table rock historical society
five years of the newsletter
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Five years of the newsletter compiled with a detailed index. Paperback, 335 pages including index, copyright 2021.
History lives here, and this collection proves it! Some of the editor's favorite stories include these, but there are more: "NOT the Table Rock," a look at "the" rock for which the town was named, and its namesakes, from 1856 to the present, including an artist's rendition of what the original rock looked like. Nellie and Annabelle Fellers - the Forgotten Women Editors of the Argus "How bricks were made," the story of the Table Rock brick factories The story of John N. Gere, whose tombstone in the Table Rock Cemetery reads, "Killed by Indians" The unsolved murder of the town marshal, Nick Craig, in 1896 The story of Herman Brauer, the area's last casualty of World War I, and the last Days of Hugh DeHart, who was killed in combat in World War I The hanging of the the horsethieves at the last Christmas of the Civil War The 1918 influenza pandemic and how it was in Table Rock Tributes to Joe Sochor, Lloyd Vrtiska, and the ineffable Eddie Hanna Zenas Turner: a circuit rider of Nebraska Territory honored by a Methodist church window |
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more of the editor's favorites
The tragedy of the Longwell family, all but one killed in a Texas hurricane
Photo of south & west side of the Square in 1887
Photo of and story about the 1902 Odd Fellows building
Photo of and story about the 1919 School Play, "The Camouflage of Shirley"
Civil War reenactors dedication of military tombstones
The Andersons sharpshooting circus act, promo photo & story
"Peggy" Glenn's story, with early & late photos
Charlie McCourtney & his oldest four daughters; after his first wife's death, he traded milk cows with his neighbors in return for care of the daughters.
Photo of south & west side of the Square in 1887
Photo of and story about the 1902 Odd Fellows building
Photo of and story about the 1919 School Play, "The Camouflage of Shirley"
Civil War reenactors dedication of military tombstones
The Andersons sharpshooting circus act, promo photo & story
"Peggy" Glenn's story, with early & late photos
Charlie McCourtney & his oldest four daughters; after his first wife's death, he traded milk cows with his neighbors in return for care of the daughters.