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History · Elsie

Elsie’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Elsie. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Elsie was established in about 1887 when the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was extended to that point. Elsie was the name of the daughter of CB&Q president Charles Elliott Perkins. Several of Elsie's streets were given railroad-related names such as Burlington, Chicago, Perkins, and Quincy.

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Famous people close to Elsie

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Gary GlickGary GlickGrant · 18 miCliff MapesCliff MapesSutherland · 26 miWDW. A. DravesKeystone · 28 miBCBill CallihanPaxton · 19 miJames Theodore RichmondJames Theodore RichmondOgallala · 26 miJMJohn MasonMadrid · 7 mi
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Elsie, decade by decade

Before
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.
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Today5 photos
Elsie, Nebraska village hall and PO 2CommonsElsie, Nebraska village hall and PO 22012Elsie, Nebraska village hall and PO 1CommonsElsie, Nebraska village hall and PO 12012Elsie, Nebraska downtown 2CommonsElsie, Nebraska downtown 22012Elsie, Nebraska downtown 1CommonsElsie, Nebraska downtown 12012NEMap-doton-ElsieCommonsNEMap-doton-Elsie2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Elsie is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elsie has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Johnston Memorial Building in Wallace, 11.8 miles away.

Elsie and the nearest listed places

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Johnston Memorial BuildingGrant City ParkGrant Commercial Historic DistrictPerkins County CourthouseRoscoe State Aid Bridge

Closest to Elsie

Johnston Memorial BuildingWallace · Vernacular · Built 192111.8miGrant City ParkGrant · Site17.5miGrant Commercial Historic DistrictGrant · District17.6miPerkins County CourthouseGrant · Classical Revival17.7miRoscoe State Aid BridgeRoscoe · Structure21.6mi

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. Johnston Memorial Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Elsie?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Elsie’s story, or a memory of it.
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National 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.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Madrid📜 Wallace📜 Grant📜 Paxton

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