General Crook House Cache Traditional Geocache
General Crook House Cache
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The General Crook House is located on the grounds of the historic Fort Omaha, now the Fort Omaha Campus of Metropolitan Community College. The cache is located at an easily accessible site outside of the General Crook House. If you park on the street in front of the General Crook House there are several steps leading up to the house. If you park behind the house, there is a handicap accessible trail that leads through the heirloom garden to the house.
We welcome you to the historic Fort Omaha Campus and the General Crook House Museum. The Museum is the authentically restored home of General George Crook. It was constructed in 1879 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
General Crook was a Civil War and National Indian Wars hero and was considered the “greatest Indian fighter in the history of the United States.’’ At the landmark 1879 trial of the Ponca Chief Standing Bear, General Crook testified in defense of Standing Bear. He was the Commander of the Department of the Platte from 1875 to 1882 and again from 1886 to 1888.
The house is an Italianate style, which represented the no-nonsense grandeur of the military frontier. The furnishings are from the 1880 Victorian period. Collections at this living history museum include decorative arts, costumes, art & crafts and period furnishings. Classes and a reference collection on the history and appreciation of antiques are available. The house is open Monday through Friday 10-4 and weekends 1-4.
Adjoining the Museum on the south is the Crook House Victorian Heirloom Garden, which overlooks the majestic parade ground and historic buildings of historic Fort Omaha. Many of the more than 110 varieties of heirloom flowers, trees and shrubs are native to Nebraska. Some plants were originally carried here on wagon trains or were available by mail order catalog in the 1880s. Perennials surround four central “carpet beds” of annuals, patterned like an Oriental rug to create an outside parlor where many hours would have been spent to capture the cool breezes. We thank Kinghorn Gardens for designing and maintaining the gardens.
On the north side of the house is the statue of General George Crook, sculpted by Pastor Michael Knudon, and Hitchcock Circle, which were dedicated on May 18, 2002.
The house next door to the Crook House is the Douglas County Historical Society Library and Archives, caretakers of Douglas County's history. Their hours are Tuesday through Friday and the second Saturday of the month from 10-4. If they are open, please stop by to say hello.
Permission to locate the cashe was given by the Executive Director of the Douglas County Historcial Society. The General Crook House cache contains a log book and trading items. We hope you enjoy your visit!
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