Located three miles north of this corner, near the Little Blue River, the village of Friedensau, "Peaceful Meadows," was established in 1874 by Lutheran missionary paster, John J. Kern. The town was first settled by his former parishners from Indiana and Ilinois.
In 1885
Deshler, NE Historic ChurchesA point interest is the Deshler Roller Mills. Started in 1893, the mill supplied flour to nearly all the towns in the surrounding area. During the 1940
Deshler, NE Historic MillsA scene of early century Deshler is painted on the side of one of Deshler's downtown buildings.
- Gretchen Wiseman, 1997
Deshler, NE ArtsWhile strolling along the sidewalks on Main Street stop and read the historical plaques placed on the fronts of the buildings that chronical the merchants that have occupied these structures from the 1900s to the present.
From a saloon in 1909, to a mortuary, to the Ritz Theater in 1936
Deshler, NE ToursAs indicated by a builder's plate on the bridge itself, the structure was erected in 1901 by the John Gilligan ...
Sit back and enjoy a brown cow, green river, or a slab of Grandmas Homemade Fudge. Blakes Soda Fountain has all of the old f...