610.4 Columbus RON - Memorial

Kearney to Columbus NE, June 10

"...I left Central City at 4:45, and rode 44 miles to Columbus, arriving there at 8:25 p.m. This made 108 miles for the day and I felt satisfied...."

Waypoint Today:  Wyman rode into Columbus along the Transcontinental RR track following the road from Central City. Wyman likely stayed at a hotel near the UPRR Depot, then located at 26th Ave and 12th  St.

George A. Wyman Memorial Display

1915 garage and service station owned by the Lincoln Highway Garage Association

Wyman Memorial Plaque on SW outside wall. Journey Poster inside 

Hosting Authority:  Columbus Are Convention & Visitors Bureau

Sponsor:   Visit Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska and The Columbus Area Antique Fire Apparatus Museum


L to R, Dennis Hirschbrunner of The Columbus Area Antique Fire Apparatus Museum, Theresa Grape, Director, Columbus Area Convention and visitors Bureau, and Carl Werner, of The Columbus Area Antique Fire Apparatus Museum