Wisner Cleanup and Restoration

Wisner is a city in northwestern Cumming County Nebraska. The population was 1,170 at the 2010 census.  Wisner was platted in 1871 shortly before the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for Samuel P. Wisner, a railroad official for the Sioux City & Pacific Railroad. The road was paved in 1964, as the newly constructed Elkhorn River Bridge made it the only route into Wisner from the south. Wisner has 5 churches and 4 different denominations. They have 2 Public Schools serving 433 students from k-12^th grades. "The Blacktop"—An asphalt-paved two-lane road leading south of Wisner, crossing the Elkhorn River. The road was paved in 1964, as the newly constructed Elkhorn River Bridge made it the only route into Wisner from the south. "The Blacktop", got its nickname for its asphalt surface. The road connects Highway 275 and Highway 32. Highway 275 runs directly through Wisner. Wisner is known as the livestock center of Nebraska; their economic activities include farming, cattle and hog feeding. There are approximately 130,000 cattle boarders feeding in Wisner over 15 feedlots at one time. Dinklage, a pioneer of commercial cattle feeding, got his start in Wisner. He started his operation with only 25 to 30 head of cattle, but by 1923 had expanded to 400 head of cattle. He originally had a goal of 1,000 head of cattle, but by the late 1930s he fed roughly 3,000 to 4,000 head of cattle with a shovel and a team of horses.  By the 1960s, Dinklage had 65,000 head of cattle, which made him the largest private cattle-feed operator in the United States. West Field—A pasture owned by the West family, became home to the “Rock Creek Tigers”. The site of an unincorporated collection of German farmers in the late 19th century who felt shunned by area communities. These The "Rock Creek Tigers" played until 1952, when fielding a team became too expensive, and its remaining players began playing for the communities of Wisner and West Point Nebraska. They were known as the West Point Bombers.