Rushville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Rushville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Rushville was platted in 1885 when the Fremont, Elkhorn, and Missouri Valley Railway was extended to that point. Rushville was incorporated in October 1885.
Rushville was named from Rush Creek. In the Lakota language, Rushville is known as Owátȟokšu or Iwátȟokšu Otȟúŋwahe, meaning "Place where things are transported" or "Transportation City".
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Rushville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rushville’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPhotographing the baby in a Sioux…, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Rushville
See all 1 →Rushville, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Rushville
2 places in Rushville 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 Photographing the baby in a Sioux village, Rushville, Neb. - photo made by S.D. Butcher & Son, Kearney, Neb (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.