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Hastings College McCormick Hall, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska.

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Nebraska, United States
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Hastings, city, seat (1878) of Adams county, south-central Nebraska, U.S. The city lies along the West Fork Big Blue River, about 100 miles (160 km) west of Lincoln. Pawnee were living in the area when it was visited by explorers John C. Frémont and Kit Carson in 1842. Founded in 1872 at the junction of the Burlington and Missouri River and the St. Joseph and Denver City railroads, the city was named for Col. Thomas...

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