Named for James G
Blaine (1830-1893), an American Statesman.
Established 5 March 1885.
Blaine
County Photographs
BLAINE COUNTY OFFICIALS - - 1908 |
Old timers in Blaine county
may recall these faces belonging to Blaine County officials in 1908. The
picture, taken shortly after the present courthouse was built in
Brewster, was loaned to the Chief by Mrs. Gertrude Riggs, whose husband,
E. H. Riggs, was county attorney at the time. Left to right, back row:
Dan C. Norris, county clerk, who once was CB&Q station agent at
Dunning; Al Sandal, county treasurer; Miss Etta Brooks, county
superintendent; County Judge William Turner; and Pete Wilson, county
commissioner. Front row, left to right: John Ferguson, county
commissioner; Tom Burke, commissioner; Bill Crouch, county assessor;
Robert Blakely, sheriff; and E. H. Riggs, county attorney. Most of the
officials also owned ranches in the Dunning and Brewster vicinities.
Many of them have descendants still residing in the Sandhills area. The
picture was taken shortly after the present courthouse was built. |
Main Street, Brewster,
Nebraska |
Welcome to Brewster, Nebraska Population 22 "Smallest County Seat in Nebraska" |
Blaine
County Court House Brewster, Nebraska |
Click on the "thumbnail" photo to view a larger - - and in much greater detail photograph. |
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Photographs by Donna
Collier Dietrich - - May 2003 |
Photograph is courtesy of Larry Wilson
Blaine County's Home
State Bank and the Wilson Hotel, with its 16 rooms to accommodate travelers - - as they looked in
1919
The
Wilson Hotel, Dunning, Nebraska . .
. and the Home State Bank |
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Photograph
from Nebraska's Omaha World Herald, September 22, 2002
This is the Home State Bank in
2002. Its future is that of becoming
the Sandhills Heritage Museum for Blaine County.
The vision of a Sandhills
Heritage Museum for Blaine County was begun in 2000. In the
beginning, the Sandhills School gave use of their old Superintendents
house for the museum to refurbish and use. When re-modeling was
just about completed on the house, lightening struck (literally!); and
quite a bit of damage was done to the house. We have
a newly completed technology room with computers to be donated by
Consolidated Telephone. The technology room will be for the use of
community members who want to learn to use a computer, or perhaps work on
genealogy. |
Sandhills
Heritage Museum, Dunning, Nebraska |
West
side of former Home State Bank & future home of |
Updates on the Sandhills Heritage Museum will be posted here - -
Stayed "tuned" for more information.
Welcome
to Dunning, Nebraska |
Dunning
Post Office, Dunning, Blaine County, Nebraska |
North
side view of Dunning, Nebraska's Main Street |
DUNNING
COMMUNITY BUILDING March 12, 1940 Unknown Newspaper - - three articles contributed by Donna Collier Dietrich |
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The winter of Nineteen thirty five January was the beginning
of the forming of our Village Auditorium.
Ted (sic) on what a benefit could be had dream as the various
ones commented on what a benefit could be had from such a building. Next
days gathering was a little more serious.
A dance was sponsored by the men, which was successful.
Then the Ladies Bridge Club didn’t want to be out done, so they
sponsored a Card Benefit Party, which was for the helping to propose
such building, and later the Kensington Club divided in two parts to
help raise funds. One part
by a dance, the other sold numbers on fancy work.
Then the men in the spring put on a minstrel show.
The proceeds of this, with what they had from the dance was used
to sponsor the beginning of the application of this building.
Unknown
Date on Article (Later than the above one) |
Blaine NEGenWeb - Patricia C. Ash - 2002.
Updated: 19 December 2003