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

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The story

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The area in the vicinity of Talmage began to be settled in the late 1850s. The Missouri Pacific Railroad's Kansas City-Omaha line construction reached the area by 1881. The town was platted on March 7, 1882, on land donated by local farmer Clark Puffer. It was named for Archibald A. Talmage, a superintendent of the railroad,

Talmage was the birthplace (in 1913) of film actor Anthony Dexter.

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Anthony DexterAnthony DexterFilm, TV & Stage
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Talmage, decade by decade

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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Today5 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Talmage is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Talmage has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bridge in Lorton, 4.3 miles away.

Talmage and the nearest listed places

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BridgeLittle Nemaha River BridgeCamp Creek School, Otoe County District No. 54BridgeCamp Creek Cemetery and ChapelLee, George F., Octagon Houses

Closest to Talmage

BridgeLorton · Structure4.3miLittle Nemaha River BridgeDunbar · Structure10.5miCamp Creek School, Otoe County District No. 54Julian · Building11.2miBridgeNebraska City · Structure11.7miCamp Creek Cemetery and ChapelJulian · Site11.9mi

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. Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Talmage?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Talmage’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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📜 Lorton📜 Brock📜 Cook📜 Julian

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