Area Attractions

Local and area residents can enjoy family picnics and gatherings at Albion's Fuller Park where there are four large shelters are available for your enjoyment. After the picnic, the whole family can enjoy the basketball courts, baseball and softball diamonds, soccer fields, swimming pool, and playground equipment. Rest rooms and RV hookups are also available. The Albion Public Pool is also located next to Fuller Park. Plan your next family outing in Albion!

The Albion Sports Complex includes four ball diamonds, one baseball diamond, tennis court, soccer fields and a concession stand.

Albion's Memorial Day services are held each year at the Mini-Park located in downtown Albion. Other May events include the Beef-O-Rama located at the fairgrounds. For more information on the Beef-ORama contact Steve Pritchard at (402) 395-2781 or visit their website at: www.boone-nance.unl.edu . In June the Quarter Horse Show takes center stage and in July the annual Boone County Fair and Rodeo is always worth attending. Albion offers many wholesome and fun activities to keep the whole family entertained.

The Nebraska State Antique Tractor & Horse Plowing Bee is held in Petersburg every August. For more information on this visit their website at www.raevalley.org or contact:

Larry Petsche
1249 State Hwy. 14
Petersburg, NE 68652
Telephone: 402-386-5334
Show Date Telephone: 402-386-5366
Email: rvalley@megavision.com

OLSON NATURE PRESERVE being dedicated to preservation of native prairie, this preserve has hiking trails along with abundant native flora and fauna. Its unique characteristics are derived from being a junction of multiple ecosystems. It lies at the easternmost tip of the sandhills and includes more than a half-mile stretch of Beaver Creek, a perennial spring-fed stream that forms the geological boundary between the sandhills and the rolling loess hardlands to the east. It is also historically significant as the site where Logan Fontenelle, a chief of the Omaha people, died at the hands of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Crazy Horse was about 15 years old and a member of the Sioux war party.

The Olson Nature Preserve is truly a unique little corner of the world! Tucked into an area of approximately 140 acres, several interesting ecosystems invite further exploration. The eastern edge of the Nebraska sandhills, complete with characteristic blowouts and gullies, comprise the western edge of the Preserve. A bur oak grove, clinging to the steep slope borders the eastern edge of the sand hills. A person may observe typical prairie plants on the hot, dry sand hills and walk just 100 meters or so and be viewing ferns growing in the moist, cool forest. Wetlands, which fill the area at the base of the oak grove, abound with typical wetland plants and animals. More information is available on this at http://www.prairieplains.org/olson_nature_preserve.htm

The Boone County Historical Museum, located on West Fairview Street in Albion, houses many articles from Boone County displayed at the museum.

Cultural activities, including lecture and theatre series, are provided by the Albion Arts Council, Cedar Valley Art Guild, and Piecing Pals Quilt Guild. Other cultural activites including Friends of Music, Community Concert Association, and Community Theater Group are available within a one-hour drive.

Creative Windows, June 6th and for more information visit. Creative Windows Open House

Albion Chamber of Commerce • 420 West Market St. • Albion, NE 68620 • 402-395-6723 • ccalbn@hotmail.com