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Daniel Freeman was a Union Army soldier stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Legend has it that, knowing the Homestead Act would open at midnight, he persuaded the Brownville, Nebraska, land office registrar to open just after 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 1863. He filed Claim No. 1, making him the earliest...

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Westward Expansion

During the 1840s, Nebraska's Platte River Valley became one of the most heavily traveled migration corridors in American history. Thousands of settlers bound for Oregon, California, and Utah poured through along paths originally blazed by the fur trade. Nebraska itself wasn't the destination — it...

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Merry Christmas 2025

All of us at Dobby's Frontier Town would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Thank you so much for following us online and for visiting our town.  We could not do this without you!!  Used an image of our church captured this summer and applied some ...

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Greetings, we hope all of you had a great Labor Day weekend.  Dobby’s is proud to host its 35th Fall Festival on Saturday, September 20th, from 10am to 4pm, and Sunday, September 21st, from 10am to 4pm.  This is a two-day celebration of Western heritage, community spirit, and historical preserva...

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