This mural celebrates
100 Years
Time proceeds from top to bottom
Past is dim so colors are more soft and grows intens[e] at the bottom Today
The seasons are from left to right
Restored 1993 + 2011
Mural 12' high 60' long
[Mural Guide]
Old street scene · Modern farms - the good life · Athletic field · Covered Wagons · Old cars · Modern cars + trucks · Snowmobiles new recreation day or night · Blizzards - we've had many, the worst was 1888 · Ice skating on Doc's pond. They cut ice here to store for summer. Sleigh now for fun · Christmas scene when we get all lit up, even the water tower · Racetrack - harness racing was popular in the 1890's. At one time 150 horses were boarded here · County fair started in 1873 and still goes on · Good Samaritan Home built in 1967 · Stagecoaches, old way to go · Firehouse - built in 1895. Men not horses drove engines · Church steeples symbol of all churches · Modern homes · Alexander House, built in 1880's, at 4th and Poplar · Junior High School, built in 1942 · Senior High School buildt [sic] in 1965 · Old Mill - built in 1868 on the Nemaha, Ideal for playing hooky · Grasshopper plague 1873 was worst year · Airplane - new transportation · Swimming pool built 1961 · Depot and trains were then a busy place · Gazebo in former park - new site of Luther Memorial Church · Golf course - dedicated 1967 · Combines - farm machinery making farming big business · Indians - Otoes gone, our county it's name · Wagon trains - in 1865 7365 wagons of freight passed through · Hospital built - 1951 community project · First location of Syracuse S.W. of town, famous for it's lilacs · In memory + gratitude · Dark shadow - Tornado · Electric power brought new way of life · contour farming to control flood + erosion · Sodbusters, it took two, he broke the sod she planted seed · Old farm house · Soil conservation like money in the bank also provides recreation · Fire 1997 + 1996 · Old school house 1890-1941, little house in front for overshoes · Flood, when the Little Nemaha went wild - 1950 · Modern street scene
[List of] Original Artist [and those for] 1993 Restore
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