The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗West Point was founded in the spring of 1857, when Omaha businessmen formed the Nebraska Settlement Association in order to find suitable townsites in the Elkhorn Valley. Uriah, John, and Andrew Bruner (three brothers from Pennsylvania), and William Sexauer chose its location on a bend along a river, which they called New Philadelphia. The name was soon changed to West Point because it was the westernmost outpost along the valley.
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Start West Point’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how West Point’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10West Point, decade by decade
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories 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.