Nebraska City, NE to Atkinson Lake State park, NE

Tuesday – Mar 14  There was a light snow coming down when we got up this morning.  Not too many people out camping in Nebraska this time of year. 

We drove up towards Omaha and took the Loop away from downtown, but went past Boys Town. It has a pretty big footprint and old but well maintained buildings. At least from the freeway view. We drove through Fremont and on to North Bend and started looking for cemeteries.  The first cemetery was on a dirt road and called the Summit Grove Cemetery.  It overlooked a valley and the Platt River. Here I found one of my Brown ancestors.

Then we went several miles south and west to the Purple Cane Cemetery.  This cemetery was affiliated with the Purple Cane Methodist Episcopal Church which had a marker just across the street. The church was no longer standing.  I found a Stubbert ancestor and three Dickerson ancestors.  I was looking for a Dickerson who died at age 47 and found he was buried near his parents. So that was an unexpected find. (for a genealogist)!

We left the North Bend area and headed towards Bassett, NE.  On our way we saw some unusual NE sites.  Why were these electrical posts at an angle?

And all about them cornhuskers?

We drove to the Atkinson Lake State Park and spent the night there.  It was completely empty so we were the only one’s camping.  It’s still cold here.