susan haynes 1997 bernards township library bernardsville news

The Cabela family left Brainard in 1932 and established a furniture store in Chappell, Neb.Īdam and Nannie (Bozarth) Hall homesteaded southeast of Brainard in 1870. James operated several businesses in Brainard and served on the Village Board. James Cabela (1869-1937), grandfather of Jim and Dick Cabela, co-founders of Cabela’s World’s Foremost Outfitters in Sidney, Neb., immigrated to Brainard in 1884. Lyle had fond memories of living in Brainard. He started his movie career in 1932 and made over 150 films and appeared in many TV shows. For information on the history of Brainard, former residents, or to share photos and history that you may have, call (402) 545-4261 or (402) 545-3901.Īctor, Lyle Talbot (1902-1996), grew up in Brainard, living in the Talbot Hotel where his grandmother was the proprietress. Scrapbooks of community events, NCIP entries, the Q125 celebration, and previous hometown festivals are available for viewing.

Information, stories, and photographs are being collected for files on Brainard history which will be stored in the City Hall for research and preservation. There are also many scrapbooks of town and community history that may be viewed. For information, email Sharon Bruner at Hall has a display of historic pictures of early Brainard which may be viewed during visiting hours or by appointment. View a complete list of DVDs that are available for purchase. These include Old Hometown Festivals, interviews of community residents in the 1990s entitled “Remembering Brainard,” Community Club activities especially Evening in the Park, and the Q125 celebration in 2003.

The Community Club has 29 VHS tapes that have been transferred to DVDs and are available for purchase for $10 plus $2 shipping. Soon, there was a large influx of Czech pioneers from Bohemia and Moravia. Named in honor of David Brainerd, a missionary to the Indians, the town quickly grew with original settlers of German and English origin. In 1878, Brown’s son-in-law, Thomas Logan, established the town of Brainard near the Union Pacific Railroad.

Brown settled three miles southeast of present-day Brainard and later established a post office called Urban.

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