This theater at the University of Nebraska, founded in , is the centerpiece for some oft-told campus tales. In the s, a student was said to have fallen to his death from the overhead rigging during a production of MacBeth, and now his apparition is said to appear during Shakespeare Near Antelope Park's memorial, behind the caretaker's house, is a field. Witnesses report that many apparitions have been seen in this field, walking across it and into the woods.
In the s there was a triple murder suicide involving the husband, Bill, his wife Venus, her lover and their baby. Bill killed Venus by shotgun The baby was never found In a corner This historic building was formerly the residence of a retired sea captain, who owned a studio on the upper floor. Tenants of a law firm now located on the premises have reported seeing his apparition on several occasions over the years. Submitted by Callum Swift.
About five miles south of Barnes on the east side of Coon Creek Bridge, you may see the ghost of a young girl walking through the woods, especially just before sunrise. Her identity is unknown, as townspeople have no knowledge of any deaths ever occurring nearby. The hotel served as railroad accommodation, and the original inn and restaurant are in operation over a century later. The establishment is rumoured to be haunted by two spirits, including the wife of a former owner and a workman who threw himself to his death during a bout The ghost that haunts the Columbus Hy-Vee is nicknamed Scooter.
He is said to make screeching sounds near the produce and dairy sections and has appeared to employees at around 2 a. Witnesses at Jenners Park, a former zoo with its old cages still intact, say the sound of disembodied childlike laughter can be heard here at night.
The cemetery, a. For one, the headstones, as you may guess, are said to glow at night by the light of a full moon. Skeptics say this is because of the reflective limestone in the headstones. Another local legend The hauntings here are said to be caused by three men who, in the early s, were buried alive when a cave they dug into the creek bed collapsed.
Apparitions of all three men are said to show up at night, digging by lantern light. After working a few minutes, At the Skyway Drive-In, folks say black phantom dogs with a missing eye and a missing leg roam the grounds.
Witnesses maintain that f you look away from them, they disappear. Local residents and employees have reported hearing ghostly laughter and seeing apparitions in period clothing wandering around the building. At this s Civil War fort, visitors may see more than war relics.
According to local legend, an apparition of a woman in chains can be seen walking across the fields, and a group of spectral riders appear on the Cavalry Parade Field. One dismounts, and the rest ride away. Barnard Park was once a cemetery, and it is rumored that when the city moved the bodies and turned it into a park, some of the bodies were missed.
Several apparitions are said to roam here late at night, most notably a woman who was following the Mormon Trail and Bookstore owners have reported shadowy figures, the unexplained sound of jingle bells at Christmastime, and books that seemed to be pushed off of shelves by unseen hands. Number of grocery stores : 6 Clay County : 9. Nebraska : 2. Number of convenience stores with gas : 3 Clay County : 4.
State : 4. Number of full-service restaurants : 4 Here : 6. Nebraska : 7. Adult diabetes rate : This county : 9. Adult obesity rate : Clay County : Healthy diet rate : Edgar: Average overall health of teeth and gums : Here: Average BMI : Edgar: People feeling badly about themselves : Edgar: People not drinking alcohol at all : Edgar: 5.
Average hours sleeping at night : Here: 6. Overweight people : Here: General health condition : Edgar: Average condition of hearing : This city: KTMX KQKY Small-Town America Nebraska Icon's 22 replies. Cost of Living Calculator. Gone are the blacksmith's forges, board walks, ten-cent movies at the Lyric, nickel haircuts in the basement-barbershops, pickles from a barrel, sawdust on the butcher shop floor, and -- we hope -- dust storms.
Now Union Pacific coal or container freight trains rattle windows almost hourly. Burlington trains transport the abundant crops produced with the aid of deep-well irrigation.
Landmarks have been important to our heritage. The cylindrical standpipe no longer signals "welcome home," and the Opera House shows its age. The schoolhouse still boasts its distinctive Edgar-made "pink bricks," as do the blocks in "Graham's Castle. The cemetery's stone arches stand sentinel where 3, rest, including veterans of four wars.
The ghost-factory, Blue Valley-Star, recalls corn canning, poultry processing, or building hog confinement units. However, the town whistle still blows, marking the time o'day, morning, noon, and night. Edgar's population peaked at 1, in , then stabilized at about 1, until the Dust-bowl Depression exodus of the s. The census shows a current population of In its centennial year, , Edgar looked back proudly on years of change and improvement.
Municipal electrical, water, and sewer systems; playgrounds, parks, paved streets, garbage pick-up, and natural gas service; volunteer library, fire department, and an EMT-staffed ambulance are benefits not to be taken for granted. Both Centennial Pool and Bethesda long-term care facility were dedicated in Tennis courts and ball fields have been added.
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