10:00-5:00 Visitors Center Pageant Days Hours Cave site, springs, hiking path.
Rock school house in park area south of museum.
Sod house and Windlass Hill (original Oregon Trail wagon ruts) about 2 1/2 miles south of park entance on Hwy 26.
Rachel Pattison Grave - at Ash Hollow Cemetery
- 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Quilt Show - Friday and Saturday
- - United Methodist Church - 109 West Church Street - Lewellen
- Art Show Friday and Saturday
- - Volunteers of America - 305 Main Street - Lewellen
- Self-drive Tour Friday and Saturday
- - Ash Hollow State Park
- 4:30 PM
- Cowboy Poet - Edd Clemens Friday and Saturday
- Ash Hollow State Park picnic area
- 5:00-6:30 pm
- Chuck Wagon Supper Friday and Saturday
- - roast beef, fry bread made over an open campfire and baked beans in
a cast iron kettle. Enjoy wood smoke drifting around the camp fire reminiscent of an
evening on the trail.
- 6:30 pm
- "Life on the Oregon Trail - Early Years" Friday and Saturday
- Outdoor performance told through the actual diaries
of pioneers on the trail to Oregon and California in the 1860's.
Dance Hall Girls, Settlers, Soldiers, Emigrants with regional cast. Lively music with trail band.
Bring your own folding chairs or blankets.
- 7:00 am - 9:00 am
- Lions Club Pancake Feed Saturday Only
- - Community Center
- All Day
- Bill Vogler book signing "Vanishing Dreams" Saturday Only
- - Lewellen Public Library, 208 Main Street
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Blue-Creek 4-H lunch Saturday Only
- - 4-H Building on Main Street - Lewellen
- 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
- Pie and Ice Saturday Only
- - United Methodist Church - 109 West Church Street - Lewellen
- 12:00 Noon - 4:00 pm
- Old Fashioned Games Saturday Only
- - Main Street
- Kid's roping and barrel racing, dunk tank, horseshoe pitching Saturday Only
- - Main Street
- Crafts Saturday Only
- - Main Street
- 1:00 pm
- Rubber Duck Race Saturday Only
- - Main Street
- 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Car Show Saturday Only
- - Main Street
- 1:30 pm
- Guided Bird Watching Tour by Bentley Birding Tours Saturday Only
- - Meet at Volunteers of America 305 Main Street
- 2:30 pm
- Bed Race Saturday Only
- - River View Assisted Living
- 5:45-6:15 pm
- Square Dancine Saturday Only
- - Ash Hollow Park
Souvenir Book featuring diary quotes, photos and historical interest.
Price:
Park Entry Sticker
$20 annual or
$4.00 daily per vehicle.
Chuck Wagon Supper
Adults - $9.00
Children - $4.00
Performance: No Charge
Raffles:
Thompson Black Powder Rifle
Underground Railroad Quilt
$5.00 each (5 for $20)
Maximum of 200 tickets each.
Location:
Ash Hollow State Historical Park is located 3 miles SE of Lewellen on Highway 26 and 28 miles NW of Ogallala off Interstate 80. Take the entrance to the park and turn left on the first gravel road for the performance and chuck wagon supper. West of Lake McConaughy.
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
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