Riverton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Riverton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office was established in Riverton in 1871. Riverton was incorporated as a village in 1880.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Riverton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewNebraska City Bridge, Spanning Mi…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Riverton
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Riverton, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Riverton is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Riverton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Republican River Bridge in Washington, 1.6 miles away.
Riverton 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 Nebraska City Bridge, Spanning Missouri River near Highway 2 between Nebraska & Iowa, Nebraska City, Otoe County, NE and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.