by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns on Highway 2
Merna, NE Merna, Nebraska, population 400, near the edge of the Nebraska Sandhills, is a community of diversified farming and ranching. Located in Custer County its fertile valley is encircled by distant canyon hills and high tablelands on both east and west. Highways...
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns on Highway 2
Anselmo, NE No information is available for Anselmo. Click here to download a printable map of Anselmo, NE Download a Printable Map All Multi-Vendor Setup Sites (may not include this town) All Community Coordinators (Names & Contact information) All...
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns on Highway 2
Mason City, NE Mason City, founded in April 1886, was named for the first Supreme Court Judge of Nebraska, the Honorable Oliver Perry Mason. In July that year, the railroad came through town. Mason City’s first baby was Merle W. Runyan, who became a lawyer and...
by Heartland Hosting, LLC | Feb 15, 2014 | JUNK JAUNT® Communities, Towns on Highway 2
Litchfield, NE The last weekend in June is our Old Settler’s Celebration when the whole town honors their oldest residents, past and present. Honorees are given special seating for the Saturday morning parade, which kicks off a full weekend of fun…. with races, flower...
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, 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 &...
