Garfield County Frontier Fairgrounds

Garfield County Frontier Fairgrounds
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Off Nebraska Highway 91
Nearest city	Burwell, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°46′31″N 99°07′23″W
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Built	1922
NRHP reference No.	85001005[1]
Added to NRHP	May 9, 1985

The Garfield County Frontier Fairgrounds, near Burwell, Nebraska, also known as Burwell Rodeo Ground, is a historic property with significance dating to 1922. A 40-acre (16 ha) area was listed as a historic district on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included 13 contributing buildings and seven other contributing structures.^[1]

By the mid-1980s, it was Nebraska's oldest rodeo venue in which the original buildings were still being used for their original purposes.^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Janet Jeffries Spencer (February 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Garfield County Frontier Fairgrounds (GFOQ-12) / Burwell Rodeo Ground". National Park Service. and accompanying 15 photos from 1984

External links

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