Chester’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Chester. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Chester was platted in 1880 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for President Chester A. Arthur.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chester’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPostcard sample from the Eureka p…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Chester
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Chester, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Chester is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Chester has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is US Post Office-Hebron in Hebron, 11 miles away.
Chester and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Postcard sample from the Eureka postcard mfg co, High School (NBY 422641) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.