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 4/16/2021. Today’s History Friday takes a look at a story of young love that turned tragic. June Andrews was born on September 19, 1911, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. She had four sisters and two brothers; and June was the eldest child. Before June was set to graduate from High School, […]
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Originally published to facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on 4/9/2021. Today’s historic look back looks at the most common, invasive weed: the mighty dandelion! We hope you enjoy this humorous, and informational look at eradicating dandelions over the years! Now, we Nebraskans know a thing or two about getting rid of dandelions. Before herbicides and chemicals, townspeople became very […]
Read the rest of this entry »Salute to Nellie Snyder Yost
Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on April 2, 2021. Today’s North Platte History Story is a belated salute to Women’s History Month, which just ended on March 31st. We are highlighting a wonderful, inspirational North Platte woman, historian and author — Nellie Snyder Yost. She was only 4 foot 8 inches tall, but she was mighty […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hendy-Ogier Auto Company
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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