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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Knotty Pine Cafe
Originally published on Facebook December 24, 2021. This week’s Facebook Friday history remembers a café on the Lincoln Highway called the Knotty Pine Café! In 1948 Claude Lentfoehr and his wife Esther came to North Platte from Wisconsin and built a new restaurant. The new dinette they built was located at 1200 Rodeo Road which […]
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Originally published to Facebook on December 17, 2021. Today’s Facebook Friday North Platte History looks at a railroad pioneer: William S Dolson. William S. Dolson was born in Lansing, Iowa in 1857 to John A and Lucretia (Taylor) Dolson. At age 16, Dolson started his railroad career as a machinist’s helper in Sidney, Nebraska. By […]
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Originally published on Facebook December 10, 2021. The North Platte Facebook Friday History continues our look at the past. This week we look at a pharmacy: Dryden Pharmacy, owned and operated by Dale Dryden. James Dale Dryden was born in 1907 in Goodland, Kansas. While a college student at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, […]
Read the rest of this entry »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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