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Thursday, December 26, 2013

So, where did all those Griesses come from, anyhow?

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James R. (Jim) Griess died on Friday, March 21, 2014 in Lincoln. Jim was the source of much of our information and understanding about the s...
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The Selective Service Draft

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by Jerry Johnson, Sutton Historical Society Graduation is a time to celebrate finishing school and looking forward with hope and anticipat...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Israelson 1913 Letter from California

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This letter appeared in the Harvard Courier newspaper December 13, 1913. It was from John W. Israelson of the Saronville Israelson family (m...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Trival Question in our Clay County News column for the December 4th issue

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This item appeared in our column in the Clay County News December 4th issue: Bonus memory item for the end of football season: The lege...

New Sutton Area Chapter of the AHSGR

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A group of Sutton residents are forming a Sutton Area Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans From Russia. Members of the Sutt...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Neil M. Cronin Obituary

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Neil M. Cronin was born in Sutton in 1880; his obituary appeared in the Clay County News on October 24, 1963. This item appeared in the Nov...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Johanns Grosshans "Gold" Chest

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The Plainsman Museum in Aurora has a display with items associated with immigration including this chest that belonged to Johannes Grosshans...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

History of St. Mary's Church by Nellie Sheridan - October, 1963

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As promised in our weekly column in The Clay County News for October 2, 2013, here is the article by Nellie Sheridan: This article appeare...
Monday, September 30, 2013

A Movie Camera from the days of hand's-on, roll your own tech.

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Early movie cameras, and still cameras, came with a range of manual settings forcing photographers to know what they were doing. What a c...

The Buffalo Skull story in Sutton's beginnings.

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High on the wall in the front porch of the Sutton Museum hangs an old buffalo skull. Why? And is it really a buffalo skull? We have ...

Occidental Hotel Sign

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The sign for the Occidental Hotel came into the possession of the Ralph Vauck family who generously donated it to the museum for all to eit...

Sutton Dundee Castle No. 11

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Artifacts from the basement - whatever could this be? Theater group volunteers unearthed a number of distinctive badges that date from a ...

Souvenir Savings Bank from City State Bank

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The Sutton Museum is the fortunate beneficiary of the generosity of residents who find interesting items in the basement or attic. Sometimes...

Homesteading in Clay County, Nebraska

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We have posted a study on the process of acquiring a homestead using four of Clay County's early settlers as case studies. http://sutt...
Friday, September 6, 2013

1930-1931 Clay County Rural School Map

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Below is the map of rural schools in Clay County, Nebraska during the 1930-1931 school year. The red dots identify the location of each sch...