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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Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on July 29, 2022. Welcome back to another Facebook Friday History! Today we look at an early pioneer, Jonathan Higgins. I chose to highlight this pioneer because of the paragraph below that was written about him in “An Illustrated history of Lincoln County Nebraska and her people” by Ira Bare: “Jonathan […]
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This week, we are looking at an early pioneer, Union soldier in the civil war, and survivor, Lorenzo S. Macomber.
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Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on July 9, 2021 Today’s North Platte History salutes our early railroading days, as many of our early pioneers worked for the railroad. As well as an interesting tale of a man who fought for BOTH sides of the Civil War. John “Jack” Sullivan was born on a farm in Brookfield, […]
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Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on February 26, 2021. Today’s History series features a prominent pioneer who hailed from a famous portrait artist. Enjoy! Franklin Peale was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1838 to Reuben and Mary Ann Peale. At an early age he applied himself to become an artist. He had natural artistic […]
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