We will likely be spending the night there shortly. There are several things about Kearney you should know, one of which is that we will not be lodging at the “Americinn.” Yes, that’s an actual motel (”america inn,” I suppose) — reads like the name of a red-white-and-blue weed killer, doesn’t it? Neither will we be staying at the “Kearney Inn 4 Less.”
[sigh]
Hungry to learn more, I also went to a website named Kearney.net. I clicked on the link for “Area Attractions,” and the page hung up for a long time. My browser said “2 of 3 items downloaded,” which I thought made sense, and then finally I found this, a fine and wondrous thing. I’ve seen it before. It looms over Interstate 80 like a bridge to nowhere.
Where Nebraska is concerned, however, think of the Platte. There’s more American history tied to that river than most of us will ever know: Mormons, the Pony Express, and hundreds of thousands of poor bastards from Ohio with their families in covered wagons, on the way to California to pick gold nuggets off the ground.
Americinn. My God.
Comment by Steve Ingham
1 April 29, 2008, 2:49 pm o'clock |
Not to mention all the Native American tribes captured and herded to forts in and around that area…….Pretty sad history and I have been reading too much lately about it………I am ashamed at times of how we treated each other then……but then again…….not much has changed in a lot of ways in that regard………And having played in Kearney as a musician YEARS ago….Not much I can advise except SLEEP FAST and GET OUT !! Buena Suerte!! : )
Steve
Comment by Murr
2 April 29, 2008, 3:50 pm o'clock |
Just so you know …that disease has gone wild! Here in Winnipeg we have our very own CanadInn chain …and they sponsor our hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League so they play in CanadInn Stadium too.
That company has expanded into the United States. There is a CanadInn in Grand Forks,ND now.
Comment by bdr
3 May 2, 2008, 1:14 pm o'clock |
Kearney’s also known for the crain migration. Richard Powers set his terrific novel Echomaker in Kearney and used the migration as a major trope.
Comment by bdr
4 May 2, 2008, 1:15 pm o'clock |
Doh!
Crane, not crain.