Driving Horses for Sale near Hooper, NE

About Hooper, NE

Hooper had its start in the year 1871 by the building of the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad through that territory. It was named for Samuel Hooper, a US congressman from Massachusetts. The Chicago & North Western (C&NW) (successor to the FE&MV RR) ended railroad service and abandoned the track in 1982, due to flood damage and declining freight traffic (which had been eminent since the mid 1970s). In 1986, railroad service was revived by the newly formed Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad (FEVR), which took ownership of the abandoned C&NW track. However, a bridge north of Nickerson was deemed unsafe to cross in 2003; as a result, FEVR embargoed train service through Hooper.