Black and white postcard (14 x 8 cm.) with a view of La Platte, Nebraska, as seen from the town railway station. One house is visible on the left side of the image and two more houses are visible in the distance on the right side of the image. There is a walking path worn through the weeds to the dirt street. Telephone poles are also seen. On the reverse is written in pencil "La Platte from Station."
The town of La Platte, Sarpy County, Nebraska, was established in 1870. Prior to that, the town of Larimer Mills had occupied some of the same territory that La Platte occupied at the time of its founding, but Larimer Mills was one of a string of unsuccessful towns in the area. La Platte broke the losing streak for a while, but went out of existence in 1954. Source: Sarpy County Centennial Celebration: The Story of Our First Century: 'Arrows to Airpower'. Bellevue, Nebraska: Sarpy County Centennial, c1957.
