|
January |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1911 |
New Year's Blizzard |
|
1st |
1912 |
Destructive fire at Carter when Larmer Bros. Livery
Barn burned and several horses burned to death. |
|
4th |
1962 |
Don Hight Trail Ride Started. |
|
12th |
1925 |
Fire destroyed six businesses in Carter. |
|
13th |
1913 |
Home of Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Wood burned down - temperate outside was -30°. |
|
15th |
1910 |
Post Offices established in Jordan (Jordan Township) and Shoemaker (Rosedale Township). |
|
17th |
1913 |
Wewela Community Congregational Church was officially named. |
|
20th |
1905 |
Chief Hollow Horn Bear represented the Sioux Indians at the Inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt. His likeness is on the reverse side of the buffalo nickel. |
|
20th |
1911 |
First Courthouse in Winner burns to the ground. |
|
23rd |
1920 |
Colome American Legion was chartered. |
|
26th |
1910 |
Lamro Advocate Newspaper published first edition. |
|
27th |
1960 |
Last train into Witten. |
|
February |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1933 |
Jordan Post Office discontinued. |
|
2nd |
1911 |
Germany Congregational Zion Church, Wewela, was organized at the home of Jacob Merkle. |
|
26th |
1913 |
Carter became permanent home of U.S. Land Office. |
|
March |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1909 |
Post Office established in Colome. |
|
1st |
1920 |
Ben Butts establishes first store, "Outlaw Trading Post". |
|
10th |
1908 |
McLain Post Office established (location unknown). |
|
10th |
1910 |
Mail started to be conveyed by C&NW Railroad to Colome and places east of Colome. |
|
14th |
1941 |
Colome Auditorium burns. |
|
15th |
1910 |
Postal Department changed Roseland to Hamill (named after Gail Hamill, who was the first postmaster). |
|
16th |
1910 |
Gooby Post Office established (Holsclaw Township). |
|
20th |
1958 |
Mathis Implement opens in Winner. |
|
22nd |
1916 |
One of the worst prairie fires in Tripp County. |
|
25th |
1909 |
L. W. Komer became the first homesteader in Star Valley township. |
|
31st |
1926 |
Fire in Carter destroys everything north of Hotel. |
|
|
April |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1909 |
Filing began for Tripp County. |
|
9th |
1906 |
Chief Medicine Bull died and was buried at Bull Creek Cemetery. |
|
25th |
1914 |
Magnet Post Office discontinued (Plainview Township). |
|
28th |
1910 |
Colburn-Eastview Post Office established (Valley Township). |
|
30th |
1912 |
Colina Post Office discontinued (Lincoln Township). |
|
May |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
3rd |
1910 |
Town site lot sale in Komer (Star Valley Township). |
|
11th |
1946 |
A non-profit organization was chartered to build a new community heath center in Winner. |
|
12th |
1909 |
Post Office established in McNeely (McNeely Township). |
|
15th |
1909 |
Roseland Post Office (Roseland Township) established (renamed Hamill less than a year later). |
|
15th |
1911 |
Kenyon Post Office closes (Plainview Township). |
|
22nd |
|
The Westminster Church Sabbath School was organized in Hamill. |
|
23rd |
1913 |
Seven Winner businesses and one residence were destroyed by fire. |
|
25th |
1894 |
Houston, the first Post Office in Tripp County, established in Gassman Township. |
|
26th |
1910 |
First newspaper in Tripp County was established-Carter News-A.J. Reichmann was the editor. |
|
27th |
1897 |
A congregation of 150 attended the first service held at Ascension Chapel. |
|
31st |
1914 |
Komer Post Office discontinued (Star Valley Township). |
|
June |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1909 |
Election makes Lamro temporary county seat. |
|
2nd |
1908 |
Colome town plots recorded. Town name was changed from Winona to Colome in honor of Chris Colombe on whose land it was expanding. |
|
3rd |
1910 |
Colome celebrated it second anniversary with ball game Vs. Lamro. |
|
7th |
1909 |
Government lots sale for Witten was held in Gregory. |
|
12th |
1978 |
Last train leaves Winner. |
|
15th |
1909 |
Wewela Post Office established (Rames Township). |
|
15th |
1909 |
First Tripp County Commissioners meet. |
|
18th |
1911 |
Millboro ball team beat Springview 3-0. |
|
24th |
1930 |
St. Ann's Catholic Church in Keyapaha was completely destroyed in a tornado. It was rebuilt that fall. |
|
25th |
1923 |
Winner I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Oddfellows), Lodge #264, was chartered. |
|
29th |
1945 |
Omaha Cold Storage Company of Winner won "War Food Administration's Achievement Award". |
|
30th |
1911 |
Lamro Post Office discontinued. |
|
30th |
1911 |
McLain Post Office closes (location unknown). |
|
30th |
1920 |
Gooby Post Office discontinued (Holsclaw Township) moved to Keyapaha store (Holsclaw Township). |
|
July |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
2nd |
1915 |
Winner population goes over 900 people. |
|
6th |
1909 |
Ideal Post Office established. |
|
6th |
1944 |
Outlaw Trading Post fire. |
|
7th |
1911 |
Winner's first big 4th of July and Railroad Celebration. |
|
12th |
1909 |
Millboro Post Office established. |
|
15th |
1957 |
Deaver-Meyer Grain Company opened in Winner. |
|
16th |
1915 |
Most destructive fire in history of Witten. |
|
20th |
1911 |
First passenger train arrives in Winner. |
|
22nd |
1909 |
Kenyon Post Office established (Plainview Township). |
|
23rd |
1909 |
Tripp County Journal files announce itinerant preaching at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lamro. |
|
August |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
5th |
1912 |
Trinity Mission Guild Hall was completed and connected with the Church in Winner. |
|
6th |
1912 |
Fire Company organized. |
|
12th |
1910 |
Magnet Post Office established (Plainview Township). |
|
13th |
1911 |
The new sod Lakeview Methodist Church, the first Protestant church organized in Tripp County, was completed and dedicated. |
|
15th |
1912 |
Shoemaker Post Office closed (Rosedale Township). |
|
18th |
1904 |
Start of the "Battle at Bonesteel" between the gamblers and the law-abiding citizens. |
|
20th |
1915 |
Waterworks System in Winner turned on at 4:30 pm. |
|
24th |
1908 |
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation opening Tripp County to entry and settlement. |
|
27th |
1907 |
Frank Leahy was born in O'Neil, Nebraska. |
|
31st |
1918 |
Linden Post Office discontinued (Beaver Creek Township). |
|
September |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
2nd |
1909 |
Carter Post Office established. |
|
5th |
1937 |
First Annual Labor Day celebration took place in Winner. |
|
15th |
1913 |
Pahapesto Post Office discontinued (Pahapesto Township). |
|
22nd |
1918 |
The Hamill Catholic Ladies Altar Society was organized. |
|
27th |
1957 |
KWYR AM Radio started broadcasting. |
|
30th |
1977 |
Colome Area Jaycees organization chartered. |
|
30th |
1999 |
Winner I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of the Oddfellows), Lodge #246, relinquished its charter after 76 years. Their lodge funds continue to generate a scholarship each year for a graduate of Winner High School. |
|
Sept.30-Oct. 2 |
1912 |
Tripp County's Big Annual Fair was held at Winner. Estimated crowd over the 3 days was 5,300 people. Colome won the ball tournament. |
|
October |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1907 |
Lamro Post Office established. |
|
1st |
1909 |
Tripp County filing date - "squatters" were to appear. |
|
5th |
1908 |
At midnight or 12:01am, registration began in the big land lottery opening of the Rosebud Reservation. |
|
5th |
1920 |
Colome American Legion Auxiliary was organized. |
|
8th |
1910 |
"The Carter Woman's Club" was organized and had for its motto, "High Aims and Mutual Improvement." |
|
17th |
1908 |
Registration ended for Tripp County. |
|
19th |
1911 |
Linden Post Office established (Beaver Creek Township). |
|
19th |
1929 |
First train into Wood. |
|
27th |
1912 |
New Winner United Methodist Church was dedicated. |
|
28th |
1909 |
Prairie fire started 22 miles south of Lamro, near the Keyapaha River, and came past Lamro. A subsiding wind was the only thing that saved the town. |
|
29th |
1908 |
First doctor arrived in Lamro - Dr. Charles Legge. |
|
30th |
1940 |
Redeemer Lutheran Church in Carter organized. |
|
31st |
1923 |
Ideal Rebekah Lodge #186 was organized. |
|
November |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
4th |
1910 |
County Commissioners listen to petition to put Winner on ballot for county seat. |
|
5th |
1909 |
Pahapesto Post Office established (Pahapesto Township). |
|
8th |
1910 |
Winner elected county seat. |
|
12th |
1824 |
Enoch Raymond was born in Sullivan Co., NY. He was the first white man to permanently make his home in Tripp County. He married Elizabeth of the Oglala Tribe in 1853. |
|
12th |
1911 |
Colome Zion Lutheran Church was organized. |
|
14th |
1925 |
Houston Post Office discontinued (Gassman Township). |
|
16th |
1919 |
Komer Post Office established (Star Valley Township). |
|
24th |
1909 |
Danton Post Office established (Lake Township). |
|
27th |
1932 |
Current Winner Post Office building dedicated. |
|
28th |
1910 |
First regular train in Colome. |
|
December |
|
Date |
Year |
Event and Description |
|
1st |
1949 |
Dedication of new hospital in Winner. |
|
4th |
1909 |
Colina Post Office established (Lincoln Township). |
|
11th |
1910 |
First mass said in the new Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Winner. |
|
12th |
1926 |
Colome Methodist Church was dedicated. A howling blizzard and a rapidly lowering temperature kept many from attending the dedication. |
|
15th |
1909 |
Initial Carter lot sale. |
