Washington County Historical Association
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The Washington County Historical Association, or WCHA, is located in the Washington County Historical Museum at 102 North 14th Street in Fort Calhoun
, Nebraska
. The WCHA "promotes careful guardianship of historical artifacts, promotes an understanding of their significance and inspires people to turn things learned and appreciated into benchmarks for their lives."
. The Washington County Historical Museum is the oldest county museum in Nebraska. The museum houses artifacts from throughout the area's history, including local Native American tribes and nearby Fort Atkinson
. There are also items from early settlers, and genealogical information. Other properties owned by the WCHS include the Frahm House, located at 15th and Madison Streets in Fort Calhoun, and the Fontanelle Township Hall in Fontanelle
, which is in the western part of Washington County
.
Fort Calhoun, Nebraska
Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census.Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is built on...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
. The WCHA "promotes careful guardianship of historical artifacts, promotes an understanding of their significance and inspires people to turn things learned and appreciated into benchmarks for their lives."
Washington County Historical Museum
Mark Schulze is the executive director and Faith Norwood is the museum curatorCurator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
. The Washington County Historical Museum is the oldest county museum in Nebraska. The museum houses artifacts from throughout the area's history, including local Native American tribes and nearby Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson (Nebraska)
Fort Atkinson was the first United States Army post to be established west of the Missouri River in the unorganized region of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. Located just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827...
. There are also items from early settlers, and genealogical information. Other properties owned by the WCHS include the Frahm House, located at 15th and Madison Streets in Fort Calhoun, and the Fontanelle Township Hall in Fontanelle
Fontanelle, Nebraska
Fontanelle is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The site of repeated incursions by the neighboring Pawnee tribe, Fontanelle was an early boom town in the Nebraska Territory, but waned in importance after failing to secure a railroad connection in the late...
, which is in the western part of Washington County
Washington County, Nebraska
-National protected areas:*Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge*DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 18,780 people, 6,940 households, and 5,149 families residing in the county. The population density was 48 people per square mile . There were 7,408...
.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, NebraskaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, NebraskaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Nebraska. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Nebraska, United States...
- History of Omaha
- History of NebraskaHistory of NebraskaThe history of the U.S. state of Nebraska dates back to its formation as a territory by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed by the United States Congress on May 30, 1854. The Nebraska Territory was settled extensively under the Homestead Act during the 1860s, and in 1867 was admitted to the Union as...