Each Cathedral connected to the next by a hand-dug hole. There are over 6,000 hollows of honeycombs to explore. Easter Most folks in North Loup and Scotia climb Happy Jack Mountain together once a year during the sunrise Easter service. Everyone ascends to the top of Happy Jack Mountain to witness the wood Cross staked on the peak and decorated with colored Christmas tree lights. A prayer service ensues.
Silence bends time to a standstill.
With heads bent in prayer, the Lower Loup River Valley snakes below. Then you feel the pull of the spirit of Christ as He lifts your eyes from the ground and up to His glowing Cross. While I was still living in Nebraska, the entrances to the Chalk Mine was closed with fences so you could no go deep into the Chalky Cathedral. The Hell's Angels were famous for camping at the base of Happy Jack Mountain for weeks at a time as they wended their way Westward. Makeshift outhouses were installed to try to bring in more frequent visitors from the outlands.