Gilead:  A Historic Rural Community  in Thayer County, Nebraska

Engage in the quiet beauty of this quaint rural village in southern Nebraska situated between the Historic Oregon Trail and the Rose Creek settlement.  Gilead began and continues as a prosperous farming region.   Carrying on  the tradition in agriculture where the area is mostly made up of dry land and irrigated crop land today  producing  corn, soybeans, milo, and alfalfa.  Enjoy a night out at the Historic “Pioneers Inn” restaurant situated in an historic 1887 limestone building with an old-fashioned ceiling-high wooden bar.  Drive down the country road to vist the remote Historic District 17 Rock School built in 1873 of native limestone rock.