Below: Vintage postcard showing downtown Burchard circa 1909, soon after Frank Doering sold his meat market and ice house to Gotlieb Steinauer. The telephone had arrived in Burchard. The Burchard Times newspaper had Phone No. 12.
It’s the Story
Don’t you just love a good story?
Better yet, one set in Pawnee County.
Ice was once considered a crop, and harvested. What was it used for? Ice was broken up and used to make ice cream and, in even smaller pieces, to cool beverages like iced tea and lemonade. It was used in the big city to cool spaces by having fans blow across the top of a block. Three Orphan Train children who were di…
