Cow Creek Valley

Land Description

Cow Creek Valley is a terrific property with income and great hunting potential.

This 320 +/-acre property is approximately half dryland farm ground that is in the first of a three year cash lease providing additional income on the property and half native grass, there is also a small section of CRP with trees on the west side of the property.

The combination of farming and grass on this property is ideal habitat for a wide variety of wildlife.

Land

320 total acres more or less of rolling hills with fertile dryland farm ground and native grass.

The farm is split approximately half farm ground and half grass.

Soils maps provided below in additional documents.

Improvements

Cow Creek Valley has electrical service to the improvement site. There is a 40 X 60 steel framed shop with a full concrete floor, walk door and large side roll doors perfect for storing farm equipment or all your hunting gear and toys. There is also a nice barn that has recently been renovated and has had an open lean-to addition added to the structure. There are a couple other older buildings at the improvement site also.

There is a domestic/stock well with a submersible pump at the improvement site for water.

The grassland has barbed wire fencing in good to average condition.

The property has multiple access points all located along well-maintained county roads.

Recreation

Cow Creek Valley will allow you to enjoy all the recreational activities associated with the rural lifestyle, from riding Utv's, Atv's and horses to just enjoying nature and boasts excellent hunting opportunities.

This property has an excellent cover of warm and cool season grasses and some well-established tree rows along with the dryland farm ground creating the perfect habitat for deer, small game, varmints and upland birds.

The Buyer will have the opportunity to hunt both White tailed deer, mule deer, and pronghorn on this property.

With the dryland farm ground, the grass and the trees on this property the pheasant and dove hunting is also fantastic.

There is a seasonal pond on the property that is very remote and makes the perfect hideout for the monster mule deer in the area.

This half section of property consisting of a patchwork of native grass and farm ground with multiple access points.

The property is surrounded by irrigated and dryland farm ground as well as rangeland providing an endless supply of food for the wildlife that call Cow Creek Valley home.

Agriculture

Cow Creek Valley is operated as a dryland farm growing traditional crops of corn, wheat and millet. The native grass has been utilized for running cattle.

Water/Mineral Rights & Natural Resources

All appurtenant water rights associated with this property will transfer to the Buyer at Closing.

All, if any mineral rights currently owned by the Seller on this property will transfer to the Buyer at Closing.

General Operations

Cow Creek Valley has been operating as a dryland farm and ranch with terrific hunting.

Region & Climate

Lodgepole, NE has a warm-summer humid continental climate, characterized by hot summers and cold winters with moderate precipitation year-round. The average yearly temperature is 49 F 9 C, with July being the warmest month at an average of 73 F 23 C, and January being the coldest month at an average of 7 F -14 C. Precipitation occurs throughout the year, averaging around 21 inches annually 533 mm. These conditions make Lodgepole a great place to experience all four seasons, with plenty of outdoor activities to enjoy such as hiking and camping.

Lodgepole, Nebraska gets 19 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lodgepole averages 33 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 223 sunny days per year in Lodgepole. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lodgepole gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 67 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least.01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High the July high is around 89 degrees

Winter Low the January low is 13

Rain averages 19 inches of rain a year

Snow averages 33 inches of snow a year

Information provided from town of Lodgepole recognizes three important days in her history. The town's founding in 1867, filing the plat in 1884, and its incorporation in 1901. The town has strong ties to railroading and farming.

The history of the town begins with the laying of the Union Pacific Railroad's track across the plains. It followed the Platte River across Nebraska and then went up Lodge Pole Creek valley into Wyoming. On July 7, 1867, the tracklayers reached a point in western Nebraska where a work station was needed. It was marked out and named Lodge Pole after the creek. Many Lodgepole-buffs claim the creek got its name because the Indians cut the long, straight, spindly teepee poles from along its banks - thus Lodge Pole.

Prior to 1867, the nearest thing to a settlement was Pole Creek No.2 Pony Express Station, believed to have been located at the north end of Phil Quinn's hay meadow.

For the first ten years, the town was entirely a railroad community, consisting of workers living in outfit cars, water and coal stations, a depot, and a detachment of U.S. soldiers stationed in an entrenchment to protect the railroad, its people, and their belongings from Indians. At that time the non-Indian population in that part of the country was confined to ranches along the Oregon and California trails which catered to the travelers, employees of the Overland Stage Company stations, plus the railroaders.

The first record of any business, other than the railroad, was in 1876, when Charles Morton opened a dry goods and grocery store then filed a form with the U.S.Postal Service asking to establish a post office. Pat Barrett, whose father was a foreman with the U.P., remembered back in 1878 when he was eight, that the whole town consisted of the depot, a tie house, and a sod house. Another railroad agent, started a store in 1878.

In the 1870S a few ranchers began running cattle on the lush grass. In 1883 Dr. Edwin Yarletz and family arrived and for the next 25 years, the Good Doctor and his horse and buggy was a part of our town. Other early families included Wolfe, Barrett, Fenske, Withers, Minshall, Kidney, Lehmkuhl, Drake, Young, Mettey, Bowser, Durkee, Pensinger, and Bates.

With the platting of the town in 1884, the year the homesteaders began taking land in the area, the town began to grow. In 1895 the post office officially changed to the one-word name, Lodgepole. The railroad, however, continued to use the old spelling until just a few years ago.

Lodgepole's main street moved three different times in the early years. Most of the early business houses were built predominantly of stone from two nearby stone quarries, slip-form concrete, or brick. The town council passed an ordinance that prohibited building any business of anything but the aforementioned materials, due to so many fires in frame buildings.

Lodgepole was incorporated in 1901, and as part of the new status, miles of concrete sidewalks were poured. The Union Pacific started the south park in the area between the railroad and Front Street, furnished a caretaker to get the trees and grass started, and laid out walks through the park. The town started the north park between the railroad and Sheldon Street across from the railroad park.

Lodgepole was blessed with several nice hotels. The Nash Hotel's claim to fame was that Teddy Roosevelt often stopped there while in town to ship cattle from his Dakota ranch, or just to catch the train.

Lodgepole's population peaked in about 1925 at 880. Today there are close to 500 friendly neighbors and friends that share this spot on the map. Farming is the main occupation in the surrounding territory. There continues to be a close tie between farmers on the level tablelands to the north and south, and business people of the town.

By Horace W. Hort Quinn, Box 205, Lodgepole, NE 69149

Article provided by Creek Valley is located a short 10 minute drive southwest of Interstate I-80 exit 76 Lodgepole Exit and is approximately 5 1/2 hours west of Omaha, 1 hour and 45 minutes east of Cheyenne, WY, 3 hours northeast of Denver, CO and less than 25 minutes from Sidney.