HISTORICAL

  • The Gothenburg Water Works & Investment Company started construction of a powerhouse. About 80,000 bricks were used in the foundation. It was located southwest of Lake Helen. (Photo courtesy Gothenburg Historical Museum)
    The Gothenburg Water Works & Investment Company started construction of a powerhouse. About 80,000 bricks were used in the foundation. It was located southwest of Lake Helen. (Photo courtesy Gothenburg Historical Museum)

    The monthly historical memories column is provided for you by the Gothenburg Historical Museum. For more information about the museum, go to www.gothenburghistory.com

    1941 – Union Pacific workmen started on the installation of crossing gates and signals on the Lake Avenue crossing. The apparatus called for an investment of nearly $10,000.

    1956 – Ten thousand special editions of the Pony Express Times, a souvenir newspaper, comes off the presses at The Gothenburg Times. The paper was for free distribution at the Pony Express Station and provided by advertising sold to Gothenburg merchants by Gary Padley, operator of the museum at the station.

    1966 – For the past twenty years, since 1946, the Gothenburg Firing Squad has participated in military services for deceased veterans. Members of the squ…