by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns inside the Byway loop
Rockville, NE Rockville is a village in Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 106 at the 2010 census. Rockville was platted in 1886 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. It was named from Rock Creek. Click here to download...
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns on Highway 2
Hazard, NE It is believed that the village was named following a conversation in which someone noticed that the townsite encompassed a dangerous hole, which may have been a washout or a pit dug by a falling meteorite. “That’s a hazard”, was the legendary comment....
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns on Highways 11
Wood River, NE Wood River, established in 1866, was originally a railroad station named for the tree-lined river directly north. Three years later this settlement boasted a log Catholic church & a school. In 1874-75 the Union Pacific RR platted a new town of Wood...
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Lodging Along Highway 2, Towns on Highway 2
Grand Island, NE In the mid-1800’s a plan came to light to develop a city along the Platte River Road, in hopes that its’ central location would be ideal for the relocation of the nation’s capitol from Washington D.C. In 1857, the banking house of Chubb Brothers &...
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Lodging Along Highway 2, Towns on Highway 2
Halsey, NE Founded in 1892, Halsey is located in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills, and is home to Nebraska National Forest, “America’s largest hand-planted forest”. Thousands of visitors come each year to enjoy the peaceful beauty of this area and to ‘get-away’...
