This building is known locally as the birthplace of Kool-Aid.
More accurately, it was the home of the Perkins Products Company, the manufacturing and retail enterprise of Kool-Aid inventor Edwin E.... Recapture the warmth and charm of years past by visiting Historic Downtown Hastings. Experience how our past has led to our present through our historic walking/driving tour of 25
Hastings, NE ToursWhen the Clarke Hotel was dedicated in February 1914, it was hailed as a triumph of local initiative. It was designed by architect C.W. Way and built by the John Hamper Company, both of Hastings. Bricks made in Hastings
Hastings, NE National Register
Aspen Art Gallery
2727 W. 2nd, Suite 440
(402) 463-0546
Features sculpture, prints, paintings, and art of
Herb Mignery and other regional artists.
Blue Moon Coffee Co.
113 N. Hastings
(402) 462-5214
Adams County, and Hastings in particular, are "children of the railroads," having been founded and sustained by rail companies between the 1870s and 1960s. Hastings owes is very existence to an intersection of two
Hastings, NE Railroad HistorySaturday evening racing with mini-sprints, motor cross, quads, and go-carts....