America 250: Nebraska City

06/17/2026

End of Mural Day #2! New volunteers, paint on the wall, and enough sunburns to go around! More to come tomorrow! 🎨🖌

06/16/2026

End of Mural Day #1! Thanks to all who came out for the Ribbon Cuttting! See you again tomorrow! 🎨🖌

06/15/2026

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America 250: Nebraska City invites volunteers

06/15/2026

It’s happening! Don’t forget to come down to 11th Street and Central Avenue at 11 a.m. this morning for the official Ribbon Cutting for “Nebraska City’s Story”!

06/15/2026

Have you heard of a doodle grid? Paint work on the “Nebraska City’s Story” mural gets officially underway tomorrow, but first… doodles! Artist Katie Dia and her helpers used this common artistic technique as a way to scale the original drawing onto the expanse of the building.

Here’s how you can keep up to date on the progress of the mural:
1. Watch this space! We’ll likely post daily while work is going on.
2. Drive by the site at 11th & Central (responsibly, people, responsibly)
3. Attend the Ribbon Cutting tomorrow (Monday, June 15) at 11 a.m.

06/14/2026

We had a blast at the American History Trivia Event! Eight teams participated - the winners were “Revere’s Raiders” from Calvary Community Church! The teams enjoyed the fun mini games sprinkled throughout the afternoon, including a paper airplane throw (see picture). Thanks to the Nebraska City Jaycees for sponsoring and the First United Methodist Church - Nebraska City for hosting.

06/13/2026

We are just three weeks away from and the of the signing of the Declaration of Independence! Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce, Inc. is planning their annual Festival in Steinhart Park that day -- events include a foam party, Putt Putt golf, food trucks, bounce houses, old fashioned carnival games, a mechanical bull, Legion baseball, a watermelon feed, and more... including demonstrations from glassblower Darren Goodman! Check out the flyer for more information; Darren will also be at the Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Visitor Center over the Fourth of July weekend!

Additional Treestock details can be found here: https://www.nebraskacity.com/events/treestock

06/12/2026

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Those revolutionaries were ahead of their time, weren't they, Keep Nebraska City Beautiful?!

06/11/2026

BIG NEWS!

The Mayhew Cabin and John Brown's Cave is celebrating their grand reopening of the historic Mayhew Cabin! The event is happening at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 19, in commemoration of the Juneteenth National Holiday and America 250 Celebration. The event is FREE and open to the public! Outdoor seating is available, but BYO lawn chair if you prefer. Refreshments and live music by “West Street Wranglers.”

Special guests include:
*Butch Bovier -- the master craftsman will discuss recent restorations to the cabin and to John Brown’s Cave
*Bob Nelson -- the historian and former Omaha World Herald journalist will talk about the important role the Mayhew Cabin played on the underground railroad along the “Jim Lane Trail” from Topeka to Tabor
*Darryl Hogan -- the current president of the Mayhew Cabin Foundation and direct descendant of Sam and Jane Harper, two of the enslaved people who passed through the Mayhew Cabin on their way to freedom in Canada in February of 1859

06/10/2026

This Saturday, June 13, step back into history alongside Barbara Kagi Mayhew Bradway, one of Nebraska City's first female settlers, in "Nebraska's Winding Road to Statehood", presented by Dr. Sara Crook. This latest installment of the America 250: Nebraska City's Humanities Nebraska Speaker Series features Dr. Crook as Bradway in a first-person portrayal, discussing the early Nebraska territory, statehood, and even the Underground Railroad.

The event is this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in the Arbor Lodge mansion.