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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Oakland Hotel - Destroyed by fire 1902

The Oakland Hotel was Sutton's largest hotel, built about 1885, it was destroyed by fire in March 1902.


The article below appeared in the Nebraska Signal newspaper in Geneva on March 14 quoting The Sutton Register's story about the fire.



This map from Library of Congress is from Sanborn Map and Publishing Company and is dated August 1889. Sanborn developed these maps to assist insurance companies to understand risks of individual buildings.




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