Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper
Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper
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It was the month of May in the year 1873 that the first published newspaper appeared in the frontier town of Sidney, Nebraska. The owner, editor, publisher, and pressman was one man, L. Connell, who distributed the four-column folio sheet under the banner of The Sidney Telegraph. The town of Sidney began as an end-of-track, Union Pacific railroad town in 1867 with all the drama and excitement that towns with those beginnings bring. Gamblers, whiskey peddlers, barrooms and brothels provided all the amenities that many hardworking railroad...
It’s been nearly 10 years since I was last in Boston, Mass. For more than a year I flew from Denver to Boston every-other weekend and spent each two-week stretch working as an independent consultant for Philips Medical Systems. On my off weekends, when I wasn’t flying back to Denver, I immersed myself in the rousing history of the Colonies. Although I found the breakneck pace of life on the east coast to be a little too hectic for my Kansas blood I was spellbound by its history. At Plymouth Rock I stood upon the shore where the first pil...
