Historic Farnam

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Monday July 24, 2017

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

6/19	Ross Klein	Maywood, NE
6/9	June L. (Hilton) Walker	Farnam, NE

Born this day in history:

1856 Jessie F. (Woods) Davis
1882 Henry C. Woodgate
1907 Gwendolyn E. (McNickle) Cross

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1913 Dale A. Schnieber

’34
1914 Emily Fay (Fyfe) Bender
1915 Fay (Maret) Claflin
1915 Paul E. Potter
1920 Argil F. Donner

Died this day in history:

1919 Katie M. (Mayfield) Hayden
1919 Rebecca (Krout) McMichael
1926 William S. Guinn

1934 Frances E. D. Fourre
2000 Helen M. (Case) Kersey

’36
2004 Mildred (Maurer) Grimes
2009 Heinz Harmon
2014 Lonnie N. McClellen

News from this month in Farnam history:
	7/11/1907 – 4th of July Celebration 7/15/1937 – Bandit Hideout Near North Platte – Large Sign for Airplanes 7/18/1935 – Wanders in Hills 17 Days 7/20/1923 – Boy Caught in Wringer 7/23/1936 – Swimming Pool Advocated 7/25/1885 – Keystone Items - 25 July 1885 7/28/1886 – Keystone Items - 28 July 1886 8/5/1937 – Farnam Group On Elephant Hunt

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

7/23/2017
– Speck, John H. (1861-1916)

7/17/2017
– Walker, Jeremiah H. (1864-1926)

Miscellaneous additions:
History Book - The Farnam Centennial history book (1982) has been scanned and published to this site. HTML versions of each section are also being prepared and added as time allows. [updated 3/16/2017]

On the History Book page you will also find an Index of names in the print edition and an Index of names of Farnam High School graduates.

Homestead events on this day in history

Application filed:

1884 John T. Meredith