Fairmont’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fairmont. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Fairmont was platted in 1871 when the Burlington & Quincy Railroad was extended to that point. The name was chosen to conform with the alphabetical stops on the new line traveling westward from Lincoln: Berks, Crete, Dorchester, Exeter, Fairmont, Grafton, Huxley, etc. Fairmont is a descriptive name referring to the town's scenic setting at a lofty elevation.
By the fall of 1872 Fairmont had a school building, hotels, more stores, lumberyards, and coal and feed yards under construction. The first newspaper, "Fairmont Bulletin" was published in 1872. By 1881 there were three with the introduction of the "Nebraska Bulletin" and the "Nebraska Signal".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fairmont’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairmont’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe splendid engine drawing Presi…, 1903: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fairmont
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Fairmont, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Fairmont
2 places in Fairmont are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1983Fairmont Creamery Company Building
Listed 2006Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Exchange Building in FairmountThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The splendid engine drawing President Roosevelt's special train (1903) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.