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History · Lushton

Lushton’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Lushton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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Lushton was laid out and platted in 1887 when the Kansas City & Omaha Railroad was extended to that point. It was named for a railroad official.

A post office was established in Lushton in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 photos
Lushton, Nebraska grain elevator 1CommonsLushton, Nebraska grain elevator 12013Lushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 2CommonsLushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 22013Lushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 1CommonsLushton, Nebraska Gilbert Street 12013NEMap-doton-LushtonCommonsNEMap-doton-Lushton2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Lushton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lushton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Big Blue River Bridge in Grafton, 1.9 miles away.

Lushton and the nearest listed places

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Big Blue River BridgeGrafton High SchoolDeering BridgeLincoln Telephone & Telegraph Exchange Building in FairmountFairmont Creamery Company BuildingIsaac Newton Clark House

Closest to Lushton

Big Blue River BridgeGrafton · Built 19181.9miGrafton High SchoolGrafton · Building6.3miDeering BridgeGrafton · Structure7.8miLincoln Telephone & Telegraph Exchange Building in FairmountFairmont · Building9.5miFairmont Creamery Company BuildingFairmont · Building9.5mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Big Blue River Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Lushton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Lushton’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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Stories next door

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📜 Grafton📜 West Blue📜 Henderson📜 Grafton

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