Nebraska's best Adventure - Harold Warp's Pioneer Village
The most amazing Roadside attraction in Nebraska! Harold Warp's pioneer village is the best excuse to hop in the van or the car and Road Trip it up in south central Nebraska, not too far from Fort Kearny, The most amazing place with 28 buildings and over 50,000 AMAZING artifacts, vintage cars, airplane history, western buildings, SO MUCH is here!
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I have gone every year since I was a tiny one and am going again this Tuesday the 19th. It's probably my favorite place on Earth. Thanks for going!
Yes! Finally someone takes the time to visit "The Good Life" in Nebraska. It's pronounced KAR-ney for the town of Kearney, Nebraska. So happy someone finally pronounced it correctly. If you are ever going through NE again, hit up Scott's Bluff the monument (not just the town itself), Chimney Rock which less than an hour away from Scott's Bluff. Travel Highway 2, Alliance Nebraska has Carhenge (replica of Stonehenge but made out of cars). A small town on Highway 2 called Anselmo has great town murals and an old sod house which many early settlers built and lived in. Also along Highway 2 is Broken Bow which has a great county museum with old artifacts and the Sandhills Scenic Byway Center on the edge of town gives information about the Sandhills (the crane/bird is named after) and such. Much of Nebraska is hills but people only travel the interstate, I-80, which follows the Platte River which is a take on the french word for flat. Moreover, "Nebraska" is the Oteo word for flat water that's why many people think Nebraska is flat when in actuality it's 60% hills once you get off the interstate.
The Motel and Restaurant (building with a hole in the roof) are closed but the campground is open this year. Once repairs are made to the 2 story motel roof they will be re-opening it. If you stay at the campground you receive 1 free admission to the Village, if you need 2 days to see everything they discount the admission for the 2nd day, there are plans in the works for repairs and a lot of other work to be done in and around the village over the next couple years.
Growing up, I remember they had a huge campaign of signs telling you how far away you were from Pioneer Village all over the state. Would always see one of the drive to my grandparent's house. Hopefully they can get the funds to keep it going, would love to see that merry go round up and running again.
ong....this would be epic to spend 2-3 days exploring this stuff.
@16:30 the large porcelain jars were used for brined cabbage also called sauerkraut. Correctly made sauerkraut does not require refrigeration. Probably there were other uses. I got this info-nugget from my mother who used to snack on sauerkraut at her grandma’s house in the wayback days.
Hey Justin. Thanks for showing some of Nebraskas treasures. If I had known that you were in town. I would have bought you lunch.
I went on several field trips here as a kid, even had a day of school in the old schoolhouse. I haven't been back inside in quite a while, but thanks for showcasing it so well. I know there has been a LOT of work going into restoration efforts, especially in the last few years. If someone is looking to plan a trip, this is right in the middle of the narrow strip of land that the sandhill crane migration comes through (so you can either double up, or avoid that time of year to have more hotel availability).
Oh, and the hand powered rail car is just a "handcar". Not 100% sure about the large stoneware crocks in the general store. I think ones like that were used for things like butter, salted meat, and pickled vegetables.
LOVED this video (probably because I'm from the area and was in Kearney/Minden on Thursday, 14 July)! We've been visiting Pioneer Village for three generations. Unfortunately, I didn't really appreciate all it had to offer until I got older (as a kid, it took too long and was usually too hot). As an adult, I love listening to my parents talk about how the artifacts/vehicles were used on the farm PLUS we now visit in the fall instead of during the heat of summer - winner, winner! There's so much more I could say, but I think I'll end here with a great big THANK YOU for featuring this part of Nebraska! :)
There's an interesting deleted scene from 'About Schmidt' (2002) filmed there. The sequence filmed at the Archway was originally intended for the Pioneer Village.
One day, you should seriously consider covering the Oregon or California Trails from beginning to end.
I am so glad that you FOUND THAT AWESOME Museum.
Well..... I suggested it a year ago!
You need your own show on the history channel. The last several videos you made would be a good audition.
I was finding this video more soothing than usual. It struck me why - your toned down enthusiasm. I love it! Although I do love you, I have had to slow down my watching due to feeling wound up by the Disneyesque enthusiasm. Keep up the good work!
Born and breed Nebraska girl here! Went to Pioneer Village one year for a school field trip. So much fun, though I almost got sick after walking through all the buildings of cars because of the smell.😅
I can totally see you building your own forge and becoming a blacksmith!
AMAZING 😻 Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska! We should all go there to visit and perhaps help the place out. Beautiful and awesome place to stop and enjoy. Thank you, Justin.
(#837) This was so mind boggling it blew me away. Thank you, Justin!!! This was amazing!!! 👍💖👏👏👏👏👏🤜🤛🤘🤙👍👍Yes Justin Avon still exists!!!
It would have been nice if you mentioned that Harold Warp's Pioneer Village is located in Minden. It was on the old postcard but mentioning Minden would have been helpful. Thanks for the presentation.
The "jars" in the general store appear to be crocks which like a thermos before ice boxes and refrigerators. It's what perishables (butter, cheese, pickles) were often stored and sold in.
The Dunce skit broke me, thanks for the laugh today as the heats been making me ill so it genuinely helped. And yes Avons still kicking, more online than door to door these days with the aftershave not being too bad.
Fantastic Justin, just think of all the lingering spirits around this cool place. Where are are all the tourists it’s Summertime 🤗💕 . Oh the bypass explains why it’s empty, they need some chamber of commerce action 👍
This is amazing. I'd wanna spend a week at least or more....
WOW THAT'S A HUGE TRAIN! ALSO THAT IS CALLED A HANDCAR!
My family and I lived in Nebraska for 7 years and loved every second of it!
Justin, I like this video. I was born in Nebraska 49 yrs ago. I lived in Bellevue, NE not far from the airbase. I have visited Fort Kearney. It is a nice place to visit and there is lots of history here. It just a matter of like you said, knowing where to look.
WOW 28 BUILDINGS!
It's nice to see you make it out here to Nebraska. Maybe you'll make it over on the east side of the state one of these days, my fellow roadtripping enthusiast.
Really neat and interesting place. I am like you I would spend days seeing all the stuff. Thanks Justin for taking us there to see.it.
I wish I had heard of this place when I lived in Nebraska!
I visited the village I think it's amazing being in the middle of nowhere loved it
What an incredible museum... thanks for the tour!
That was a awesome video. It’s now on my bucket list, thanks Justin.
I love the history you show of the ooooooooooooold west!
What an awesome place! Should be a field trip for all school kids!
Schools from 100 miles around would take field trips there. I remember going on one when I was in elementary school.
I remember being overwhelmed as a child when my family visited Pioneer Village. I 100% remember that crazy pen collection.
I love this place I have been there with my girls many years ago
That train around the top of the ceiling in the transportation room looked to possibly be 4 3/4 gauge which was actually the same and first size that Walt Disney had before the 7.5 gauge live steam behind his house
Thank you for such a good advert for the village. It really is a lost relic.
Thanks Justin, I just moved to Nebraska from Southern California. I’m going through serious adventure withdrawals and this looks like an adventure! Only 2 1/2 hours away😢. I miss being able to go right down the street from Brea and be at Disneyland or Knott’s.
I love that he pronounces "Calliope" correctly. ❤️ I also love his appreciation for history and culture. 😊
I came across one of those porcelain pots (or jars, as you called it) on my Greenwood, TX video. I asked the same question at the 15:47 mark. My friend stated that he remembered his mom use it for pickling.
OK for those of you playing along at home I can reveal that the 1st 2 Lucille Ball noises come at dysentery and fitting in at school on the first day.
I really as a 72 year old man almost cry when I think of how few of todays humans care about our history and where we have come from. Such a treasure as this place pretty much forgotten and uncared about.
The Kearnet Archway on Highway 80 would be a good stop - but a bit more of Nebraska's modern day tourist trap.
Justin, those ceramic items are crocks. Before the advent of refrigeration, crocks were used in American kitchens to hold foodstuffs such as butter, salted meats and pickled vegetables.
What AN amazing place!
Love ya Justin. Bloopers and all!
You did it again, Justin!!! 👍👍 🌼
No comments for this amazing video? Not to be repetitious, but this video is AMAZING!!!! Well done, Justin!
There's a line in the Roadside America description of the attraction that makes me think of Justin's experience. And I quote, "There's a point at which you simply can't absorb any more at Harold Warp's Pioneer Village..."
Wow, what an amazing place and collection!
What a treasure and hope it gets up and thriving again ASAP.
I’ve always been curious about that covered wagon building whenever I road-trip through the state. Great video!
It was a gas station tourist trap. I remember stopping there once when I was a kid. Though it's probably been closed for well over 20 years at this point.
I went there several times as a kid in the late 70s / early 80s and it used to be really amazing to see. Not sure if you know, but Harold made sure everyone of those cars was in running order before they went into the museum. It's to bad it's dying a slow death, hope they save it.
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AWESOME video!!!! im about a 6 hour drive away from pioneer village. i think its time to take the family!!
Enjoyed this video immensely, thanks for the tour!
that was awesome- thanks for showing us so much of it
All I can say is WOW! What a mind blowing place that is. There must be mega millions of items on display, which makes you wonder where they all came from. And who gathered them all up ? and who set up all the displays? Will have to watch this a few more times. Great job on the presentation, very well done!
18:49 that thing is what us railroaders call a handcar/handcart
Wow that's a great looking place. Thanks for sharing.
WE'RE ON THE OREGON TRAIL!
Really really enjoyed this: thank-you! New museums try to be so artsy and modern, losing the charm of classic museums of the past. If I ever make it out west, this is definitely on my list!
Great video. A few miles as the crow flies from our farm. 👍
Very enjoyable, Justin! Absolutely fascinating. I'm putting all this on my list of places to visit. Next time you're here in Kansas City, I suggest you visit the Steamboat Arabia museum. I think it'll blow your mind.
Another great adventure, thanks Justin!
Pickeling jars and butter churns 🙂
I have not commented on each video, but, this has been a very good road trip. Thanks. Jerry P.
My parents took my brother & I to Pioneer Village back in the 80s. I don’t remember much about it other then the name and the Merry-Go-Round. My parents on the other hand remembered much more. Thanks for sharing Pioneer Village & allowing my family to relieve memories.
The stoneware crocks on the floor of the store were used to store food or make pickles or sauerkraut.
Went here as a kid so it brings back memories, it also saddens me so much. Places like this cannot keep going away.
Another cool place..I hope that place can get the people and $ is needs. I think i saw a turquoise?bel air beauty
Eyy welcome to my state!
That is beyond amazing! I hope they have a billboard for it on the bypass highway. Maybe your video will bring them a bit more business. Thanks Justin!!
My grandparents lived in an even smaller town in Nebraska just 30 miles away and my grandfather would take me there every time we visited them. We would arrive just after opening, and wouldn't leave until almost closing time, yet I NEVER felt I got to see everything there. It truly is 'the Smithsonian of the Midwest' with the a tremendous amount of artifacts that everyday people would have used. WELL WORTH the visit, and with it being revitalized in the last few years they are staging a return to glory with new roofs on many of the buildings since your visit Justin. Thanks for making this video as we need to put out the word about this priceless gem of American history.
That is the coolest name for a print shop. time stamp 29:08 "ACME Print Shop" (A-C-Me) that took some thinking... LOL...
Leave it to Justin, to make Nebraska seem exciting! 😆
im hooked on your videos... this one in particular had me howling. LMAO 😎
Actually, the Mormons, did have wagons, pulled by horses. But, they carried supplies used by all. Just a fact. I visited Pioneer Village many many years ago. I hope to get back to it some time late this summer.. Ya did good stopping there. Remember you always have a friend in Cheyenne.
ty keep going we all love you dude/
This is my state! My grandparents would always bring my cousins and me to various attractions in the state and unfortunately the year before I was old enough to go along with them, they’d gone to pioneer village and I could never convince them to go again. This is very cool!
that place needs more people going to it
Your assessment of this massive fabulous awesome place, there is nothing like it that I've ever seen, and our family has always been roadside attractions devotees since we were kids in the 1960's. Our parents took us to every tourist roadside attractions and museums that existed back then and to this day we remain fascinated with places like Pioneer Village, a fabulous gem you have unearthed and hipped us to. What a great find!!!! Your enthusiasm for these places and their iconic antiques is so great to see!!! Really great video!! Double Attaboy, Justin!!!
Big Iron Auctions is having an auction of items from Pioneer Village 's storage soon.
Great vid Justin 👌
I have a potentially epic surprise for Ally. It rhymes with olden oodle.
An amazing place from a amazing man. Thanks. This was very interesting.
I would love to check that place out!
30:36 Vintage RCA logo in 3D. Rca & GE Electronics. 📺🔊🔊
Yes, AVON still exists as my mom has sold their products for 39 years, but the company was sold a few years ago and now is basically just a selling makeup and beauty products. No more collectibles like they used to have even up to 5-7 years ago.
Thank you 😊 we 💖 all places like this than Disney land...
Quite a promotion for Nebraska tourism, if there is such a thing... makes a trip to Nebraska seem more worth it
What a Fun-ful, fun one!
Great display of how we got here today. Some fantastic work Justin, crazy good adventure!
Amazing as always
Wow!! I'll make sure to visit this place!
My Home State!!!
Looks amazing!
Great video!
Wow, i had forgotten about the roll up maps.
Fascinating.