Archive for the 'Events' Category

20th Century Local Milestones

Originally published on Facebook December 31, 2021. As 2021 comes to a close, I wanted to share some 20th Century Milestones for North Platte and Lincoln County History. Simply put, “Our town is Amazing!” Read on, and then go through all the photographs attached to this post. A huge THANK you to the North Platte […]

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Local Media Coverage of Pearl Harbor

Originally published on Facebook December 3, 2021. Today’s Facebook Friday North Platte History event looks at how our local newspaper covered the tragic events that happened on December 7, 1941, the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Next Tuesday, December 7, 2021, will mark the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. […]

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Union Pacific Depot Fire of 1915

Originally published on Facebook November 19, 2021. Today’s Facebook Friday North Platte history looks at the Union Pacific Depot fire of 1915, which occurred 106 years ago. The North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune announced that the fire occurred Wednesday, November 17, 1915, and the 46 year old depot, located at Front and Dewey Streets, that […]

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Cole Bros. Circus

Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on July 30, 2021. While now controversial and almost non-existent, a Circus coming to town in the latter part of the twentieth century was an affordable event for everyone to attend. Children dreamed of running away to become a circus performer. And North Platte in 1940 was no exception. Here is […]

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Women Wrestlers Come to North Platte

Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on May 21, 2021 Today’s history Friday is about lady wrestlers that broke barriers. The history of women’s wrestling pre-dates the 1980’s by decades; in fact, the Golden Age of Women Wrestling took place in the 1940’s and 1950’s; and North Platte actually hosted several female wrestling events! Today, we salute […]

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