The Pawnee City Opera House

It’s the Story
  • Pawnee City Opera House. Top looking down on the stage from the balcony. Bottom looking out at the seating.
    Pawnee City Opera House. Top looking down on the stage from the balcony. Bottom looking out at the seating.
  • New courthouse with the opera house on the right side.
    New courthouse with the opera house on the right side.
  • The Pawnee City Opera House
    The Pawnee City Opera House

    Don’t you just love a good story? 

    Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. 

    Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.

    Part 3:An Incredible Remodel

    Last week, orphans were on the stage of the opera house in August 1906. A few months later the building was closed for remodeling. Big time remodeling. It began in November. The Pawnee Chief newspaper reported that…