Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on February 18, 2022. Welcome Facebook Friday History Readers! Last week, we talked about Fred Marti, who sold part of the 100 W 4th Street block to Northwestern Telephone Company. This week (part 2), we are going to talk about the development of the telephone and the impact it had on […]
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This week’s Friday Facebook History is a two-parter! This week (Part 1), we will look at an enterprising businessman, Fred Marti and next week, the post will focus on the Northwestern Telephone building. The connection? Well, Fred owned most of the block that the Telephone building sits on and also lived in a house in that 100 block of West 4th Street.
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