Pender’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Pender. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗European-American settlers founded the village in April 1885, naming it in honor of the Scottish politician and businessman Sir John Pender, a pioneer of the Transatlantic Cable. He founded what is now Cable & Wireless Worldwide, and was a director of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Pender’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pender’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPender, NE - Oct. 1908, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pender, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Pender
2 places in Pender are 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 Pender, NE - Oct. 1908 (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.