Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on February 5, 2021. Friday History Series: The Fastest Brick-Layer in Nebraska Arthur Hurd was born in either 1887 or 1888, there is no birth certificate for him and various resources show different birth years. Hurd seems to of had a rough life after leaving home as his name starts showing […]
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Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on January 29, 2021. TGIF! It’s Time for our Friday History Series! Today, we are talking about Dr. Marie Ames and her 100 year old house. On April 12th, 1921, the North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune announced that Dr. Marie Ames approved a contract to have a house to be used as […]
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Originally posted to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on January 22, 2021. Today’s Look at History focuses on the early days of radio here in North Platte. Radio broadcasting was the cheapest form of entertainment, and it provided the public with far better entertainment than most people were accustomed to. As a result, its popularity grew rapidly in the […]
Read the rest of this entry »North Platte’s Christmas Past
Originally published at Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on December 25, 2020. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! A Little North Platte History and memories of Christmas’ past!
Read the rest of this entry »Pearl Harbor: Jack Langford’s Journey
Originally published to Facebook.com/NorthPlattePL on December 4, 2020. “Pearl Harbor, a day that will live in infamy,” according to then President Franklin Roosevelt. As we remember that day, some 79 years ago, read the miraculous story of one North Platte man. For one North Platte family, the attack on Pearl Harbor would be the first […]
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