Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Before there was Highway 71, there was Highway 29 as it was named. Nice ride then. Nice ride now.
In 1919, Highway 29 started at the Colorado Nebraska border. It went to Kimball – and then four miles north, one mile west, one mile north, and one mile west into Banner County. It entered Harrisburg from the southwest after passing Lovers Leap.
The highway signs had to be changed in 1963, when Highway 29 became Highway 71. The change was the result of a year's effort to form a tri-state highway going north and south through Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota.
The Nebraska State Highway Department later changed the route. In 1988, Highway 71 was rerouted straight north from Kimball. The highw...
