site map
this page is always under construction!
this will give you an idea of the categories. the descriptions of what is in them are not all-inclusive, just samples. go to the category page for a summary of related pages and jump from there.
note: at the bottom of this page, after these loose groupings, is an alphabetical listing
All of our museums, what we do, how to join and more.
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Not just Historical Society events. Anything in Table Rock is historic.
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Like it says, a list of particularly interesting new things on this website.
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Table Rock touted as a happening place, since 1856.
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stuff that is just plain interesting
histories & time lines
Histories in full, by the year they were written, and also videos and transcripts of oral histories by older people who have lived here.
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National Historic Register applications have detailed histories of each place, other than the archeology sites outside Table Rock. The Lindsley House, the Opera House, and the Table Rock Public Square Historic District are all on the Register.
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A work in progress. When was it built, when did it happen, when did it take place,,,,
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Under construction; started in 2020
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pioneers
The Table Rock Town Company, the Nebraska Settlement Company and more. There are things here but the page is under construction
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events
Historic events, such as the 1864 hanging of the horse thieves, the Schoolchildren's Blizzard of 1888, Teddy Roosevelt's visit, William Jennings' Bryan's visits, fires, floods, grasshoppers, and the last passenger train trip out of Table Rock.
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Many items, including the 2016-2017-2018 Fairs
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Wars and veterans. The Indian War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Philipino-American War, World War 1, World War 2, etc.
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places
From the water tower, from an airplane, from a drone....
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Includes places like Goat Hill, churches, cemeteries, Horseshoe Lake, the Nemaha River, and anything to do with them.
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Homes, commercial buildings including hotels, and more
The Table Rock Cemetery and the Bohemian Cemetery are the main cemeteries where the people of Table Rock have been buried. The first burial at the Table Rock Cemetery was in 1858, the first at the Bohemian Cemetery in 1876. There are others, including the tiny rural cemeteries for St. John's Church, otherwise known as the Miller Cemetery, where burials go back to 1867; Clear Creek Cemetery, where burials go back to 1869; and the Beranek Cemetery, where the burials go back to 1871. |
A growing collection of pictures of tombstones matched up with pictures of the people there at rest.
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Tidbits about other places like Dubois, Steinauer, Burchard,
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more stuff
Music of all kinds: dances, Czech bands, town bands, and the high school band including the famous 1929 band, Includes festivals and parades, town picnics, and movies. Includes things like chataquas, literary societies, academic pursuits, magicians.
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Visual art as opposed to music. A sparse page so far!
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Mostly how things were at home
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Odd Fellows, Woodmen, Woman's Christian Temperance Association and more. Prohibition, temperance, suffrage, and more.
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School histories, pictures of students and classes, graduating classes, graduation announcement, school papers and more.
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LOTS here. Industry like the railroads, brick factories, and cheese factories. Service providers like banks, blacksmiths, gas stations, repair shops, and more. Merchants of all kinds. Eating establishments. Hotels. Professionals like doctors, dentists, lawyers.
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trains
infrastructure
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even more stuff
(in alphabetical order)
Fairs over the years and in modern times (2016, 2017, 2018)
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Collections of pictures and newspaper clippings by family. Lots of families here. If yours is not here, or if you have something to add, let us know at [email protected].
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Farms, farming and harvests, farmers -- Go to this page for other farm-related links like threshing with steam engines.
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Birth announcements, weddings, wedding anniversary, death notices, obituaries, funeral cards/programs
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Village ordinances, including some regulating billiard parlors, building of sidewalks, infracture, etc. Some state laws from Judge Marble's books. A copy of the incorporation paper for Table Rock.
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Always under construction
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Feature articles or collections about interesting Table Rock people: Dr. Ed McCrea, who delivered 302 babies here; Otto Wopata; Civil War Veteran Peter Gold, Civil War Veteran Gottfried Burow; and more
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Special collections by special photographers, Archer King and Arvid Blecha.
Special family collections - Terry Hunt Korrell, Nellie Griffing Boyd, Edward Tomek -- if not here, they wil be. Fun groups like Have a Cigar. Family pictures with at least four generations. Photos by number. Each photo in numbered order. This is an ongoing major project, as we have over 2,000 pictures as of January 2016 and more are scanned or shared by others all the time. Video tours of some of our pictures. Videos shared of old events like parades. Some of our visitors talking about the museums. And more. |
Class plays, community plays, & more
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Pictures, articles, obituaries -- things to show more than a tombstone about someone who was once very alive
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Some interesting old documents
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