All during the month of October, the North Platte History Friday posts are going to feature the people who were impacted the most by Annie Cook. Last week we started with Annie Cook and this week, we are looking at the life of her sister, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Knox. If you want to know more about […]
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Annie Cook
Originally published on Facebook October 1, 2021. This week’s North Platte History features a woman who was featured in a fictional book, called “Evil Obsession,” by Nellie Snyder Yost. And that woman is Annie Cook. While Yost changed the name and location of the people in the book, local readers quickly identified the real people. […]
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Originally published to Facebook on September 24, 2021 When Albert Neir Brown passed away on August 14, 2011, it was the end of a family legacy of military service to our nation. The story starts with the birth of his grandfather William Thomas Brown. He was born in Zanesville, Muskingham County, Ohio on Feb. 6, […]
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Originally published to Facebook on September 10, 2021. Today’s North Platte history was inspired by a grand Victorian home that was built by an enterprising pioneer and North Platte Businessman—Thaddeus J. Foley. Thaddeus J. Foley was born in Ireland in 1850. He immigrated to America in 1869 through Ellis Island. He came directly to North […]
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