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Keith County is considered a Gateway to the American West. Ogallala is the county’s largest city with 4,600 people. Known for its cowboy culture, Keith County is also the capital of Lake McConaughy fun. The state’s largest reservoir spans 55 square miles and is a mecca for boating, fishing and all kinds of outdoor recreation.
Glimpses of the county’s Wild West days can be seen in present-day Ogallala. The Front Street Restaurant and Bar includes a replica frontier town where gunfights are re-enacted every summer.
For more information, contact the Keith County Convention and Visitors Bureau at ilovelakemac.com and (800) 658-4390.
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Front Street Restaurant and Bar
The Wild West lives on at the Front Street Restaurant and Bar in Ogallala. This replica frontier town includes a real general store stocked with souvenirs. Visitors change into ...
Lake Ogallala
The spillway leaving Lake McConaughy sends water through Kingsley Dam and cascading 160 feet to Lake Ogallala below. The 320-acre impoundment is much smaller than its big brother but is ...
Bayside Golf
Bayside Golf uses the natural lay of the land near the old Oregon Trail to challenge golfers in Brule. Town homes, suites and log cabins are available for lodging....
Lake McConaughy Visitors Center and Water Interpretive Center
The Lake McConaughy Visitors Center and Water Interpretive Center has been called a water museum. Interactive exhibits explain the High Plains Aquifer and the Platte River watershed. It's located ...
Boot Hill Cemetery
Rough cowhands and opportunistic criminals flooded the community of Ogallala in the 1870s. Lives were cheap during the lawless time. The local Boot Hill Cemetery quickly accumulated about 100 burials. ...
Little Church of Keystone
The Little Church of Keystone was built in 1908 to serve the community’s Catholic congregation. It was built to serve Protestants, too. The town too small for two churches ...
Mansion on the Hill Museum
L.A. Brandhoefer used locally-produced red bricks to build a mansion overlooking Ogallala in 1887. The walls are 16 inches thick. The grand home is now the Mansion on the Hill ...
Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area
Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area in Ogallala features the state’s largest reservoir and is a mecca for boating and fishing. Camp on the banks, build a sandcastle or ...
Ole’s Big Game Steakhouse and Lounge
Ole’s Big Game Steakhouse and Lounge in Paxton is one of Nebraska’s most popular tourist attractions. The longtime business is decorated with wildlife mounts from animals that ...
West Wind Golf Club
West Wind in Ogallala is a par-72 golf course. A stocked-to-the-gills pro shop can make a golfer out of anyone, or at least make you look like one....
Ogallala’s Petrified Wood Gallery
Twin brothers Harvey and Howard Kenfield’s collection of Native American artifacts, fossils and petrified wood is displayed at Ogallala’s Petrified Wood Gallery. So are their artistic petrified ...
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