A history of Bremen,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Bremen from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bremen was platted in 1834. The village was named after Bremen, in Germany.
The Bremen Oil Field was discovered in 1907, setting off an oil boom, which lasted until the early 1920s. Oil Derrick Days are celebrated every September, as a way for the town to remember its oil industry heritage.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Bremen’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGreetings from Bremen, O. M.E. Ch…, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bremen, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Bremen is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bremen has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Rushville Historic District in Rushville, 4 miles away.
Bremen 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 Greetings from Bremen, O. M.E. Church (1906) 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.