A history of Hettinger,
since 1907
Postcards, papers and photographs of Hettinger from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hettinger was founded in 1907 along the Milwaukee Road's transcontinental rail line known as the Pacific Extension. The city and its surrounding township were named by popular demand in recognition of Hettinger County, from which Adams County was created in 1907.
In 1923 a tornado struck ten miles east of Hettinger, destroying a farmstead and killing two people.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Hettinger’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLover's Butte, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hettinger
See all 3 →Hettinger, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Hettinger
2 places in Hettinger are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lover's Butte (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (10). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.