Hastings: Kool-Aid's Hometown and Adams County Seat
Hastings was founded in 1872 where the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad crossed the St. Joseph and Denver City line, and it grew quickly as a distribution point for south-central Nebraska. The town became the seat of Adams County in 1878. What gives the city its most unusual claim to fame is a beverage: in 1927 local chemist Edwin Perkins reformulated a fruit syrup called Fruit Smack into a powdered concentrate that he named Kool-Aid. The Kool-Aid Days festival runs every August in honor of the invention.
Hastings College, a liberal arts institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), opened in 1882 and enrolls around 1,100 students. The campus sits on the south edge of downtown with its original 1884 administration building still in use. The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History includes a planetarium, a permanent Kool-Aid exhibit, and collections covering the prairie ecosystem and early settler life.
The U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, once one of the largest naval ordnance facilities in the country, covered more than 48,000 acres outside Hastings during World War II. After the war it was decommissioned and transferred to the state, and the land now hosts the Central Community College campus, a state industrial park, and Heartwell Park agricultural research stations. Dutton-Lainson Company, which makes trailer winches and brake components, has manufactured in Hastings since 1886.
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Hastings was founded in 1872 where the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad crossed the St. Joseph and Denver City line, and it grew quickly as a distribution point for south-central Nebraska. The town became the seat of Adams County in 1878. What gives the city its most unusual claim to fame is a beverage: in 1927 local chemist Edwin Perkins reformulated a fruit syrup called Fruit Smack into a powdered concentrate that he named Kool-Aid. The Kool-Aid Days festival runs every August in honor of the invention.
Hastings College, a liberal arts institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), opened in 1882 and enrolls around 1,100 students. The campus sits on the south edge of downtown with its original 1884 administration building still in use. The Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History includes a planetarium, a permanent Kool-Aid exhibit, and collections covering the prairie ecosystem and early settler life.
The U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot, once one of the largest naval ordnance facilities in the country, covered more than 48,000 acres outside Hastings during World War II. After the war it was decommissioned and transferred to the state, and the land now hosts the Central Community College campus, a state industrial park, and Heartwell Park agricultural research stations. Dutton-Lainson Company, which makes trailer winches and brake components, has manufactured in Hastings since 1886.
The directory at Escortservice.com reviews escort websites that operate in the Hastings area. Listings are informational. Escortservice.com does not book appointments, confirm any legal or regulatory status, or act as an intermediary. Use of the site is restricted to persons 21 and older.
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