The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Emmet was founded in 1882 when the Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Irish nationalist Robert Emmet.
Like much of Holt County, the Emmet area is well suited for production of wild hay.
Early settlers cut it as a cash crop; in the 1920s, the Emmet-Elkhorn Valley Hay Company was founded; its name was later abbreviated to the Emmet Hay Company.
The community describes itself as the "Biggest Little Haytown in the World".
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Emmet’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Emmet is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Emmet has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Nebraska State Bank Building in O'Neill, 8.3 miles away.
Emmet and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
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