Nebraska City Historical Society attraction selected a Nebraska holiday passport stop
NEBRASKA CITY - The Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson House has been selected as one of 20 statewide Nebraska Tourism 2024 winter passport stops.
Passporters for the third edition of the Nebraska Holiday Passport will have from Nov. 15 to Jan. 7 to visit the attractions and collect their stamps.
The Nebraska City Historical Society will feature a holiday theme featuring a traditional wooden Polish Christmas tree, pioneer country Christmas tree, and German twig tree.
The house is normally closed during the winter, but Kathy McKillip of the historical society says they are thrilled to be part of the Nebraska Holiday Passport.
2024 passport stops
- The Gift Niche – Ashland
- The Plainsman Museum – Aurora
- Beatrice Bakery - Grandma's Bake Shoppe
- Clean Slate Soap – Beatrice
- Festival of Trees – Chadron
- Wise Olde Owl & Purple Dragon Paper Co. - Fremont
- Gering Merchant's Santa Village – Gering
- Floral Designs - Hartington
- The Indigo Bungalow – Kearney
- The Chocolate Season – Lincoln
- The Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson House, Nebraska City
- Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park – North Platte
- Brite Ideas Decorating – Omaha
- The RiverFront – Omaha
- Omaha Community Playhouse – Omaha
- Scratchtown Brewing Company – Ord
- Elkhorn River Coffee Company - Scribner
- Sidney Floral and Gift Shop - Sidney
- Shops at the Victor Anderson Building - Stromsburg
- Village of Verdigre's Vesele Vanoce – Verdigre
Here is the historical society’s press release
Nebraska City Historical Society Property Selected as a 2024 Nebraska Holiday Passport Tourism Stop
Nebraska City, NE – The Nebraska City Historical Society, originated in 1937 to preserve and protect the history and stories of Nebraska City’s founding members and early settlement. Throughout the decades, The Society has helped revive interest in the study of local history, through education and historic preservation while also being the stewards of the Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson House and the Old Freighters Museum in Nebraska City.
The Society is excited to announce that the Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson house as been selected as one of twenty statewide Nebraska Tourism 2024 Winter Passport Stops.
More than seventy applications were received statewide to be considered as a potential stop. This holiday-themed, miniature-sized version of the popular summer Passport will again showcase some of the best shopping, dining, activities and holiday-ing in the state.
The 2024 Passport will again showcase 20 attractions from across the state, each with a holiday emphasis. Passporters will have from November 15, 2024 through January 7, 2025 to visit the attractions and collect their stamps. Passports will be available at participating stops beginning in November or can be pre-ordered at NebraskaPassport.com/holiday. Various holiday events are scheduled at several of the stops as well, and a calendar of events will be available on the website.
“This is a very competitive process, and we are thrilled to have the Taylor-Wessel-Bickel-Nelson House chosen as a Winter Holiday start and are busy getting the property into Holiday celebration mode once our October tourism season concludes. The Society will be featuring a heritage holiday celebration showcasing a traditional wooden Polish Christmas tree, a Pioneer Country Christmas tree, and a German Twig Tree to share just a sampling of what the holiday season celebration will embrace, Historical Society President Kathy McKillip shared.”
Historically, the house has been closed during the holiday season, considered off -season within the tourism industry. However, the Society took a chance and applied in hopes of generating more visitors to Nebraska City and specifically to one of the properties that the Society is a steward of.
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