Platt Jewell Gilman

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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John J. Halligan

Have you ever wondered about some of the names on streets or buildings? The next street name we are looking at is Halligan Drive, named for John J. Halligan.

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