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Make your plans now to attend the next Ash Hollow Pageant!
Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, 2008!

Ash Hollow Pageant
Glimpses of the Past-Life on the Trail

Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Lewellen, NE
(Hwy 26 - west of Lake McConaughy)

Friday and Saturday, June 15 & 16, 2007
Rain Location - Lewellen Grade School
www.oregontrailne.com

wagon train

10:00-6:00 Visitors Center Pageant Days Hours

Cave site, springs, hiking path.
Rock school house in park area south of museum.
Sod house and Wildlass Hill (original Oregon Trail wagon ruts) about 2 1/2 miles south of park entance on Hwy 26.

2:00-5:00 Spinning Wheel

Spinning wheel, forge, sawmill and other live demonstrations of historical skills.

5:00-6:30 Chuck Wagon supper

Roast beef, fry bread made over the campfire, and baked beans prepared in a cast iron skillet.
Enjoy wood smoke drifting around the camp fire reminiscent of a night on the trail.

6:30 p.m. "Glimpses of the Past - Life on the Trail"

Relive the stories of men, women and children on the trail to Oregon, California and Salt Lake. Humor and tragedy are told through diary readings, drama and music, recreating life on the Oregon & California trail. Outdoor theatre bring your own folding chairs and blankets.

Seating:

Bring lawn chairs or blankets for outdoor seating.

Location:

Ash Hollow State Park is located 28 miles northwest of Ogallala, 3 miles SE of Lewellen, on Highway 26. Take entrance to park and turn left on first gravel road.

Price:

Park Entry - State of Nebraska Park Entry Sticker, $20.00 annual, or $4.00 daily pass per vehicle.
Chuck wagon Supper -
$9.00 adults
$6.00 children 4-11


The Music:

Enjoy guitar and mandolin country band and 30 member choir performing folk songs hymns and popular music from pioneer days.

The Performers:

Actors / singers and band members are an all-volunteer troupe from Nebraska and Colorado.

Historical Exhibits:

Experience technology from the 1850's. Exhibits include spinning wheel, rope making, portable sawmill, and more. Hours from 2 to 5 both days.

Tour:

Historic sites at Ash Hollow, a stopping off place on the Oregon-California Trail.

Pageant History:

Volunteers of America has been staging the Ash Hollow Pageant since 1993.

Proceeds from sales and the Chuck Wagon Supper benefit Volunteers of America Western Nebraska programs.

  • Preschool
  • Childcare
  • Food Pantry
  • Health promotion
  • Health fairs
  • Other services in Garden County and the area
wagon     wagon wheel

Photos made possible by:
PhotoCat Studios

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Lakota Dancer
Drummers for the Traditional Lakota Dance
Lakota Dance
Leading the audience in a dance
Recreating the Pioneers trek to the West
Story line of the pioneers lifes developed from diaries and letters home.
Pioneers cooked and ate their meals by campfire.
Audience watching the 2006 performance
Live band plays songs from the 1800's
Choir sings songs of the 1800's

Original prints of photos from the 2006 Ash Hollow Pageant available from:
PhotoCat Studios

Sponsored by
Volunteers of America
P.O. Box 128
Lewellen, NE 69147
(308) 778-5548
 and  Ash Hollow State Historical Park
P.O. Box 70
Lewellen, NE 69147
(308) 778-5651


Links:
Ash Hollow State Park
2005 Ash Hollow Pageant
http://www.oregontrailne.com




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