How our Courthouse Came to Be

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  • The prior courthouse. By 1910, “It was a good old wagon but it done broke down,” according to the Burchard Times. It was dedicated in 1868, demolished in 1911.
    The prior courthouse. By 1910, “It was a good old wagon but it done broke down,” according to the Burchard Times. It was dedicated in 1868, demolished in 1911.
  • How our Courthouse Came to Be
    How our Courthouse Came to Be
    PART 2 – ControversyThe county courthouse built during the post-Civil War years of 1867-1868 was not well maintained. It may have sustained fire damage in the big downtown Pawnee City fire of 1881, compounding the apparently lackadaisical repair efforts. By 1897, the county was approaching the height of its population, over 11,000 people (more than 5 times o...

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