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History · Lebam
Lebam’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Lebam yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about Lebam’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Lebam’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lebam’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Lebam came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Lebam.
Read it all → Lebam was originally called Half Moon or Half Moon Creek. The town was later named Lebam, the reversed spelling of early settler J.W. Goodell's daughter's name, Mabel.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade No old photos in the archives yet Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Famous people Famous people close to Lebam Nobody well known was born in Lebam itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Lebam? → Who remembers Lebam in the 1950s? → A family story from old Lebam → Does anyone have photos of Lebam from the 1990s? →
From Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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