Table Rock Historical Society (Table Rock, Neb.) [RG4253.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG4253.AM:  Table Rock Historical Society (Table Rock, Neb.)

Topical files:  ca. 1850s-1970s
Table Rock, Pawnee County, Neb.:   Local historical society
Size:  0.5 cu.ft.; 1 box

BACKGROUND NOTE

The Table Rock Historical Society was organized by thirty-nine people on November 12, 1965. Formal organization was completed on November 25, when articles of incorporation and by-laws were accepted. On May 22, 1966, the Society dedicated its two museums, the old Opera House Museum and the Table Rock Pioneer Museum. For Nebraska’s Centennial in 1967, the Table Rock Historical Society placed items in a one hundred year time capsule.

In addition to its role in exhibiting artifacts from Table Rock’s and Pawnee County’s past, the Society collects newspaper clippings, reminiscences, family histories, and other papers that document the history of the area. The materials in this collection reflect that aspect of the Society’s work.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of one box of manuscript material containing topical files. All of the materials relate to various aspects of Table Rock and/or Pawnee County history. Included are newspaper clippings, reminiscences, family histories, research papers, and church and organizational histories.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

1. General Histories: Opera House, Early history of Table Rock, “Firsts” in area, Chronology of Pawnee County, Pawnee County names, Turner Cabin
2. “Table Rock, Nebraska, 1858-1958,” compiled by Ellen L. Fellars
3. Table Rock History
4. “Account of the Year 1857 in Table Rock, Nebraska,” by Juliana Grant Gere
5. “The Past 30 Years of Our Lives in Nebraska,” by Lydia Ross Griffing, 1887
6. Family histories: Aylor, Bethel, Binder, Blecha, Branek, Burow, Curlock, Ciple, Duder, Fencl, Foale, Fritch
7. Family histories: Gold, Gottula, Hansen, Hruska, Hunzeker, Jones, Kalina, Karas, Kovanda, Krofta
8. Family histories: Kubicek, Libal, Muller, Penkava, Peterka, Petrasek, Petraskova, Rabstejnek
9. Family histories: Sandusky, Snabl, Sochor, Stastny, Stehlik, Tomek, Uhlir, Vitek, Vondrasek, Vrtiska, Werner
10. Churches and fraternal organizations
11. Churches and fraternal organizations
12. Buildings: churches and others
13. “The Table Rock Opera House: Its Beginning and Early Years,” by Duane J. Fike
14. Table Rock schools
15. Table Rock school band
16. History of American Legion Auxiliary – Brown-Hays Unit No. 289
17. Cesko Slovansky Cemetery
18. First railroad train/settlement of Table Rock – compiled by J.C. Laydon
19. Dr. E.L. McCrea
20. Bunker Hill neighborhood recollections
21. Clear Creek Pct., school and cemetery
22. Steinauer development
23. Ghost towns of Pawnee County
24. Table Rock Historical Society organization, programs, and membership

Subject headings:

American Legion — Nebraska — Table Rock
Aylor Family
Bethel Family
Binder Family
Blecha Family
Branek Family
Burow Family
Carlock Family
Ciple Family
Duder Family
Fencl Family
Foale Family
Fritch Family
Gere, Juliana (Grant)
Gold Family
Gottula Family
Griffing, Lydia (Ross), 1834-1898
Hansen Family
Hruska Family
Hunzeker Family
Jones Family
Kalina Family
Karas Family
Kovanda Family
Krofta Family
Kubicek Family
Laydon, James C.
Libal Family
McCrea, Dr. Edward Lee, 1865-1951
Muller Family
Opera Houses — Nebraska
Pawnee County (Neb.) — History
Penkava Family
Peterka Family
Petrasek Family
Petraskova Family
Rabstejnek Family
Sandusky Family
Snabl Family
Sochor Family
Stastny Family
Stehlik Family
Steinauer (Neb.) — History
Table Rock Historical Society (Table Rock, Neb.)
Table Rock (Neb.) — History
Tomek Family
Uhlir Family
Vitek Family
Vondrasek Family
Vrtiska Family
Werner Family

Revised 07-17-2008   TMM