Falls City, Nebraska
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Falls City is a city in and the county seat of Richardson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 4,133 at the 2020 census, down from 4,325 in 2010 and 4,671 in 2000.
Stone Street, looking north from 15th Street
East side of Stone Street, 1868
Looking south on Stone Street, 1917
Falls City High School
Braniff International Airways Flight 250 crashed near Falls City, Nebraska, on August 6, 1966, en route to Omaha from Kansas City, Missouri. Thirty-eight passengers and four crew members were killed i
Falls City, Nebraska
…for which Falls City was designated as a division point in 1909. The population of the city peaked at 6,200 citizens in 1950. In the summer of 1966, Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashed near Falls City due to bad weather, killing all 42 on board. The BAC One-Eleven aircraft was on the Kansas City to Omaha leg of a multi-stop…
N1553 pictured at Dallas Love Field in July 1966, several weeks prior to the accident
The Falls City Journal's cover story shortly after the Braniff International Airways flight crashed in Richardson County, Nebraska.
Braniff Flight 250 Memorial in Richardson County