Near West D Street at Queen City Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Brickmaking in Hastings began in 1878, six years after the town was established. A year later much of the downtown was destroyed by fire in September 1879. Following the fire, the city passed an ordinance requiring future commercial buildings to use . . . — — Map (db m251211) HM
On West 7th Street west of North Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Central Hastings Historic District began at this site in 1878 when Samuel Alexander, using his 160-acre homestead, created the first northern addition to Hastings. This National Register district physically documents the three major periods of . . . — — Map (db m251207) HM
On West 5th Street at Chestnut Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West 5th Street.
From the early 1900s through the mid-1920s, summer circuit Chautauquas brought culture and entertainment to communities across the U.S. The Hastings Chautauqua Association constructed this pavilion in 1907. Local architect C. W. Way designed it to . . . — — Map (db m251214) HM
On South Technical Boulevard south of U.S. 6, on the right when traveling south.
The U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, known locally as "the NAD," was the largest of the navy's World War II inland munitions depots, occupying almost 49,000 acres of Adams and Clay County farmland. Construction began in July 1942; loading, assembly, . . . — — Map (db m78005) HM
On Ohio River Scenic Byway (U.S. 52) 0.3 miles west of Blue Creek Road (County Highway 18), on the right when traveling west.
A thriving riverport in the 19th Century founded in 1835 by William Stout. Elisha Stout, son of William, born and raised here, was one of the founding fathers of Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. Former site of Adamsville which served as the . . . — — Map (db m73138) HM
On West 2nd Street (Business U.S. 6) east of North Hastings Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
For more than 30 years after the turn of the century, the Stein Brothers Store provided quality merchandise from all over the world to south central Nebraska shoppers. Stein's buyers made regular trips to Europe purchasing goods, like Belgian lace . . . — — Map (db m187774) HM
On West Second Street (Business U.S. 6) east of North Burlington Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In 1909 a determined and energetic thirty-year-old man purchased
a 10 x 12 loft at 817 West Second Street. His purpose was to provide
Nebraska with quality cigars. However, John W. Kipp did not realize
what massive popularity his cigar-making . . . — — Map (db m251829) HM
On West 1st Street west of North St Joseph Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
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 its very existence to an
intersection of two railways, the Burlington and . . . — — Map (db m251836) HM
Near West Pony Express Road at South Crystal Lake Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In 1893 the Crystal Ice Company dammed a portion of the Little Blue River 1¼ miles north of Ayr, creating “Crystal Lake” for harvesting and selling ice. A huge storage and loading facility was built on the nearby Republican Valley branch of the . . . — — Map (db m287696) HM
On West 1st Street west of North St Joseph Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
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. Perkins, and his family. The company was housed . . . — — Map (db m251833) HM
On North 5th Street at Hampshire Street on North 5th Street.
"You are one of my most valued friends" (Lincoln letter to Abraham Jonas, 1860). Their friendship began in 1843 in Springfield when Lincoln and Jonas served together in the Illinois House of Representatives. Jonas became an early and . . . — — Map (db m58764) HM
On West 3rd Street (Business U.S. 6) east of North St Joseph Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Liberal Hall was built in 1878 by Tom Scales for the Hastings Free
Religious Society, a group of liberal thinkers in religious matters.
The outside of the frame building measured 50 by 75 feet. The interior
had a stage at one end and a gallery . . . — — Map (db m251846) HM
On West 2nd Street at North St Joseph Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 2nd Street.
The Victory Building, named to commemorate America's
victory in World War I, is one of Nebraska's finest examples of
early 20th century industrial architecture. It was constructed
between 1917 and 1920 by harness maker William Dutton as . . . — — Map (db m251852) HM
On 44 Road north of West 70th Street, on the right.
To overland emigrants the rigors of the trail
began with the "Coast of Nebraska," the ridge of sandhills separating the Platte Valley from the open
prairie behind it. Thousands of emigrants passed
this way during the peak emigration years of . . . — — Map (db m257803) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
