Day 1
11:00 am Arrive in Maxwell where you will stop at the Fort McPherson National Cemetery
(Free)
12:30 pm Have lunch at one of North Platte great dining establishments the Depot Chop House or the Canteen Bar and Grill
2:00 pm Tour Nebraskas largest vineyard the Feather River Vineyards.
www.feather-river.com
4:00 pm Ride with the Wild Bunch Event from 4:00 to 8:30 pm. Arrive at the Buffalo Bill State Historical Park (Greeted by Buffalo Bill look-alike and his horse). (CVB will provide Park Pass) Bus will be greeted by our Buffalo Bill look-alike on his white horse. The group will then tour Buffalo Bills home and Barn where he lived while he toured the country with his Wild West Show. Guests will step back on the bus and ride ΒΌ mile to The Lincoln County Historical Museum and get robbed by cowboy renactors. At the Museum they can tour historic buildings such as old Fort McPherson headquarters, one room school house, sod home, 1899 Sears & Roebuck house, in the historic Village in the back. A BBQ will be served as a Cowboy Band entertains the group. Dont miss the Shootout at dusk!!
(Cost: $40 each for forty or more people)
5:30 pm Arrive at Lincoln County Museum
6:30 pm Food will be ready and band will begin to play
8:30 pm Event ends check into motel in North Platte. Overnight North Platte
Day 2
8:00 am Golden Spike Tower & Visitor Center tour (
Cost: $5)
Step out onto a eight story deck and view the worlds largest rail yard, Union Pacific Bailey Yards. North Plattes newest attraction features an outdoor deck at seven stories, gift shop and informational kiosks.
www.goldenspiketower.com
10:30 am Tour Cody Park, the sight of the first Wild West Show and visit the Rail Road museum.
11:30 am Leave North Platte for Dancing Leaf Cultural Learning Center in Wellfleet 20 miles south of North Platte.
12:00 pm Arrive at Dancing Leaf and tour the facilities with a lunch consisting of Buffalo Stew.
Cost: Tour $7 each and Buffalo Stew $8 each www.dancingleaf.com