Kearney, Nebraska: Oxen Pulling a Prairie Schooner
Big ox haul futilely at a giant covered wagon. Deteriorating.
- Address:
- 23835 W. 24th St., Kearney, NE
- Directions:
- On the north side of US Hwy 30/W. 24th St., between Dove Hill and 62nd Aves., roughly four miles west of Kearney.
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The oxen are looking kind of sad. One has lost his head, the other has been mended but looks fragile.
[Beverly Watkins, 06/17/2023]
The building is still abandoned and up for sale, but the oxen and schooner remain. The poor oxen have seen better days, and the schooner needs a new cover.
[edmag, 07/23/2021]Although a sign in front of the Oxen reads "Soon to be 100 years old," that sign refers to the Lincoln Highway, which turned 100 in 2013. The oxen themselves arrived in 1932.
Very obvious from the road, the building is again abandoned and for sale but the oxen and schooner are still there.
[Casey, 06/27/2018]
Family photo from 1947 of the Oxen Pulling a Prairie Schooner in Kearney.
[Rod, 01/28/2018]The oxen and their schooner have been in Kearney since 1932, when they were built outside the Covered Wagon gift shop.
The oxen "Nick" and "Rose" are still pulling their wagon. In front is a sign reading, "Soon to be 100 years old." The building it is attached to is abandoned.
[Ron Gator Mays, 11/24/2016]The sign refers to the Lincoln Highway, which passes in front of the oxen. It turned 100 in 2013. The oxen themselves arrived in 1932 as part of the Covered Wagon gift shop, which supposedly stood 1,733 miles between Boston and San Francisco.
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