A history of Carey,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Carey from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The village is near Sheriden Cave, where habitation occurred around 11,000BC.
The village of Carey was founded in 1843 when W. J. Buell and R. M. Shuler laid out the town on land that they owned. The town was named after Judge John Carey, an early prominent resident.
Carey is home to an early settlement of Luxembourgers that continues to uphold its Luxembourg heritage today. Each year, an annual pilgrimage honoring Our Lady, Consoler of the Afflicted, is attended by crowds of people. The event features a religious procession starting in the neighboring community of Frenchtown and ending in Carey, seven miles away. The procession symbolizes the long journey of Luxembourg immigrants and their search for new life in the United States.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Carey’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 viewWater Works Park, 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Carey
See all 2 →Carey, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Carey
1 place in Carey is 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 Water Works Park (1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.