North Platte, Nebraska "North Platte"

North Platte, Nebraska Location of North Platte inside Lincoln County and Nebraska Location of North Platte inside Lincoln County and Nebraska North Platte is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is positioned in the southwestern part of the state, along Interstate 80, at the confluence of the North and South Platte Rivers forming the Platte River.

North Platte is a barns town; Union Pacific Railroad's large Bailey Yard is positioned inside the city.

Today, North Platte is served only by freight trains, but amid World War II the town/city was famous for the North Platte Canteen.

Tens of thousands of volunteers from North Platte and encircling towns met the troop trains passing through North Platte, offering coffee, sandwiches and hospitality.

North Platte is the principal town/city of the North Platte Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Lincoln, Logan, and Mc - Pherson counties.

North Platte was established in 1868 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. It was titled from the North Platte River. North Platte is positioned at 41 8 9 N 100 46 14 W (41.135914, 100.770501). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 13.39 square miles (34.68 km2), of which, 13.20 square miles (34.19 km2) is territory and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km2) is water. North Platte experiences a dry continental climate similar to that of the Nebraska High Plains, classified as humid continental (Koppen Dwa), and, with an annual average rain of 20.22 inches (514 mm), barely avoids semi-arid; it is part of USDA Hardiness zone 5a. The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 25.0 F ( 3.9 C) in January to 74.3 F (23.5 C) in July. On average, there are 3.5 days that reach 100 F (38 C) or higher, 37 days that reach 90 F (32 C) or higher, 33 days that do not climb above freezing, and 13 days with a low of 0 F ( 18 C) or below. The average window for freezing temperatures is September 26 thru May 10, allowing a burgeoning season of 138 days.

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North Platte is home to the world's biggest rail yard, Bailey Yard.

North Platte was the end of the Union Pacific Railway from the summer of 1867 until the next section to Laramie, Wyoming, was opened the following summer.

The 275-mile section from Nebraska City to North Platte was instead of in less than six weeks. Lincoln County Historical Museum contains a display detailing the history of the North Platte Canteen, which greeted 6.5 million service personnel from Christmas Day 1941 through April 1, 1946.

Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is positioned near North Platte, a Nebraska living history park about Buffalo Bill Cody.

Every June, North Platte hosts the annual "Nebraskaland Days".

North Platte is host to the annual Miss Nebraska pageant, an official preliminary for the Miss America Organization. Howard Baskerville, American teacher in the Presbyterian mission school in Tabriz, Iran; born in North Platte. Nathan Enderle, football quarterback, chose by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft; born in North Platte and attended North Platte High School. Bill Hayes (baseball), baseball player, lived in North Platte and attended Saint Patrick's High School.

Henry Hill, New York City mobster; worked as a cook in North Platte.

John Howell, former American football safety in the National Football League, played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks; born in North Platte. Glenn Miller, prominent big band leader; lived in North Platte for one year amid his early childhood. Keith Neville, 18th governor of Nebraska; born in North Platte. Red Cloud, Sioux warrior; born near North Platte in 1822. Don Rose, San Francisco Bay Area disc jockey; born and raised in North Platte and incessantly referred to the town/city on his morning show. Danny Woodhead, experienced football player; born in North Platte and attended North Platte High School. Official records for North Platte kept at downtown from September 1874 to December 1947 and at North Platte Regional Airport since January 1948. "Livingston wins Mayoral race" by George Lauby in the North Platte Bulletin) of November 7, 2012 "North Platte, Lincoln County".

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Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen, Bob Greene, Morrow/Avon, 2002, hardcover, 256 pages, ISBN 0-06-008196-1 North Platte and its associations, Archibald Adamson, The Evening Telegraph, North Platte, NE, 1910, 241 pages, URL https://archive.org/details/northplatteitsas00adam Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Platte, Nebraska.

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