Severin Sorensen, a Danish immigrant, headed the firm of S. Sorensen and Sons, operators of the Gering Brick Company and general building contractors. The Gering brick factory prospered for nearly thi... When you walked into the Wyobraska Natural History Museum, also known as Wildlife World, you could not help but utter an unexpected "Wow!"
Gering, NE MuseumsFollowing the opening or rediscovery of the Platte River route to the west by the fur traders and mountain men of the 1820's and 1830'
Gering, NE Pioneer LifeNamed for fur trapper Hiram Scott, this imposing natural formation was originally called ma-a-pa-te ("hill that is hard to go around") by Indians in the region. Scotts Bluff, rising 800 ft above the surrounding valley floor, and 4649
Gering, NE LandmarksWilliam Henry Jackson, frontier photographer and artist, was an early photographer of the American West, as well as an accomplished artist. He traveled the Oregon-California Trail in 1866 and 1867
Gering, NE ArtsFollowing the Oregon Trail can be quite exciting, imagining the pioneers that must have traveled the path, what they were like, what they were thinking and what they went through to conquer such terrain as is found at Gering's Robidoux Pass, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Gering, NE Pioneer LifeThe first and greatest robbery of a Union Pacific Train took place near Big Springs on the night of September 18, 1877. The l...
The Oshkosh Swimming Pool provides free swimming in a heated pool. The...