To Attract Visitors Carhenge is a replica of Stonehenge which is located in England. Despite popular folklore it was not built by the Druids. The major ring was raised around 2000 B.C. by Stone Age Britons.
Excavations show that it was a place of burial and religious ceremony.
The layout includes rough astronomical alignments implying veneration of the sun and of the moon. The Carhenge development replicates Stonehenge as to dimensions and orientation. Carhenge was conceived by Jim Reinders, erected during a family reunion and dedicated on the Summer Solstice of 1987 as a memorial to his father who once lived in this farm. Viewed by the Nebraska Department of Roads as a junkyard to be removed or screened, Carhenge was preserved by Friends of Carhenge, a local group which now owns and maintains it. A Spawning Salmon was added in later years.