Hummel Park
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Hummel Park is an city park located in North Omaha at 11808 John J. Pershing Drive across from Dodge Park.
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[edit] About
Developed on 202 acres of land donated to the City of Omaha in 1930, the park was named after J.B. Hummel, a long time superintendent of Omaha's Parks and Recreation Department. This beautifully wooded 202-acre park offers hiking trails, dirt slides, playgrounds, picnic facilities, a summer natural-science day camp, horseshoe pits, and picnic shelters. One trail ends to an overlook of the Missouri River Valley and the “devils slide” which is a steep, dirt incline used as a slide by many hikers. It has a day camp for school children. It is rumored that one site used to be a trading post a long time ago.
Hummel Park is covered in a riparian forest and includes a playground, horseshoe pits, open space, hiking trails and an overlook of the Missouri River Valley. The overlook is located above the popular "Devil's Slide", a steep incline made of dirt. The park houses a summertime natural science day camp, as well.[1]
[edit] History
The location of Cabanne's Trading Post is at the corner of Ponca Road and John J. Pershing Road in the northwest corner of the park.[2]
[edit] Myths
Hummel Park is reported to be one of the most haunted sites in the state of Nebraska. Perhaps the most famous feature of the park is the Morphing Stairs. The stairs are known for having a different amount of stairs on the way down than on the way up. Most accounts have the number of stairs from 180 to 190. Hummel Park is also rumored to have a number of altars, where Satanic worshipers come out at night to make animal sacrifices. It is also believe by some that a colony of albinos lives in a wooden igloo in the park. Trees on the road entering the park are all bowed toward the road. It is safest to not attend this park alone or at night. There is also a rumor about an "Indian burial ground" located at the park. There is also an urban legend about a home for albino people in the park.[3][4][5]
However, these stories have been repeatedly dismissed by a variety of sources.[6] According to a University of Nebraska historian, there is no validity to any of these rumors, particularly about lynchings in the park.[7]
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- ↑ "N.P. Dodge Memorial Park". City of Omaha. Retrieved 7/4/07.
- ↑ Jensen, M. (1999) The Fontenelle and Cabanné Trading Posts: The History and Archeology of Two Missouri River Sites, 1822-1838 Nebraska State Historical Society.
- ↑ (2005) "Hummel Park". Paranormal Research & Investigative Studies Midwest. Retrieved 7/17/07.
- ↑ (2005) "Hummel Park". Obiwan's UFO-Free Paranormal Page. Retrieved 7/17/07.
- ↑ (1998) "Nebraska", Shadowlands Haunted Places. Retrieved 7/17/07.
- ↑ Cole, K. (2007) "Kevin Cole: This teen found Hummel Park myths to be just that," Omaha World-Herald. 3/31/06. Retrieved 7/17/07.
- ↑ Harrison, J. (2003) "Hummel Park not Horrifying," Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved 9/25/07.
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