# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Echoes of the Heartland: Colonel Thomas Doane: MA Engineer to NE Civic & Educational Leader
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Step back to 1872 and listen to a chautauqua portrayal of the chief engineer of the B & M Railroad and famous Hoosac Tunnel Project. Doane was responsible for 240 miles of railroad and telegraph from Plattsmouth to Kearney. He was the co-founder of the town of Crete, Nebraska, founder of the first bank in Crete and with the association of the Congregational church, and founder of Doane College in 1872, so named in his honor.

Speaker: Thomas N. King

Part of the Echoes of the Heartland series. All ages welcome.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hastings/echoes-of-the-heartland-colonel-thomas-doane-ma-engineer-to-ne-civic-and-educational-leader/200030067243238
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Hastings
- **state**: NE
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Hastings Public Library
- **lat**: 40.58677
- **long**: -98.3884
- **full address**: Hastings Public Library, 314 N Denver Ave, Hastings, NE 68901-5127, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Echoes of the Heartland: Colonel Thomas Doane: MA Engineer to NE Civic & Educational Leader being held?
  - **A:** Echoes of the Heartland: Colonel Thomas Doane: MA Engineer to NE Civic & Educational Leader takes place on Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 13 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Hastings Public Library, 314 N Denver Ave, Hastings, NE 68901-5127, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Echoes of the Heartland: Colonel Thomas Doane: MA Engineer to NE Civic & Educational Leader?
  - **A:** Echoes of the Heartland: Colonel Thomas Doane: MA Engineer to NE Civic & Educational Leader is organized by Hastings Public Library.

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