Mayhew Cabin Grand Reopening
Fri, Jun 19
|2012 4th Corso
The Mayhew Cabin Foundation is celebrating the grand reopening of the historic Mayhew Cabin on June 19 in commemoration of the Juneteenth National Holiday and America 250.
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
2012 4th Corso, 2012 4th Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410, USA
About the event
The public is invited to attend the FREE grand reopening of the historic Mayhew Cabin at 7 p.m. on June 19 in commemoration of the Juneteenth National Holiday and America 250.
Come learn about the recent restorations to the cabin and to John Brown’s Cave by master craftsman, Butch Bovier. Take time to tour the cabin and the partially restored John Brown’s Cave. You will also learn about the important role the Mayhew Cabin played on the underground railroad along the “Jim Lane Trail” from Topeka, KS to Tabor, IA. Historian and former Omaha World Herald Journalist, Bob Nelson, will take us down this trail. The featured speaker for the night is Darryl Hogan, current President of the Mayhew Cabin Foundation and direct descendant of Sam and Jane Harper, two of the enslaved people who passed through the Mayhew Cabin on their way to freedom in Canada in February …