Authentic Americana


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five million people from every state in the nation and many foreign countries. The display items are so well arranged in chronological order of development they can all be seen by walking less than a mile. Yet, some folks spend days here on one admission fee, as each item is historically described.	American Antique Auto Association for preserving the history of the automobile. Here is the largest collection of historically arranged antique cars in America. Cowboy Hall of Fame for preserving all the things that built our nation. Horatio Alger Award: The most prestigious award in the nation was presented to Harold Warp in 1979 partially for having put together the Pioneer Village at Minden, Nebraska.
Dozens of other awards have been received. Pioneer Village is one of the nation's best planned and most comprehensive collections of Americana, covering the period from 1830 to the present. It was founded by Harold Warp in 1953, who was born in 1903 on a Nebraska homestead and in 1924 went to Chicago to manufacture Warp's Plastics products. The construction of the Pioneer Village was actually "triggered" by the sale in 1948 of the country school Mr. Warp had attended as a child. The Village, Warp Bros. and Nebraska farms are now run by his son, Harold G. Warp.