Calendar Rushville Historical Marker
The city of Rushville began as a settlement called Rush Valley, two miles north of its present location, in 1884. Buffalo grass pastures west of the Sandhills provided good grazing, but were too short for hay. The natural meadows along Rush Creek induced settlement in the area. Two stores a mile apart were established in the valley, Read more »
Camp Sheridan and Spotted Tail Agency
About ten miles north of Hay Springs are the sites of Spotted Tail Agency and Camp Sheridan. Named for Brule Sioux Chief Spotted Tail, the agency was built in 1874 to supply treaty payments, including food, clothing, weapons, and utensils, under the terms of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty. The army established Camp Sheridan nearby to protect the agency. Read more »
Spade Ranch
Spade Ranch
Spade Ranch headquarters is a National Register of Historic Places site. In Ellsworth are the business offices (built c. 1890) and home (built 1902) of cattleman Bartlett Richards (1862-1911), a Vermont native. Richards, brothers DeForest and Jarvis, Will Comstock, Charles Jameson, and others began assembling the Spade about 1888. By 1900 its range comprised some 500,000 acres, Read more »
New Hope Friends Church
6 miles south of Hay Springs on Highway 87 and then west 1/2 mile (when you see blue silos on the left, turn right)
Email Richard McKay – pastorrichardmckay@gmail.com Read more »
City of Rushville
208 Conrad Street
Rushville, NE 69360
https://rushvillene.com/
Contact Rushville Chamber of Commerce at www.rushvillechamber.org Read more »
Masonic Lodge
256 North Main Street
Hay Springs, NE 69347 Read more »
Farm to Family Cooperative
127 North Main
Hay Springs, NE 69347
www.farmtofamilycooperative
Local Cooperative Full Service Grocery Store Read more »
