Archive: History

The 1733 Ballroom and Other Amusements
In Larry Hardesty’s monumental set of notes on the history of the 1733 Ballroom, he…

Thalken Tribute
When the news broke in Kearney that the Thalkens were retiring and Kearney Floral would…

Baxter Family Generation 3
The Woodcarving DuoCharles Baxter, the only child of Ruth Gordon Hubbard, was trained in art…

Baxter Family Generation 4
The Business Takes OffKevin Baxter 2015The eldest son of Charles and Edna Baxter, Kevin Baxter…

Baxter Family Generation 2
The Young PainterRuth Gordon was born January 21, 1902, in Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, the…

Baxter Family Generation 1
The Gordon Brothers If there was a beginning to what we might consider the “arts”…