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

Ash Hollow Pageant

"The Great Platte River Road"
depicting Life on the Oregon California Trail

Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Lewellen, Nebraska
Friday and Saturday
June 15 & 16, 2007

Rain Location - Lewellen Middle School - Hwy 26

2:00 - 5:00
Spinning and other Historical Displays
Self-drive Tour
Cowboy Poet - Ed Clemens
5:00-6:30 pm
Chuck Wagon Supper - 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
"The Great Platte River Road"
Outdoor performance told through the actual diaries of pioneers on the trail to Oregon and California. Music with trail band, regional cast. Bring your own folding chairs or blankets.

Souvenir Book featuring "Ash Hollow - respite on the trail." Learn more about Rachel and Nathan Pattison

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:

Traditional Black Powder Rifle
Hand-embroidered quilt featuring "Sweet Betsy" blocks
$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.

Pioneer Supper

Indian Dance

Pioneers

Wagon Train


Download Ash Hollow Pageant 2007 Brochure


map

For more information call the VOA at 308-778-5548
Email: info@oregontrailne.com


What to do at Ash Hollow State Historical Park and area

Oregon California Trail sign

Visitor's Center, Museum, Cave:
Open until 6:00 on June 15/16. 10-4 Tue. - Sun.
Rock schoolhouse
Windlass Hill - Oregon Trail wagon ruts
Sod House
Hiking/Walking Trails
Rachel Pattison Grave - at Ash Hollow Cemetery

What to do in Lewellen, Garden County and the area
We proudly boast of life in the slow lane come enjoy the quiet country life.

Rachel Pattison Grave on the Oregon Trail

Free swimming pool
17 Ranch Winery
Restaurants
Ash Hollow Historical Park Museum and 2 History Museums in Oshkosh
Birding/Hiking/Fishing at Crescent Lake Wildlife and Clear Creek Wildlife Refuges
Lake McConaughy - beaches, fishing, sailing

Sponsored by:
Volunteers of America - Western Nebraska
PO Box 128
305 Main St.
Lewellen NE 69147
308-778-5548
Email: voa@lakemac.net
and
Ash Hollow State Historical Park
PO Box 70
Lewellen, NE 69147
308-778-5651


Nebraska Games and Parks Commission - Ash Hollow State Park
Volunteers of America - Nebraska web site

For more information about Lewellen and Garden County, please visit www.gardencone.com.

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