• Homestead Heritage Center & Prairie

    Homestead

    National Monument of America Nebraska

Cub Creek Footbridge Temporarily Closed

Cub Creek Bridge temporarily closed.
Cub Creek bridge temporarily closed.
Jessica Fleming NPS
 

The footbridge at the Homestead Education Center is temporarily closed.  This closure is due to maintenance work; sand blasting, painting and re-decking and is expected to last through November 15, 2010.  

This footbridge was constructed in 1962 and has since provided guests to Homestead National Monument of America access to hiking trails or opportunities to explore the tallgrass prairie.  Access to the trail system or tallgrass prairie is still available from the Homestead Heritage Center.  

 
A closer look at the Cub Creek footbridge.
A closer look at the work on Cub Creek footbridge.
Rob Ruskamp NPS

Did You Know?

Women in period dress

Women were allowed to own the deed to 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act, 60 years before they earned the right to vote.
  -- Homestead National Monument of America