Visit Ogallala & Keith County

10/19/2026

Keith County's beautiful Little Church at Keystone will be on this year's Holiday Home Tour for the Keith County Historical Society! The December 5th tour will include 8 homes plus the Mansion on the Hill and the Little Church of Keystone. Tickets will be on sale soon.

10/18/2026

Regional shoutout on ABC’s The View! 😍💜Way to go, Our Lavender Co of Big Springs, NE. Their lavender-infused home and body products were highlighted by lifestyle expert Greta Monahan on the "View Your Deal" segment on Friday!

10/16/2026

CONGRATS to the Ogallala Indian Summer Rendezvous and the Keith County Chamber! 🧡🏆

Last night, the 𝟰𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 Ogallala Indian Summer Rendezvous was named the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 by the 𝗡𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 at its Fall Conference!

Tourism Director and Rendezvous Committee Chair, Shawn Rubek, accepted the award on behalf of everyone who helped make this amazing annual event happen!

Special thanks to the Western Trails Creative District for sponsoring the Rising Buffalo Dance Group performance.

10/13/2026

Don’t miss the upcoming fundraiser for Ogallala’s hidden gem - the Petrified Wood and Art Gallery! It’s all happening Oct. 24 at Willow & Oak event center. See the comments for more details!

10/11/2026

🎥 Built in 1936, this beautiful Art Deco treasure is now a non-profit community theatre, staffed by volunteers. Board members Michael Law and Travis Byers have been hard at work with their team to keep the Prairie Theatre tradition going.

🍿 Check PrairieTheatre.org and the Prairie Theatre page for more information on movies and showtimes plus upcoming ghost tours! 👀👻

🎬 Prairie Theatre is also available to rent for private parties and events.

10/02/2026

Congrats to Bud Haney - an incredible 60 YEARS cutting hair here in Ogallala. Definitely worthy of Golden Clippers! Wishing you a happy retirement!

✂️ 60 Years Deserves Golden Clippers! 🏆

The Prairie Theatre would like to congratulate our longtime neighbor, Bud Haney, on his retirement after an incredible 60 years at Haney’s Barber Shop!

For six decades, Bud has been right next door to the Prairie Theatre. Think about everything that has changed in 60 years—the movies, the businesses, the people walking up and down Spruce Street—but through it all, you could count on Bud being there behind the barber chair.

To recognize this incredible milestone, Bud was presented with a pair of golden clippers on behalf of the Prairie Theatre, Lisa and Andy Byers, and Always Kaffeinated.

They may just be golden clippers, but they represent 60 years of haircuts, conversations, friendships, hard work, and service to this community.

We were also proud to put a simple message on the Prairie Theatre marquee for our neighbor:
HAPPY RETIREMENT BUD!

09/29/2026

Isn’t this vintage b**r wagon cool? 🍺 The family brewery history from the pre-Prohibition era is just another great story from Second Chapter Brewing. And aren’t great stories fitting, given their location in Ogallala’s old library? Their annual Oktoberfest is in the books, but there’s plenty of fun coming up this fall - from Music Bingo to Books and Brews, so be sure to stay tuned!

That's a wrap on Oktoberfest 2026!

We have many more photos from the festival and stories to share, but for now, here is an end of night photo of our pre-Prohibition b**r wagon. Today, we are giving our staff a much-needed rest day. Thank you for coming yesterday.

See you next week!

09/27/2026

A big beautiful harvest moon rising tonight over Roscoe, by our Nebraska historical marker on the escape of the Northern Cheyenne. The anniversary of the 1878 flight is coming up.

Led by Dull Knife and Little Wolf, a band of more than 300 escaped the reservation they'd been exiled to Oklahoma and headed for their homeland in the north, fighting their way across Kansas.

At about noon on October 4, 1878, they arrived at a crossing of the South Platte River and the Union Pacific Railroad northwest of Alkali Station but east of Ogallala. Already aboard rail cars at the fort, the soldiers believed they could stop the Northern Cheyennes at this crossing.

Arriving at 4 p.m., they began tracking the trail leading north, but the Cheyennes had already crossed the North Platte River and escaped into the Sandhills.

The Cheyennes soon parted ways. Little Wolf's people made it home to Montana, but Dull Knife continued to northwest Nebraska. His group was captured and taken to Ft. Robinson. They escaped January 9, 1879, but most were captured or killed in a running fight known as the Cheyenne Outbreak or Ft Robinson Massacre.

09/25/2026

🍺 It’s always a great time!! See you at Oktoberfest at Second Chapter Brewing tomorrow, Saturday!

It's almost time, and the details are all firming up for our biggest event of the year! Here's the schedule for Oktoberfest 2026. Be there!

Schedule of events:
11:00 Gates open; Food, b**r, music, and fun begin!
11:00-3:00 OHS Art Club Face Painting
11:00 Live Music: Last Chance Band
12:00 Mary's Märzen Ceremonial Tapping
1:00 Drift Tricycle Races
3:00 Nebraska vs. Michigan State football broadcast
4:15 (Halftime) Stein Hoist Competition
5:00 Live Music: Heather Wellman Music
7:00 Nebraska vs. Ohio State volleyball broadcast
8:00 Event ends
9:00 Taproom closes

Thank you to our sponsors!
Main Street Meats Visit Ogallala & Keith County Pedalers Corner

Full details here: Oktoberfest 2026

09/22/2026

🏎️ Another chance to watch the thrill of Soapbox Derby racing in Ogallala this weekend! They’ve added the September Rally Race Saturday and Sunday, Sept 26-27 at the Wild West Soap Box Derby Track.

🍔 Concessions available - come make a day of it and cheer for all the racers! Scales open at 7:00AM; racing starts at 9:00AM.