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How does the Nebraska Tourism Byway Passport Program Work?

Q: Where do tourists get a passport?
A: Tourists can get their Nebraska Byways Passport at one of 27 locations located along Nebraska’s nine scenic byways. The list of destinations is at the end of this memo for your convenience.

Q: What does a traveler do once they get a passport?
A: When a traveler stops at a location, that location will place a stamp next to its name on both the souvenir page (for the traveler to keep) and a stamp on a tear-out sheet located at the back of the passport (for the traveler to return to the Division at the end of the summer to be entered into prize drawings.) Participating locations have already received their special stamp.

Q: What do we do if we run out of passports?
A: Representatives from each byway have extra passports. Contact them to restock your supply.

Q: What are the prizes?
A: If the passport has nine stamps, travelers get a Nebraska byways t-shirt; 18 stamps, a digital photo frame; and 27 stamps, a flip video camera. Prizes will be distributed while supplies last. All players will be entered in a grand prize drawing for a laptop computer valued at 1,000, to be drawn in October, 2010. Participants will get one entry into the grand prize drawing for every nine stamps on the passport.

Q: Where can travelers get more information about the program and see the passport?
A: There is a red graphic on the front page of www.VisitNebraska.gov that says “Passport Program.” Tourists and industry members can click here to see a PDF of the passport and get all the information listed in this FAQ.

Q: What does a traveler do when the passport is complete?
A:Stamped tear-out pages must be redeemed for prizes by September 30, 2010. Photocopies will not be accepted. Tear-out pages will not be returned. At the conclusion of your travels, mail the tear-out page to: Snitily Carr, Attn: Lindsey, 300 S. 68th Street Place, Lincoln, NE 68510. Please allow 4–6 weeks for delivery of prizes.
The 27 places along Nebraska’s scenic byways where travelers can get passports include:

* Chadron State Park, in Chadron; Carhenge, in Alliance; and Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander’s Home, in Sidney; all along the Gold Rush Byway, U.S. Hwy 385

* Fort Robinson State Park, in Crawford; the Museum of the Fur Trade, in Chadron; and Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, in Valentine; all along the Bridges to Buttes Byway, U.S. Hwy 20.

* The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation, in Red Cloud; the Rock Creek Station State Historical Park and State Recreation Area in Fairbury; and the Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice; all along the Heritage Highway, U.S. Hwy. 136.

* The Woodland Trails/Honoring-the-Clans Sculpture Garden and Cultural Plaza, in Winnebago; the John G. Neihardt State Historic Site, in Bancroft; and Fort Atkinson State Historical Park, in Fort Calhoun; all along the Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway, U.S. Hwy 75.

* The Golden Spike Tower and Visitor Center, in North Platte; the Great Platte River Road Archway, in Kearney; and the Louis E. May Historical Museum, in Fremont; all along the Lincoln Highway Scenic & Historic Byway, U.S. Hwy. 30.

* Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park, in Burwell; the Happy Jack Peak and Chalk Mine, in Scotia; and the Museum of Nebraska Major League Baseball, in St. Paul; all along the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway, Nebraska Highways 11 and 91.

* Smith Falls State Park, in Valentine; Niobrara State Park, in Niobrara; and the Lewis and Clark Visitor Center, in Crofton; all along the Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway, Nebraska Hwy. 12.

* The Knight Museum and Sandhills Center, in Alliance; the Nebraska National Forest & Bessey Ranger District, in Halsey; and the Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer, in Grand Island; all along the Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway, Nebraska Hwy. 2.

* Scotts Bluff National Monument, in Gering; Chimney Rock National Historic Site and Visitors Center, in Bayard; and Front Street and Cowboy Museum, in Ogallala; all along the Western Trails Scenic & Historic Byway, U.S. Hwy. 26 and Nebraska Hwy. 92.
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