Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, Chadron

Name: Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center
Address: 1000 Main St, Chadron, 69337-2667, United States
Telephone: +1 800-242-3766

#2 among attractions in Chadron

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The Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to the life and works of author Mari Sandoz, and to the High Plains region of the western United States, in which Sandoz grew up, and which was the setting of many of her fictional and non-fictional works. The Center is located on the campus of Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska. It occupies the college's former library building, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. ()

Built: 1929 (95 years ago)Coordinates: 42°49'12"N, 103°0'11"W

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1000 Main StChadron 69337-2667 United States

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+1 800-242-3766

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Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron Public Library, Chadron State College.

3.8 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron
98 min walk • The Bordeaux Trading Post near Chadron, Nebraska was built during 1845–46 by James Bordeaux. It has been reconstructed faithfully, in the same location with the same post-holes, using weathered old lumber from a nearby ranchhouse. It is now the Museum of the Fur Trade.
0.4 miN
Library
Chadron Public Library, Chadron
12 min walk • The Chadron Public Library, at 507 Bordeaux St. in Chadron, Nebraska, is a historic Carnegie library in a Classical Revival-style building designed by architect George A. Berlinghof. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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Universities and schools
Chadron State College, Chadron
6 min walk • Chadron State College is a public college in Chadron, Nebraska. It is one of three public colleges in the Nebraska State College System. It has open admission and an acceptance rate of 100%.