Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on September 30, 2022. Welcome back to our Facebook Friday history Today we salute a very early railroad man and telegrapher, Platt J. Gilman. Platt came to North Platte when the town was the terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad and was in the process of construction as the first transcontinental […]
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Lorenzo S. Macomber
This week, we are looking at an early pioneer, Union soldier in the civil war, and survivor, Lorenzo S. Macomber.
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Today’s history looks at the early days of the Union Pacific Railroader and a strong Irish-Catholic who led an amazing career working for the Railroad, George Ambrose Austin.
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Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on March 18, 2022. For this week’s Facebook Friday history, we have decided to reprint part of Mary Ann Koch’s article from the North Platte Telegraph, from Sunday, January 15, 1978. The main article is entitled “McDonald State Bank turns 100 years old this year,” and focuses on remembrances of living […]
Read the rest of this entry »Le Dioyt Home at 403 W 6th ST
A two story cement block house at 403 W 6th ST and first owned by Herman Le Dioyt is the subject of this article.
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