NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A trust has donated 1,000 acres of farmland in south central Nebraska valued at over $4 million to benefit the Nebraska Children’s Home Society.
The land in Dawson and Gosper counties is from the Nellie M. Cole Trust.
Proceeds are invested in the nonprofit’s endowment to support services to children and their families.
According to the society, Nellie Cole and her husband, Stephen Cole, started buying land in Gosper County in 1889.
Estate trustee Tom Hedstrom says Nellie Cole’s daughter, Hazel Sitlington died last year, and the instructions were the sell the land with proceeds going to the society. Those wishes were granted last month.
The agency, which has 10 statewide offices, provides a host of services, including pregnancy, adoption and foster care.