The Sutton Museum is the home of the Sutton Historical Society and is dedicated to the collection and preservation of historic artifacts and information about the Sutton, Nebraska community.
Telephone service and electrical service on farms in Clay County began in earnest in the late 1940's after WWII. This item is from February 14, 1946 - The Sutton News.
In 1921, 31 years after moving from Sutton to Lincoln, Gold & Co. was still running ads in Clay County papers. This from The Sutton News in February 1921.
Sutton's 1921 basketball team beat Fairmont 42-15 and the Reserves beat Stockham 54-21.
For those familiar with that era, this was one year before may of these fellows, Steinhauer, Schwarz, M. Wieland, cousin G. Wieland, Spielman, maybe Kahm would return to win the Nebraska Class A championship, and go onto bigger things.
Below is the tale of a less successful trip to Lincoln.
In an earlier road trip recounted in The Sutton News of February 18, 1921, the Sutton Mustangs took a 20-16 loss to Lincoln High before losing 37-13 to University Place.
Several years ago we posted a story about Sutton's Royal Highlanders - linked here.
This month we found the story where the Royal Highlanders, a name the image of costumes, pageantry, and fun that we read about then, to a functional, staid, and yes, boring insurance company that it seems to have become.
