Chadron Essential Info
Overview
Chadron is a city in the Nebraska Panhandle.
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Basics
Best Time To Go
Apr-Sep
Current Time
Current Weather
40 °F
Cloudy
Fun Facts
- Leslie Lynch King, Sr., the biological father of President Gerald Ford, was born in Chadron.
- Chadron was named after Louis Chartran, a French-Indian fur trapper who ran a trading post on Bordeaux Creek in 1841
- During the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Chadron was the starting point of the 1,000-mile "Chadron-Chicago Cowboy Horse Race."
- Chadron's Museum of the Fur Trade is the largest of its kind in the United States and attracts thousands of visitors every year.
- Chadron is the United States Forest Service headquarters of the Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests, and the Buffalo Gap, Fort Pierre, and Oglala National Grasslands.
Popular Foods
- Fish and Chips
- Pulled Pork