GUY “THE CHAMP” CHAMBERLIN MONUMENT 312 W 2nd St. Blue Springs, NE 68318
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Very few outstanding athletes in any sport become highly successful head coaches or managers. One notable exception was Nebraska native Guy Chamberlin, who was not only the state’s first famous major college football star during the early years of the 20th century but also professional football’s most successful coach during the pioneering years of the NFL. Chamberlin was raised on a family farm near and attended high school at Blue Springs. In his honor, the community gathered funds and had a monument created. It is located at Southern Elementary School, which is the original site of Blue Springs High School, where he graduated in 1911.
BLUE SPRINGS CEMETERY
1 mile North of Blue Springs, on North “A” St. blueSpringsNE.com/cemetery.html
Blue Springs Cemetery was founded in 1860, and has long been regarded as the “Oldest recorded cemetery” in Nebraska. Here’s your chance to walk amongst some of the State’s oldest pioneers. The ground is beautiful, and is home to hundreds of beautifully fragrant peonies. There are yearly Memorial Day services in honor of veterans, surrounded by a host of flags.
JOHNSON CABIN MUSEUM Blue Springs, NE | blueSpringsNE.com The first settlers arrived in Gage County in the 1850s, long before the Homestead Act. Rev. James Johnson arrived in Blue Springs Township in the summer of 1855 to build this cabin, and returned in 1857 with his wife Martha and their six children. The cabin is furnished with memorabilia from its time period. 08 | visitBeatrice.com