McCook, Nebraska 作者： 来源： 发布时间：2021-05-24
I.Population and Area
₋Area
Land: 13.98 km2 (5.40 sq mi)
₋Population (2019)
Total 7,560
Density: 1,400/sq mi (540/km2)
II.Natural Geography
McCook Town Views
₋McCook is a city in and the country seat of Red Willow Country, Nebraska, United States.
₋McCook is home to Heritage Hills Golf Course. The 18-hole par-72 championship golf course was designed by Bradford Benz, ASGCA, and Richard M. Phelps, ASGCA, and opened in 1981. The links style course plays over 7,100 yards from the back tees. Heritage Hills was included in Gold Digest’s Best 75 Golf Course’s in 1984 and Golf Digest’s Top 100 Toughest Public Course’s in 1986. Heritage Hills underwent a major renovation for upgrades and modernization in 2013.
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₋Transportation
Rail: Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service through McCook, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago and Emeryville (Oakland), California, with stops in Omaha, Lincoln, Hastings.
₋Air
Commuter airline Boutique Air is currently serving the McCook Regional Airport with daily nonstop round trip commercial flights to Denver, Colorado.
₋Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCook,_Nebraska
III.ECONOMY
Households in McCook, NE have a median annual income of $40,372, which is less than the median annual income of $61,937 across the entire United States. This is in comparison to a median income of $40,264 in 2016, which represents a 0.268% annual growth.
₋In 2017, full-time male employees in Nebraska made 1.37 times more than female employees.
₋In 2017 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Nebraska workers was Asian. These workers were paid 1.04 times more than White workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.
₋Website:
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IV.Industrial Characteristics
-The most common job groups, by number of people living in McCook, NE, are Sales & Related Occupations (530 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (396 people), and Management Occupations (326 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of McCook, NE.
-Compared to other places, McCook, NE has an unusually high number of residents working as Law Enforcement Workers Including Supervisors (3.29 times higher than expected), Material Moving Occupations (2.43 times), and Personal Care & Service Occupations (1.7 times).
-The highest paid jobs held by residents of McCook, NE, by median earnings, are Computer & Mathematical Occupations ($75,455), Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations ($63,242), and Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations ($62,571).
-The most common employment sectors for those who live in McCook, NE, are Health Care & Social Assistance (771 people), Retail Trade (607 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (345 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of McCook, NE, though some of these residents may live in McCook, NE and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
-The highest paying industries in McCook, NE, by median earnings, are Transportation & Warehousing ($82,566), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($53,590), and Utilities ($53,558).
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V.Attractions
1.Museum of the High Plains Historical Society
₋Museum of the Rockies (MOR) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit institution, a college-level division of Montana State University, a Smithsonian Affiliate, and a repository for state and federal fossils. MOR is recognized as one of the world's finest research and history museums. It is renowned for displaying an extensive collection of dinosaur fossils, including the mounted Montana's T. rex skeleton!
₋MOR delights members and visitors with changing exhibits from around the world, regional and natural history exhibits, planetarium shows, educational programs & camps, insightful lectures, benefit events, and a museum store.
₋Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, MOR is one of 1,083 museums to hold this distinction from the more than 35,000 museums nationwide. The museum is also a member of The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) Travel Passport Program and the Montana Dinosaur Trail.
₋The museum is proud to have sister-museum relationships with the Carter County Museum, Mifune Dinosaur Museum, Aso Volcano Museum, and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum.
₋The museum's collections focus on the physical and cultural history of the Rocky Mountains and the people and animals who have lived there, and date back more than 500 million years. Permanent exhibits include: "Enduring Peoples", which chronicles the life of Native Americans on the Northern Plains and near the Rocky Mountains; "History of the Northern Rocky Mountain Region", whose inhabitants included Native Americans, fur traders, gold seekers, and white settlers from frontier days through World War II; the Living History Farm, which includes the Tinsley House, where costumed interpreters demonstrate life in a turn-of-the-century home; and the Taylor Planetarium, a 40 ft (12 m), 104-seat domed theater.
₋Website: https://www.museumoftherockies.org/about-mor/museum-history/
₋Video: https://youtu.be/T7Ji2zj4RxI
₋TEL: +1 406-994-2251
2.Red Williow State Recreation Area
₋Some of the finest fishing and hunting in the state are found at Red Willow SRA, and the area has excellent facilities for camping and water-oriented recreation. Red Willow SRA offers 4,320 acres of land around a 1,628-acre lake. Camping, swimming, picnicking, and water recreation are very popular at Red Willow.
₋Activities: Fishing, Boating, Hunting, Swimming, Hiking, Biking, Picnicking, Archery range
₋Address: McCook, NE 69001
₋Call: 308-345-5899
₋Website: http://outdoornebraska.gov/redwillow/
3.Senator George Norris State Historic Site
₋George Norris: the father of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Rural Electric Administration and Nebrask’s one-house Legislature, the Unicameral. This important national politician’s home is a state and national historic site.
₋George Norris changed rural life by working in a big city—Washington, D.C. As a U.S. Senator he fathered the Rural Electrification Act that brought electric power to farms across the nation. He changed Nebraska’s government by convincing citizens a one-house Unicameral legislature would serve them best. Norris spent over forty years in the U.S. Congress, fighting to make life better for common people. This humble house in McCook served as his home base from 1902 to 1944. The house and all its furnishings were donated to History Nebraska by Norris's wife, Ellie, in 1968.
₋Website: http://grizzlyencounter.org/
₋Address: 706 Norris Ave McCook, NE 69001
₋Tel: +1 308-345-8484
₋Email: nshs.norris@nebraska.gov
VI.History
-McCook was established in 1882 as the result of an agreement between the Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company and the Lincoln Land Company to form a new railroad center halfway between Denver and Omaha. McCook was named for Alexander McDowell McCook; General McCook served the Union for 43 years.
-Frank Lloyd Wright’s Sutton House
The Sutton House at 602 Norris Ave. is one of Wright’s few homes west of the Mississippi River, and the only one in Nebraska. This architectural marvel showcases Wright’s distinctive Prairie Style. This house is currently a private residence.
-Senator George W. Norris State Historical Site
Senator Norris referred to the modest house at 706 Norris Ave. as his own “WPA project.” It has been beautifully preserved, as it was when Mrs. Norris left it in 1967. Learn about the man that has so strongly impacted all of our lives through his four decades representing Nebraska in the House and Senate, including his efforts in establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Rural Electrification Act.
-Museum of the High Plains and Carnegie Library
Located at 421 Norris Ave., this is where you go to learn “the rest of the story” about McCook and southwest Nebraska’s settlement; the importance of Agriculture and Railroad to our development and future; our significant political heritage in being the home to Senators and Governors; and catch a glimpse of daily life of years gone by. Notable exhibits include Frank Lloyd Wright house plans for a home that was never built, D.A.R. display, quilts and the area’s role in WWII by being the location of the McCook Army Air Base, as well as the Indianola German POW camp.
The historic Carnegie Library comprises a portion of the Museum complex. Built in the style of the Spanish Colonial Revival, the library was constructed with a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, opened to the public in 1908 and served in that capacity for over 60 years. It continues to serve as a place of education with its archives of scrapbooks, yearbooks, and a wealth of genealogical resources.
-Heritage Square Historical Walking Tour
Discover McCook’s beautiful historic district on this excursion. The tour spans a 10-block area near downtown displaying a variety of architectural styles from the late 1800s and early 1900s. start your tour by picking up a Historical Walking Tour brochure at the Keystone Business Center or the Museum of the High Plains.
VII.Other Information
-Parks and recreation
McCook is home to Heritage Hills Golf Course. The 18-hole par-72 championship golf course was designed by Bradford Benz, ASGCA, and Richard M. Phelps, ASGCA, and opened in 1981. The links style course plays over 7,100 yards from the back tees. Heritage Hills was included in Golf Digest's Best 75 Golf Course's in 1984 and Golf Digest's Top 100 Toughest Public Course's in 1986. Heritage Hills underwent a major renovation for upgrades and modernization in 2013.
-Government
McCook has a council-manager style government. Five council members are elected at large; the five elect one of their number as mayor, and a second as vice president. As of 2015, council members are Mayor Mike Gonzales, Vice-President Janet Hepp, Jerry Calvin, Bruce McDowell, and Gene Weedin.
The city government operates through eight departments and offices: Administration, Building and Zoning, Fire, Library, Police, Public Works, Senior Center, and Utilities. Advisory boards and commissions, both those required by law and those created for specific purposes, are appointed by the council; as of 2015, there were fourteen such boards and commissions.
-Notable people
George W. Norris, who held seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from 1903 to 1943, was a resident of McCook. Norris was the driving force behind the conversion of Nebraska's legislature to a unicameral system; in the Senate, he was a leading figure behind the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority. His house in McCook is operated as a museum by the Nebraska State Historical Society, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Originally named Main, the principal north–south thoroughfare through central McCook was renamed Norris Avenue in his honor.
Three governors of Nebraska made their homes in McCook: Ralph G. Brooks, Frank Morrison, and Ben Nelson, who represented Nebraska in the U.S. Senate for two terms, from 2000–2012. Frank B. Morrison Jr., Montana Supreme Court justice and son of Frank Morrison, was born in McCook.
John R. McCarl, the first Comptroller General of the United States, was raised in McCook. He is also buried there.
Former professional football player Jeff Kinney is a 1968 graduate of McCook High School.
TV evangelist Bob Larson was raised in McCook
VIII.Contact Information
₋Visitors Bureau
P.O. Box 147
McCook, NE 69001
308-345-1200 ext. 318
carol@visitmccook.com
Mayor: Mike Gonzales
Address:
810 Norris Avenue
McCook, NE 69001
TEL: 308-340-4175
Website: https://www.cityofmccook.com/221/Mike-Gonzales