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North Platte, Nebraska

Everything North Platte is known for

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Music in North Platte

Songs About North Platte

North Platte Blues
Mike McClure Band
81%
"North Platte Blues"
34.99 in North Platte
The Hats
78%
"34.99 in North Platte"
buffalo bill
jim stafford
8%
"TITLE"
The Man From God Knows Where
Tom Russell
7%
"They passed bill Cody's ships, European bound"
Buffalo Bill
Eminem
5%
"they call me Buffalo Bill"
buffalo bill
the firesign theatre
4%
"TITLE"

Artists From North Platte

Rivers & Roads in Song near North Platte

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near North Platte.

History of North Platte

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park

1886

Buffalo Bill Cody built Scout's Rest Ranch near North Platte in 1886 as his home base between Wild West Show tours, rehearsing hundreds of performers and horses on the 4,000-acre spread.

Cody Park Railroad Display

1936

Cody Park in North Platte displays two Union Pacific steam locomotives -- Engine 3977 (Challenger class) and Engine 275 -- alongside a WWII-era North Platte Canteen exhibit.

Things to Do in North Platte

Everything Near North Platte

4 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Cody Park Railroad Display · 1.0 mi · Landmark

    Cody Park in North Platte displays two Union Pacific steam locomotives -- Engine 3977 (Challenger class) and Engine 275 -- alongside a WWII-era North Platte Canteen exhibit.

  • Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park · 2.9 mi · Historic Site

    Buffalo Bill Cody built Scout's Rest Ranch near North Platte in 1886 as his home base between Wild West Show tours, rehearsing hundreds of performers and horses on the 4,000-acre spread.

  • Bailey Yard · 3.6 mi · Things to Do

    World largest rail yard sorts 14000 cars daily across 2850 acres of Nebraska prairie.

  • O'Fallons Bluff · 17.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine wagon trains traversing these bluffs as they followed the Oregon and California Trails. O'Fallons Bluff, stretching along the Platte River, served as a landmark and a challenge for pioneers heading west. The…

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