The old Blaine Hotel, now (as of 2021) a building of rental units in Chadron, a small city but the largest in the northwest corner of Nebraska. The building is famous for two things: its ornate, western-themed wrought-iron balcony railings, and its service as the starting point for the 1,000-mile Great Chadron-to-Chicago horserace by nine Nebraska cowboys (with nicknames such as Cockeyed Bill, Rattlesnake Pete, and Snake Creek Tom) in 1893 that ended at the World's Columbian Exposition (world's fair). Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2021.