Get a feel for the tough lives led by early settlers at this idiosyncratic museum. The best part is the reconstructed sod-roofed trading post where pelts were swapped for guns, blankets and whiskey from 1837 to 1876. It's 4 miles east of Chadron.
Museum of the Fur Trade
Nebraska
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