From Past to Present: Grand Re-Opening of 154-Year-Old Landmark is A Success!

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After 12 years of planning and construction, the historical society unveiled the Weeping Water Academy Social Hall & Thomas W. Meeske Genealogy Center on Limestone Day, June 29, 2024. The building features a new exhibit showing the fascinating history behind the 154-year-old landmark which housed the Weeping Water Academy from 1886 to 1914 and later […]

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Weeping Water Academy Founder Rev. George Hindley

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The youngest of twelve children, George Hindley, was born in Ontario, Canada on November 27, 1852. When he was six, his father passed away. Within a year, his mother was married again to a man to whom all her children objected. In 1866, his mother also died, leaving him an orphan at fourteen years of

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Cass County Agricultural Society Auditorium Added to National Historic Register

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The Weeping Water Agricultural Society Auditorium was one of four structures built as part of the Depression-era New Deal that were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. The two-story Streamline Moderne style building was constructed in 1938 with the help of a $40,000 Works Progress Administration grant. The WPA was a

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Weeping Water Valley Historical Society Presents: A Haunting, Ghosts, and Mysteries

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Join us during Weeping Water’s Party on the Rocks Fall Festival on September 30th for an Oakwood Cemetery scavenger hunt, A kid-friendly haunted house scavenger hunt at the Heritage House & Dr. Fate’s Office, and ghostly tales with Two Sisters Paranormal at the historical Weeping Water Academy Library building. OAKWOOD CEMETERY SCAVENGER HUNT Take a

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Cass County Ties To Nebraska’s State Seal

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On March 1, 1867, President Andrew Johnson signed a proclamation admitting Nebraska as the 37th state of the union, thirteen years after being organized as a Territory and just two years after the civil war. Two months later, on Friday, May 31st, Cass County resident and State Senator Issac Wiles (1830-1921) introduced House Roll No.

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A Haunting, Ghosts, and Trains: Humanities Nebraska Speaker David Seay kicks off a day of family-friendly events in Weeping Water.

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What is it about trains that so easily engages one’s imagination? Climb aboard with David Seay as he shares a variety of railroad-inspired songs and stories that offer peeks into the past from a wide variety of points of view at Memory Lane Museum on September 24th at 11 am. This upbeat excursion is accompanied

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Pie Contest, Quilt Raffle, Bake Sale A Big Success!

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Congratulations to our pie contest winners! 1st Place Adult Category: Linda Rhodes – Apple Pie 2nd Place Adult Category: Lea Money – Lemon Meringue 1st Place Youth Category: (2nd overall points in both categories!) Max Hanson – Peanut Butter Pie 2nd Place Youth Category: Penelope Flanagan – Banana Cream Thank you to our judges, Timron

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Weeping Water Valley Historical Society To Host Old Fashioned Pie Baking Contest

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WEEPING WATER, NE — November 11, 2021 — Show off your baking skills and celebrate the nostalgia of the holiday season at the Weeping Water Valley Historical Society’s Old Fashioned Pie Baking Contest and Bake Sale on Saturday, December 4th at Memory Lane Museum. The event is held in conjunction with the Weeping Water Chamber

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Weeping Water Valley Historical Society Hosts Day of Free, Family-Friendly Events During Fall Festival

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Join the Weeping Water Valley Historical Society on September 25th for a day of free, family-friendly events. The day kicks off the Cemetery Scavenger Hunt at the historic Oakwood Cemetery. Entrants can pick up official clue books at area locations then visit the cemetery and find the answers to the mysteries while learning intriguing history

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