Rush Creek Ranch

Rush Creek Ranch
Rush Creek Ranch
	Wells House, located on the ranch
Location	Nebraska
Nearest city	Lisco, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates	41°25′04″N 102°35′42″W / 41.41778°N 102.59500°W
Area	155,864 acres (63,076 ha)
Founded	1890; 135 years ago
Founder	Thomas E. Wells
	Location of Rush Creek Ranch in Nebraska Rush Creek Ranch (the United States)

Rush Creek Ranch is a historic site and cattle ranch located across eight counties in the Sandhills of the Nebraska panhandle on the North Platte River.

History

Rush Creek Ranch was established in 1890 by Thomas E. Wells. The ranch is still primarily owned by the Wells family through the Rush Creek Land and Live Stock Company.^[1]^[2] It spans Garden, Cheyenne, Morrill, Arthur, Sheridan, Cherry, Grant, and Hooker counties of Nebraska.^[3] The ranch maintains over half-a-million head of cattle and raises approximatley 1,000 Arabian horses.^[4] Rush Creek formerly raised salmon.^[5] There are multiple homesteads located across the property.^[6]

The Union Pacific Railroad was the extended near the ranch in 1909.^[7]

^ "Customer Highlight: Rush Creek". Points West Community Bank. July 19, 2021. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
^ Nolin, Robert (August 2, 2013). "Thomas Wells, family owns Riverside Hotel". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
^ "Rush Creek Land and Live Stock Company". Bridgeport News-Blade. July 1, 1954.
^ "Rush Creek Ranch Horses Take Top Honors at Lisco". Alliance Times-Herald. June 24, 1965.
^ "Meet Tom Sr., the Pioneer of Points West's Growth". Points West Community Bank. April 7, 2021.
^ "Rush Creek Horses". Star-Herald. June 25, 1965.
^ Shumway, Grant Lee (1921). History of Western Nebraska and Its People. Western publishing & engraving Company. p. 263.