The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Palmer got its start in the year 1899, following construction of the Rock Island railroad through that territory.
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Start Palmer’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Palmer’s history is told.
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Palmer, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Palmer is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Palmer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is First National Bank of Pomeroy in Pomeroy, 7 miles away.
Palmer and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Palmer
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. First National Bank of Pomeroy’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Palmer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Palmer’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.