The burial place of Omaha Indian Chief Blackbird, said to be buried here sitting upright on his horse, is rumored to be haunted. And it’s old — folks say in 1804, famed explorers Lewis and Clark visited this gravesite, leaving behind decorations to commemorate him. But the ghost here is not the chief, but a woman who was murdered here in 1849. So the story goes, the girl was waiting for her lover to come back from studying abroad so they could get married. He never returned, so she married another man. Eventually her lover returned, and when they happened upon each other again at Blackbird Hill, she confessed that she still loved him and her jealous husband killed her with his hunting knife. Locals say that every year on October 17, the woman’s screams can be heard on the hill.
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- Blackbird Hill
Anderson, NE
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 42.081951183145655, -96.29226207711326
- County:
- Thurston County, Nebraska
- Nearest Towns:
- Macy, NE (3.9 mi.)
Decatur, NE (5.6 mi.)
Whiting, IA (8.0 mi.)
Onawa, IA (10.7 mi.)
Sloan, IA (10.9 mi.)
Walthill, NE (11.0 mi.)
Rosalie, NE (11.4 mi.)
Lyons, NE (13.8 mi.)
Winnebago, NE (14.1 mi.)
Hornick, IA (14.3 mi.)
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My parents own blackbird hill. There are people every year that go up on the hill on the 17th. Ive never been up there on that dayI aalways seen to for get
Hello Michael. My name is Andy and I am a student at the University of Nebraska Omaha. I am doing a radio piece titled the Haunted Heartland and would like some more information on Blackbird hill. Do you or any of your friends or family have any information they would like to share about the history of blackbird hill and the hauntings that happen there?
I think the story is bogus.
So stop cutting eye holes in your wife’s favourite sheets
The date certainly is considering the area that “became Lyons” wasn’t even settled until 1866.
Don’t shoot the messenger
You don’t have to take my word for it…
It’s on the official website for Lyons itself
https://lyonscity.nebraska.gov/about-us