Cattlemen’s Ball history tent to focus on three areas

    The history tent at this year’s Nebraska Cattlemen’s Ball will emphasize three distinctly significant areas: an important cattle route, the grand tour of a Russian Grand Duke and an important battle in the area’s Native American history.
    Tina Kitt, chair of the committee putting together the tent, said there will be displays on the Western Cattle Trail, the Grand Duke Alexis/Buffalo Bill buffalo hunt and Massacre Canyon battle between the Pawnee and the Sioux tribes.
    It also will include spin-off exhibits on the early frontier days and other historical developments significant to the region.
    The history tent will be open Friday, June 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 8, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Speakers and performers will be scheduled throughout those times.
    The Ball featured a history tent for the first time last year, and that one focused on the Oregon Trail, Kitt said.
    “We knew we wanted to do frontier kind of history. This is our audience; we kind of wanted to do the cowboy stuff, things pertinent to beef history,” she said.
    The story of the Massacre Canyon event also was a conscious attempt to include Native American history, especially because “it was the last major confrontation between Great Plains Indian tribes.”
    The Western Trail part of the exhibit is also an attempt to focus on a rapidly disappearing chapter in the area’s history.

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