Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on 5/14/2021 Today’s look at history looks at a Swedish immigrant who became a business owner and raised his large family here in North Platte. Enjoy! Anders Otto Kocken (pronounced Kō-ken) was born October 11, 1840 near Linkoping Sweden. He married Christine Mylander in 1861 and came to America in 1868. […]
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Dr. John Twinem
Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on 5/7/2021. Today’s Facebook History series looks at some of the early hospitals in North Platte, all created by one man, Dr. John Twinem. Dr. John Twinem was born in Northern Ireland on April 12, 1871. In 1893, Twinem came to America to further his education. He enrolled in Wheaton College […]
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Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on 4/30/2021. William Maloney was born in Green County, Iowa on September 18, 1882. He came to Nebraska with his family. When he was 16 years old (1898), the family moved west to North Platte. In 1902 William went to work for C.A. Howe in his furniture and hardware store, located […]
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Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on 4/23/2021. Today’s History looks at the oldest standing building in the downtown—Dixon building, 516-518 North Dewey Street. “In June of 1879, Louis Thoelecke bought the two lots that comprise the Dixon Building site. He built two brick buildings right away and opened up his jewelry store. He leased the second […]
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Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on March 26, 2021. Our History Series looks back over 100 years ago to… February 27th, 1912 a partnership was formed when Edwin Ogier and William Hendy leased the LeMasters garage at 215 East 6th, North Platte, Nebraska They formed a partnership to sell cars, specifically Ford automobiles. In case you […]
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