

    Situated on a prominent natural terrace near the Loup River valley near Genoa, the Burkett Site comprises numerous earthlodge ruins covering an area of over 100 acres. The site is attributed to the...
    Burkett Archeological Site -NHR

  • Wright Site - NHR

    Wright Site - NHR

    Sometime between A.D. 1600 and 1750 the ancestors of the Skidi Pawnee occupied this immense village on a prominent terrace overlooking Beaver Creek and the Loup River near present-day Genoa. Archeo...
    Wright Site - NHR

  • Genoa Site - NHR

    After nearly three decades of Sioux harassment and epidemic diseases, all four bands of the Pawnee Confederation agreed by an 1857 treaty to congregate at a single village near their agency on Beav...
    Genoa Site - NHR

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Genoa Indian School Barns

Four barns still remain that were part of the U.S. Indian Industrial School (1844-1934)

Genoa, NE Historic Barns

Genoa Historical Museum

The Genoa Museum contains one of the largest collections of Pawnee weapons, tools, relics, and artifacts. The Exhibit is from the Allen B. Atkins Collection.

Genoa, NE Museums

Augustana Lutheran Church

Augustana Lutheran Church's organizing charter was signed October 31, 1910. A group of Swedish Lutherans had settled in the area north and east of Genoa. Work began as early as 1908

Genoa, NE Historic Churches

Indian School Smokestack

The brick smokestack stands alone where at one time it was attached to the power house that made steam heat which heated the buildings at the Indian Industrial School through underground tunnels. Electricity was also produced in this building.

Genoa, NE

Mormon Trail Ruts

The Mormon Trail through Nebraska was not a narrow pathway in the same sense as a road. It was a corridor which might be a few dozen yards wide to several miles in width depending on the terrain. The oxen dictated the pioneers'

Genoa, NE Historic Trails

Things to do near Genoa, NE

The Brick Stile

Missouri National Recreational River

John G. Neihardt - Poet Laureate - 1881-1973

Hoot Gibson Memorial Rodeo Arena

Tekamah's well-attended June rodeo, annually honors Tekamah native, Hoot Gibson, a famous cowboy stunt man in silent movies d...

Nolana School