Hastings is a city and county seat of Adams County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 24,907 at the 2010 census. It is known as the town where Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in 1927, and celebrates that event with the Kool-Aid Days festival every August. Hastings is also known for Fisher Fountain, and during World War II operated the largest Naval Ammunition Depot in the United States. It was chosen because of its centralized location from North to South and East and West in the country. This made it quicker to send ammunition by train to wherever needed.
Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 48,520 at the 2010 census.
Holdrege is a city in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,495 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Phelps County. The Nebraska Prairie Museum is located in Holdrege.
U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west United States highway that runs for 1,122 miles (1,806 km) from north-central Colorado to the western suburbs of Chicago. Through Rocky Mountain National Park it is known as the Trail Ridge Road where it reaches elevation 12,183 feet (3,713 m), making it the third highest paved through highway in the United States. The highway's western terminus is Granby, Colorado at US 40. Its eastern terminus is in Berwyn, Illinois at Illinois Route 43 and Historic US 66.
Area code 402 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for eastern Nebraska. It was one of the original area codes created in 1947, when it served the entire state.
KOLN, virtual and VHF digital channel 10, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The station is owned by Gray Television. KOLN's studios are located on North 40th Street in Lincoln, and its transmitter is located southeast of Goehner.
KFXL-TV, virtual channel 51, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. The station is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, as part of a duopoly with Kearney-licensed KHGI-TV, the ABC affiliate for the western portion of the Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market. The two stations share studios on Nebraska Highway 44 in Axtell, about 14 miles (23 km) south of Kearney, with a secondary studio and news bureau at the Conestoga Mall in Grand Island. KFXL-TV's transmitter is located on Yankee Hill Road in southeast Lincoln. Its main signal is simulcast on the digital subchannels of most of the KHGI/NTV network stations, bringing KFXL programming to the western half of the Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market and parts of the North Platte market.
KNHL, virtual and VHF digital channel 5, is a dual MyNetworkTV/MeTV-affiliated television station licensed to Hastings, Nebraska, United States. As KHAS-TV, it formerly served as the NBC affiliate for the western side of the Lincoln–Hastings–Kearney market. Owned by Gray Television, KNHL is a sister station to Superior-licensed NBC affiliate KSNB-TV ; Lincoln-licensed CBS affiliate KOLN and its satellite KGIN in Grand Island; and Lincoln-licensed CW+ affiliate KCWH-LD. KNHL's transmitter is located on US 281 north of Hastings.
U.S. Highway 6 in the U.S. state of Nebraska is a highway which goes from the Colorado border west of Imperial in the west to the Iowa border in the east at Omaha. Significant portions of the highway are concurrent with other highways, most significantly, U.S. Highway 34 between Culbertson and Hastings. Also, from Milford east to the Iowa border, the highway is closely paralleled by Interstate 80.
The Nebraska State League (NSL) was an American professional baseball league with five incarnations. At least, the name was adopted five times: in 1892, from 1910 to 1915, from 1922 to 1923, from 1928 to 1938 and from 1956 to 1959.
In the U.S. state of Nebraska, U.S. Highway 34 is a highway which goes between the Colorado border west of Haigler to the Iowa border east of Plattsmouth. Between Culbertson and Hastings, U.S. 34 overlaps U.S. Highway 6. From Grand Island to Lincoln, U.S. 34 has been replaced by Interstate 80 as a high-speed corridor and mostly serves local traffic. On this portion of the highway, U.S. 34 is continuously north of Interstate 80. Within Lincoln, U.S. 34 runs concurrent with all of Interstate 180, and much of it follows O Street.
Central Community College is a two-year Nebraska public college with three campuses, in Columbus, Grand Island, and Hastings. In addition the college has learning centers in Holdrege, Kearney, and Lexington. Under the terms of a 1971 Nebraska state law, Central is one of six regional community colleges in the state, serving a group of 25 counties and funded by property taxes within those counties in addition to state aid, tuition and fees, and grants.
The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located in Hastings, Nebraska. It claims to be the largest municipal museum between Chicago and Denver. It is housed in a building funded by the Works Progress Administration and dedicated on June 15, 1939. The museum exhibits include Kool-Aid, natural history dioramas, local history, weapons, life of pioneers on the Plains, rocks, minerals, fossils, antique vehicles, coins, and a planetarium.
John Kuehn is a politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. In 2014, he was elected to the Nebraska Legislature, representing a district in the south central part of the state. Kuehn is a member of the Republican Party.
The California Zephyr is a passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Reno. At 2,438 miles (3,924 km), it is Amtrak's longest daily route, and second-longest overall after the Texas Eagle's triweekly continuation from San Antonio to Los Angeles, with travel time between the termini taking approximately 511⁄2 hours. Amtrak claims the route as one of its most scenic, with views of the upper Colorado River valley in the Rocky Mountains, and the Sierra Nevada. The modern train is the second iteration of a train named California Zephyr; the original train was privately operated and ran on a different route through Nevada and California.
The Holdrege White Sox were a minor league baseball team that played in the short-season Class D Nebraska State League from 1956 to 1959. Based in Holdrege, Nebraska, they were an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Holdrege played their home games at Holdrege Fairgrounds Park.
The Hastings Giants were a minor league baseball team, based in Hastings, Nebraska. Hastings played in the short-season Class D Nebraska State League from 1956 to 1959. Earlier Hastings teams had played in the Nebraska State League, Tri-State League (1924) and the Western League (1887).
The Grand Island Athletics were a minor league baseball team based in Grand Island, Nebraska. The Grand Island Athletics played in the short-season Class D Nebraska State League from 1956 to 1959. Earlier Grand Island teams played in the Nebraska State League, beginning in 1892.
