This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Freeman School Restored as Pioneer Education Artifact
A restored Freeman School near Home stead National Monument preserves Nebraska’s oldest continuously operated school. Founded 1871 in School District 21, it opened with 14 students in a 20 by 36 foot brick building and remained central to pioneer life until 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains
Sharps
Oak
National Park ‘Service
Wreoman
Homestead National Monument
Beatrice
Freeman
Nebraska
Gage County
John Scheve