Loup County Historical SocietyLoup County,
Nebraska
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Founders
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including a
tribute to Thurman A. Smith
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Some of these original donors included: |
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Samuel G. Sears | Wayne Cook | John R. Ferguson |
Sam Hesselgesser | Kitty Harvey | William D. Dunbar |
Nettie J. Evans | Walter Worth | Mrs. Robert Rusho |
Jacquetta McMasters | Mr. & Mrs. B. B. Holmes | Althea Wiley |
Mrs. Messersmith | William
S. and Joe Campbell |
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Fletcher |
John Dunbar | George W. Abbott | Mike Laughran |
Bohy Brothers | Oscar Bowley | Ross Peterson |
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hubbard | Mrs. Ralph Rose | Eva Skiles |
Sarah Britton |
Lillian Wirsig |
Ella Gurnsey-Donaldson |
Phoebe Corell | Mrs.
& Mrs. Daniel W. Strohl |
Thomas Moore |
Lem Britton | Ella Harlan | Robert Parkins |
Martha Corrick | Otto Clay | Carl and Steve Copp |
Jacob Strohl | Jack Parkin | L. A. Ruppel |
Clara Cole | James Starke | Robert Wiley |
William Stevens | Mrs. C. D. Shipley | Fred E. Replogle |
H. R. Brown |
Tribute to Thurman A. Smith |
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School Teacher |
Printing Trade |
Newspaperman |
Temperance Leader |
Owner,
and operator, of Taylor Clarion 1920-1940 |
Loup County Judge |
Local Correspondent for National Newspapers |
Nebraska Historical Writer |
Poet | Collector of historical books, manuscripts, and scrap books |
Organized
Loup County Historical Society |
Leader
in the planning and organization of Loup Pioneer Memorial Museum |
Thurman
A. Smith, with the help of fellow his townsmen, landscaped park that surrounds the Loup Pioneer Memorial Museum |
Many relics that Thurman Smith collected comprise collections displayed in the Loup County Pioneer Memorial Museum |
Text for this
page has been extracted from the Loup County, Taylor NE Centennial 1883-1983 Book.
Permission and copyright 2002 - Loup County Historical Society, Taylor, NE
68879-0102
Created for Loup County Historical
Society by Patricia C. Ash 2002
Updated: 24 April 2003