The freighter hotel Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
Investigators ScottyO and Jacob Sikes told KOLN in 2023 that groups have seen a chair rock on its own in the freighter hotel and smelled pipe tobacco, and that they believe a spirit named Betty haunts the depot. The museum offers ghost hunts by appointment. Source: KOLN, 2023.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
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Real history
KOLN reports that the Buffalo County Historical Society keeps about a dozen buildings here, including the Loup River Freighter Hotel built in 1884 and the Shelton depot moved in 1975 (KOLN, 2023).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
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Public access
Open to the public The Buffalo County Historical Society runs the museum (BCHS). The map pin is approximate. Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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