John G. Neihardt Study

The study began as a family's house. The 1970 National Register nomination, prepared by John Q. Magie of the State Historical Society, says August Hartman is believed to have built it in the early 1890s for his daughter and her husband: one story, one room, frame, with a gable roof and a veranda. Neihardt rented it from the Canarsky family as an office and library, and The Stranger at the Gate, The Death of Agrippina and The Quest belong to those years. The Neihardt Foundation replaced its deteriorated flooring and siding, and it was listed on July 28, 1970.

What the plaque says

John G. Neihardt Study The building was erected on this site in the 1890s for August Hartman and used as a residence by various owners until 1964. Poet John G. Neihardt rented the building from 1911 through 1920 for a study. Here he wrote his lyrics, prose, and part of the epic A Cycle of the West. The Neihardt Study was restored in 1967 and entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. Nebraska State Historical Society

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Blackbird Scenic Overlook — 14 mi
  A pull-off on US-75 at Macy on the Umóⁿhoⁿ reservation, looking over the Missouri valley toward the hill where Wazhiⁿga' sabe, Blackbird, was buried after the smallpox of 1800.

More markers nearby

• John G. Neihardt Center — steps away
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