Gibbon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Gibbon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Gibbon was founded in 1871 by a group of settlers consisting of many Civil War veterans. It was named for Major General John Gibbon. It was the former county seat of Buffalo County until Kearney was voted the seat in 1874.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Gibbon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gibbon’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNew high school building, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Gibbon, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Gibbon
1 place in Gibbon is 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 New high school building (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.