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The Harold Warp Pioneer Village complex comprises 28 buildings on 20 acres housing over 50,000 irreplaceable items of historical value, restored to operating order, arranged in groups and also in the chronological order of their development.
Harold Warp was a respected business owner and citizen in Nebraska and beyond. Before his death in 1994, he was the recipient of numerous awards including the 1979 Horatio Alger Award and the 1984 Distinguished Nebraskalander Award.
Harold Warp (December 21, 1903 – April 8, 1994) was an American businessman who invented Flex-O-Glass. He also founded Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. [1] [2] [3] Harold Warp was born in a sod house on a farm near Minden, Nebraska.
Founded by Harold Warp in 1953. Warp was born in 1903 on a Nebraska homestead and in 1924 went to Chicago to manufacture Warp’s Plastics products. The construction of the Pioneer Village was actually triggered by the sale in 1948 of the country school Mr. Warp had attended as a child.
The Pioneer Village was founded in 1953 by Harold Warp, a Chicago manufacturer of Flex-O-Glass, a plastic film. He returned to his home town of Minden to find that the city had put the one-room school house he attended as a child up for auction.
One of Nebraska's leading attractions, the Harold Warp Pioneer Village is a short 10-minute drive south of I-80 exit 279. The Pioneer Village is often described as the "Smithsonian of the Plains".
Harold Warp Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska. 7,411 likes · 489 talking about this · 4,690 were here. America's time capsule features 50000+ historic items. Step back in time for 3 hours; stay for 3...
Harold Warp Pioneer Village. Address: 138 E. Hwy 6. Minden, NE 68959. Phone: (308) 832-1181. Social: About. See How America Grew! Over 50,000 historic items of authentic Americana from 1830 to today in 26 buildings on 20 acres.
Warp surrounded his village with exhibit halls -- 16 of them -- packed with over 50,000 historically significant items, everything from trolley cars to President Lincoln's sugar bowl. The Village doesn't try to wow you with fancy displays. It is all about stuff.
Discover Harold Warp's Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska: This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana...