The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Hickman was founded by Reverend C. H. Heckman and incorporated in 1885. Prior to 1885, the city of Hickman was known as Heckman; named after founder Reverend C. H. Heckman. Prior to 1866, the land was open prairie. Reverend Heckman was an early settler purchasing land near the Salt Creek. Heckman was platted in 1872 by Reverend Heckman and Samuel Egger after a station was accepted on the route of the Atchison and Nebraska Railroad from Rulo, Nebraska to Lincoln, Nebraska. However, when Reverend Heckman and Samuel Egger submitted the plat for Heckman to Lancaster County for recording, Heckman was misspelled as Hickman. The city was incorporated as Hickman in 1885.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hickman’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hickman’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAT A SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMA…, 1973: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Hickman
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Hickman, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Hickman is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hickman has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William H. Charlton House in Sprague, 4.2 miles away.
Hickman 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 AT A SATURDAY AUCTION NEAR HICKMAN, 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL (1973) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.