Bowring Ranch State Historical Park

Bowring Ranch State Historical Park
Nebraska State Historical Park
Named for: Arthur Bowring

Country	United States
State	Nebraska
County	Cherry

Location	Merriman
- elevation	3,258 ft (993 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	42°57′28″N 101°40′38″W / 42.95778°N 101.67722°W / 42.95778; -101.67722Coordinates: 42°57′28″N 101°40′38″W / 42.95778°N 101.67722°W / 42.95778; -101.67722

Area	325 acres (132 ha)

Founded	1987 ^[2]
Management	Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Location of Bowring Ranch State Historical Park in Nebraska

Bowring Ranch State Historical Park is a state park of Nebraska, USA, interpreting the ranching heritage of the Sand Hills region and the lives of former owners Arthur and Eva Bowring (the first female U.S. Senator from Nebraska). The park is located north of Merriman in Cherry County, near the South Dakota border.

The ranch was originally founded in 1894. Arthur and Eva met when her car broke down near his ranch and he came to her assistance. They married in 1928 and kept the ranch running while each served in a variety of public offices. Eva Bowring maintained ranch operations on her own from Arthur's death in 1944 to her own in 1985. Concerned that it would be fragmented to new owners, the former Senator willed her ranch to the state in memory of her husband.^[3] The ranch continues to be operated as a working Hereford cattle ranch. The ranch house and outbuildings have been preserved, and a large visitor center documenting the Bowrings' lives is on the site.

References

↑ "Arthur Bowring Sandhills Ranch State Historical Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1999-04-21. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
↑ Denney, James (1987-04-26). "New Bowring Ranch Park Will Be a Working Ranch". Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Neb.). p. 1.
↑ Emanuel, Mary Ethel (May–Jun 2005). "A Love Story at Bowring Ranch". Nebraska Life 9 (4): 83–84.

External links

Bowring Ranch State Historical Park

Protected areas of Nebraska

Federal

National Monuments	Agate Fossil Beds Homestead Scotts Bluff

National Historic Trails	California Trail Lewis & Clark Trail Mormon Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express Trail

National Wildlife Refuges	Boyer Chute Crescent Lake DeSoto Fort Niobrara John and Louise Seier Karl E. Mundt North Platte Rainwater Basin Valentine

National Forests	Nebraska Samuel R. McKelvie

National Grasslands	Oglala

USFS National Recreation Areas	Pine Ridge

National Wilderness	Fort Niobrara Soldier Creek

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Missouri Niobrara

State

State Parks	Chadron Eugene T. Mahoney Fort Robinson Indian Cave Niobrara Platte River Ponca Smith Falls

State Historical Parks	Ashfall Fossil Beds Ash Hollow Arbor Lodge Bowring Ranch Buffalo Bill Ranch Fort Atkinson Fort Hartsuff Fort Kearny Rock Creek Station

State Recreation Areas	Alexandria Arnold Atkinson Lake Blue River Bluestem Bowman Lake Box Butte Reservoir Branched Oak Bridgeport Brownville Calamus Champion Lake Cheyenne Conestoga Cottonmill Crystal Lake Dead Timber DLD Enders Reservoir Fort Kearny Fremont Lakes Gallagher Canyon Johnson Lake Keller Park Lake Maloney Lake McConaughy Lake Minatare Lake Ogallala Lewis and Clark Long Lake Long Pine Louisville Medicine Creek Memphis Merritt Reservoir Mormon Island North Loup Olive Creek Oliver Reservoir Pawnee Lake Pelican Point Pibel Lake Pioneer Red Willow Reservoir Riverview Marina Rock Creek Lake Rock Creek Station Rockford Sandy Channel Schramm Park Sherman Reservoir Stagecoach Summit Lake Sutherland Reservoir Swanson Reservoir Two Rivers Union Pacific Verdon Victoria Springs Wagon Train Walgren Lake War Axe Wildcat Hills Willow Creek Windmill

State Recreation Trails	Cowboy Trail

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (web)

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