History · Lorenzo
Lorenzo’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Lorenzo yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about Lorenzo’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Lorenzo’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lorenzo’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Lorenzo came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Lorenzo.
Read it all → Lorenzo was a depot on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. A post office was established at Lorenzo in 1916, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1933.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
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Lorenzo, decade by decade Famous people Famous people close to Lorenzo Nobody well known was born in Lorenzo itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Lorenzo? → Who remembers Lorenzo in the 1950s? → A family story from old Lorenzo → Does anyone have photos of Lorenzo from the 1990s? →
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