This Month’s Research

A. Buckle office building site - 2505 W 24th Street
 

2013 – Fall – Began construction of their new corporate office building
 

200? – 2013 – grassy open space
 

200? – purchased by Buckle?

        Mobile home business closed and moved out. Old trailers in trailer court removed
        Old trailer court was Hidden Hollow Trailer Court
        Riviera Homes Inc., mobile home dealers fronted on the highway

1974 – Hidden Hollow Mobile Home Estates

1973-71 - Kizzier Motor Court
 

1970 – 1958 – Tent City Grocery
 

1970-1966 - Tent City trailer court
   

        Sometime between 1966 & 1960 trailer court name changed from camp ground
 

Before 1958 it was the White Eagle Cabins tourist camp
        Going back as far as 1939 when it was called the White Eagle Tourist Park

2. Physicians’ Contracts
January 18, 1893 –

        I will attend medically the county poor for the year 1893 for one hundred ninety-four dollars and furnish the medicine.

J. L Bennett, MD

Who was J. L. Bennett, M. D.?

1888 - Came to Kearney from Iowa and entered the financial business
was Secretary and Manager of the Midway Loan and Trust; was active in business community

May 1890 – Opened a real estate and loan office

July 15, 1890 – Decided to give up business interests and go back to his profession as a doctor. Had practiced for 14 years, member of the Iowa Medical Association. Was member of medical department of Drake University in Des Moines for 5 years before resigning “to enter another field of usefulness at Kearney.”
 

1892 – County Coroner

1892 - County physician

Jan. 10, 1895 – again appointed county physician

July 11, 1894 –

Contract with Dr. F. E. Dalrymple

$95 for medical services for paupers in Buffalo County
$140 for medical services and medicine
$200 for medical services and medicine and performing necessary surgical operations

Includes Poor Farm but not inside Kearney city limits

May have practiced in Gibbon

July 17, 1894 –

Contract with Dr. F. E. Dalrymple [to replace July 11 contract??]

$200 for necessary medical services furnishing all medicine himself and all surgical services for poor including Poor Farm but not inside Kearney city limits
 

1898 –

Contract with F. A. Packard

$200 for visits and to prescribe for the indigent sick
$90 for furnishing medicine and appliances
County Board members would judge who the indigent sick were.

January 5, 1900 –

Contract with Dr. M. L. Mansfield to last until January 3, 1901

$200 for visits and to prescribe for the indigent sick
$49 for furnishing medicine and appliances
County Board members would judge who the indigent sick were.

More about Dr. Mansfield

Jan 8, 1901 – Dr. M. L. Mansfield was appointed county physician for the ensuing year at a salary of $245.00.

Feb 27, 1902 – Moved to a farm west of Kearney and planned to plant it to alfalfa.

May 12, 1903 – Bought the milk route operated by Gibbons & Greene

3. From the Buffalo County Court Record Book – Jan. 1928 -
 

June 22, 1928 – Karl Borgman –

        Search warrant issued for manufacture and sale of liquor in 20-11-13

            (Gardner Township southeast of Ravenna, north of Sodtown)

Found 45 gallons of whiskey, 10 barrels of mash, 1 “red hot” still, and [live] bodies of Robert Mackey and Karl Borgman

They were charged with:

        Count I possessing a still

        Count II possessing mash

        Count III possessing a quantity of liquor they had manufactured for the purpose of sale without a license from the State of Nebraska

Bond was set at $1000 for each which neither could pay so they were jailed