Custer County Historical Society/Museum and Research Center

Custer County Historical Society/Museum and Research Center Historical Museum & Research Center
Solomon D. Butcher -Pioneer (Sod House) Photo Gallery

Summer Hours 10:00 to 5:00 M-Sat (Memorial to Labor Day)
Winter Hours 1:00-5:00pm M-F
Stroll through a 1880s soda shop, mercantile and pharmacy; browse the Solomon Butcher Photo Gallery; see fashions of the past and our military history, or
find your Custer County ancestors in the Research Center

03/10/2026

Bill's Signs started in 1929. And moved around several sites until his permanent and final building at 716 South E Broken Bow, Nebraska. His hundreds of signs appear in several places. "If it was wood or metal it could ne made" and he did neon tube signs. More of these signs to shown in following posts...

Traveled to the neighbors and their research areas, like Custer County Historical Society/Museum and Research Center
03/08/2026

Traveled to the neighbors and their research areas, like Custer County Historical Society/Museum and Research Center

William Gaslin was a Custer County Nebraska district court judge 1870's to 1880's
03/07/2026

William Gaslin was a Custer County Nebraska district court judge 1870's to 1880's

March Womens History Month
03/06/2026

March Womens History Month

The Homestead Act of 1862, was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States.  By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American dream. In my research of our family homesteads

Dr. George Bartholomew's hospital 1905, now Govier Brothers.
03/06/2026

Dr. George Bartholomew's hospital 1905, now Govier Brothers.

Dierks/Realty Block was an intregal part of the downtown buisness district in Broken Bow when built in 1889. April 1, 20...
03/06/2026

Dierks/Realty Block was an intregal part of the downtown buisness district in Broken Bow when built in 1889. April 1, 2007 5:52 pm a call for a fire in the Dierks building was set in motion. Thirteen fire departments, 175 fireman, were on the scene. Over 100 years of history was lost.

Victory Bond Fund Drive W.W.II 1942. Left to right Jack Sterling, E.G. Laing & Milton Roseberry. Laing was Broken Bows f...
03/05/2026

Victory Bond Fund Drive W.W.II 1942. Left to right Jack Sterling, E.G. Laing & Milton Roseberry. Laing was Broken Bows first radio announcer, remote wire program over KGFW on Sunday afternoons.

Easter Egg Hunt in the square March 25, 1961. See anyone you know?
03/05/2026

Easter Egg Hunt in the square March 25, 1961. See anyone you know?

03/03/2026

Around the Square. Downtown Broken Bow, NE

03/03/2026

North Side Business District Broken Bow, NE

North Side Opera House- located N 10th ave halfway between B & C streets facing west. Top floor was a very ornate elegan...
03/03/2026

North Side Opera House- located N 10th ave halfway between B & C streets facing west. Top floor was a very ornate elegantly furnished auditorium. Businesses downstarirs S.P. Groat Hardware, H.C. Kimball Furnature and undertaking. It burned down in 1915.

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PO Box 334, 445 S 9th Avenue
Broken Bow, NE
68822

Opening Hours

Monday 1pm - 5pm
Tuesday 1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 1pm - 5pm
Thursday 1pm - 5pm
Friday 1pm - 5pm

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(308) 872-2203

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Our Story

The Custer County Historical Society in Broken Bow Nebraska, started in 1960 with as a research library with community folks having the love of history. This old photo was about our first home in what was the former City Library site when they moved in the their new site in the 1960’s /aka Carnegie building. Over the years we have moved around and finally, in 1994 found our current site on the west side of the square.

Member of the Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce- we were awarded the 55 years in business in 2015 and gaining each year.

Retired Curator, Mary Landkamer received the Nebraska Genealogist of the Year Award in 2011 from Nebraska State Genealogical Society, and the Genealogy Library honors her name for the years of dedication.

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Partner Award, for work the Nebraska Educational TV productions. With NETV we have had the Solomon D. Butcher Photos in video.