History on Foot
Downtown
Below are images that accompany the walking tour. They are sorted by address.
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- The Cameron Building, 1883
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- Langevin & Plamondon Grocery, 1897. The Police Chief can be seen in the top left window.
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- Pioneer Market, 1917
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- Pioneer Market, 1883
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- Kenneth Jones as a boy
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- Roselma Jones Wedding Photo
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- Jones Drugstore employees, ca 1947 Far left Roselma Jones and Barbara Jones
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- Jones’ Drugstore on 2nd Street, located where Small Town Famous is Today
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- Jones Drug Store Advertisement 1956 in Hastings & Grand Island
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- Walgreens Agency Drug Store Advertisement, 1948
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- Parade down 2nd Street in 1920, Mystic Lodge on the corner
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- mystic lodge
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- Clarke Buchanan Building
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- Mable Dixon
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- Enterprise Block, 1916 was the home of Cushing Grocery from 1900 to 1953.
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- Exterior of the Kerr Opera House
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- Seating of the Kerr Opera House
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- The Stage of the Kerr Opera House
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- A. H. Jones Automobile Company, 1916
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- Interior of the A. H. Jones Automobile Company
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- First Congregational Church
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- The Clark Hotel Postcard
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- Wester Land Roller was located on the 2nd Floor above Bert’s Pharmacy
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- First National Bank, 1887
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- A. H. Brooks Pharmacy
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- Interior of A. H. Brooks Pharmacy, 1903
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- Stein Building Postcard
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- Window Display of Stein’s Store, Christmas 1912
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- Zinn’s is the Building on the right
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- Zinn’s Jewelers
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- Denver Hotel
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- Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Company
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- The only known photo of Liberal Hall
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- American House, 1919, Formerly the Bostwick Hotel.
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- The Rivoli Theatre, 1938
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- Farrell Block, 1880s
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- Chilcote Building, 1881. This building was the first home of Hastings College.
Thank you to the Adams County Historical Society and Elizabeth Spilinek for assistance with photos. This tour would also not have been possible without Adams County the Story: 1872-1972, written by Dorthy Weyer Creigh and Adams County Nebraska Historical Buildings Survey, (1999) prepared by Mead Hunt.