Former post office · Holt County · 1870s–about 1960
About Redbird
Redbird is a rural community in northern Holt County where Redbird Creek meets the Niobrara River, about 5 miles south of Lynch across the county's Redbird bridge. A county road runs north from Page to Redbird.
History
Redbird is named for the cardinals along Redbird Creek. Wallace Sprague came in 1876, and Isaac and Martha Enders came with ox teams the same year; there was no town cemetery, and the Enders are buried on a hill above the Niobrara. The first post office was in a hillside dugout, and an office ran on and off from about 1880 until about 1960. Mary Osborn claimed that School District 3 here was the first school in the county.
At its peak Redbird had two stores, a garage, a blacksmith shop and a cream station; Ben Akin's store, from 1882, traded with Indians from across the river. A wooden bridge north of the Redbird store was built in 1902–03 and later replaced by a high bridge. Lubber, billed as the world's largest horse, was foaled near Redbird in 1921 and died in June 1927.
Nearby towns
| Lynch | about 5 mi north | Across the Redbird bridge over the Niobrara |
| Dorsey (former post office) | about 7 mi southeast | Straight-line |
| Paddock (first county seat) | about 9 mi west | Straight-line |
| O'Neill | about 23 mi south | Straight-line |
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Redbird Businesses & Places
1 listings in Redbird.
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Community & Faith (1)
- Enders Family Farm Cemetery — Cemeteries