Captain Packrat (captpackrat) wrote,
Captain Packrat
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It's a hell of a town

Today in my travels, I visited Springfield, Nebraska, home of the Sarpy County Fair.  Population was 1,450 in the 2000 census.


Main Street looking east


Main Street looking west



Springfield Community Hall



Former site of W.M. Kieck & Sons grocery store. The opening of a cold storage plant here in 1928 attracted a large crowd. It's currently just a vacant storefront.



Sarpy County Fair & Rodeo



4H Memorial



Sesquicentennial memorial benches scattered about town



Old time soda fountain inside Springfield Drug



7-Up ad painted on the back of Springfield Drug



It is Springfield, after all!
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