Niobrara State Park

	Niobrara State Park Niobrara State Park is a public recreation area located at the confluence of the Missouri and Niobrara rivers in the northeast corner of Nebraska. The state park occupies river bluffs to the west of the village of Niobrara and the Niobrara River. The park includes the Niobrara River Bridge, a decommissioned railroad bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A variety of animals, notably white-tailed deer and wild turkeys, roam the park by day, while at night, coyotes and whip-poor-wills mingle their cries and calls. The park is managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. History The first state park at the mouth of the Niobrara River was called Niobrara Island State Park. Niobrara Island had been a Niobrara town park until it was transferred to the state in 1930. Both the state and the Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Niobrara River Bridge (Niobrara State Park, Nebraska) The Niobrara River Bridge is a triple-span railroad bridge over the Niobrara River in Niobrara State Park, Knox County, Nebraska, that was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1992. It is one of few multi-span railroad bridges in Nebraska. with See also * * * * List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska * National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Nebraska References External links Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Bridges completed in 1929 Buildings and structures in Knox County, Nebraska Railroad bridges in Nebraska Transportation in Knox County, Nebraska Warren truss bridges in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Nebraska State Parks This is a list of state parks in the U.S. state of Nebraska; the state park system is divided into state parks, state historical parks, state recreation areas and a state recreational trail. The parks are managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. State parks State historical parks State recreation areas Alexandria State Recreation Area Arnold State Recreation Area Atkinson Lake State Recreation Area Blue River State Recreation Area Bluestem State Recreation Area Bowman Lake State Recreation Area Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area Branched Oak State Recreation Area Bridgeport State Recreation Area Brownville State Recreation Area Buffalo Bill Ranch State Recreation Area Calamus State Recreation Area Champion Lake State Recreation Area Cheyenne State Recreation Area Conestoga State Recreation Area Cottonmill Lake State Recreation Area Crystal Lake State Recreation Area Dead Timber State Recreation Area DLD State Recreation Area Enders Reser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Knox County, Nebraska Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,391. Its county seat is Center. Knox County was named for Continental and U.S. Army Major General Henry Knox. In the Nebraska license plate system, Knox County is represented by the prefix 12 (it had the 12th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922). History Knox County was organized by the Territorial Legislature in 1857, and named L'Eau Qui Court, that being the French name for the river named by the Ponca Niobrara—both names meaning, in English, Running Water. The name was changed to Knox by a statute passed February 21, 1873, which took effect April 1, 1873. Geography Knox County lies along the north line of Nebraska. Its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of South Dakota. The terrain of the county consists of low rolling hills sloped to the northeast; most of the fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Wild Turkey The wild turkey (''Meleagris gallopavo'') is an Upland game bird, upland ground bird native to North America, one of two extant species of Turkey (bird), turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes. It is the ancestor to the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey (not the related ocellated turkey). Description Adult wild turkeys have long reddish-yellow to grayish-green legs. The body feathers are generally blackish and dark, sometimes grey brown overall with a coppery sheen that becomes more complex in adult males. Adult males, called toms or gobblers, have a large, featherless, reddish head, red throat, and red Wattle (anatomy), wattles on the throat and neck. The head has fleshy growths called Caruncle (bird anatomy) , caruncles. Juvenile males are called jakes; the difference between an adult male and a juvenile is that the jake has a very short beard and his tail fan has longer feathers in the middle. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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