April 2021 • Nebraskaland 85
ABOVE: Members of the Buskatiers, a group
of Volkswagen bus owners, have held
their Bustober gathering every year since
2000 at Indian Cave. The park's numerous
campsites make it popular among groups,
especially Boy Scout troops from the region.
LEFT: Noelle and Finn Schuppan of Omaha
ring the bell in front of the restored
schoolhouse in the historic town of St.
Deroin. When development of the park
began in 1963, the walls of the school,
which closed in 1944, were all that
remained of the town that was founded on
the banks of the Missouri River in 1853.
