Author: North Platte Chamber of Commerce
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Category : North Platte (Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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A Few Facts about North Platte
Author: North Platte Chamber of Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : North Platte (Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Publisher:
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Category : North Platte (Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 3
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Once Upon a Town
Author: Bob Greene
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061751278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today—a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen—staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers—was open from five a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only 12,000 people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended. In this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the soldiers who once passed through, Bob Greene tells a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061751278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today—a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railroad depot into the North Platte Canteen. Every day of the year, every day of the war, the Canteen—staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers—was open from five a.m. until the last troop train of the day pulled away after midnight. Astonishingly, this remote plains community of only 12,000 people provided welcoming words, friendship, and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended. In this poignant and heartwarming eyewitness history, based on interviews with North Platte residents and the soldiers who once passed through, Bob Greene tells a classic, lost-in-the-mists-of-time American story of a grateful country honoring its brave and dedicated sons.
North Platte
Author: Jim Beckius
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439630127
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Situated at the junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers, North Platte has a long history as an important stopping point in the westward migration of from the days of the California gold rush to the building of the transcontinental railroad and beyond. The Oregon Trail to the gold rush followed the South Platte River, and the Mormon Trail followed the North Platte River. In 1866 the building of the Union Pacific railroad stopped at North Platte for the winter. The railroad brought the town of North Platte to life. In 1869 the Union Pacific built a huge depot and hotel which stood until destroyed by fire in 1915. It entertained many famous visitors including William F. Cody, George Armstrong Custer, Bat Masterson, and Teddy Roosevelt. Since the 1920s North Platte has grown considerably, helped by the transcontinental Lincoln Highway which still runs through town. North Platte also had the first lighted runway in the United States, used for the air mail planes of the 1920s.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439630127
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Situated at the junction of the North Platte and South Platte rivers, North Platte has a long history as an important stopping point in the westward migration of from the days of the California gold rush to the building of the transcontinental railroad and beyond. The Oregon Trail to the gold rush followed the South Platte River, and the Mormon Trail followed the North Platte River. In 1866 the building of the Union Pacific railroad stopped at North Platte for the winter. The railroad brought the town of North Platte to life. In 1869 the Union Pacific built a huge depot and hotel which stood until destroyed by fire in 1915. It entertained many famous visitors including William F. Cody, George Armstrong Custer, Bat Masterson, and Teddy Roosevelt. Since the 1920s North Platte has grown considerably, helped by the transcontinental Lincoln Highway which still runs through town. North Platte also had the first lighted runway in the United States, used for the air mail planes of the 1920s.
North Platte River
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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American Lumberman
Water-supply Paper
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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The Irrigation Age
The Underflow of the South Platte Valley
Author: Charles Sumner Slichter
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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This is North Platte, Nebraska
Author: North Platte Chamber of Commerce
Publisher:
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Category : North Platte (Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Publisher:
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Category : North Platte (Neb.)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
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