1893
National Financial Panic
1901
The first automobile in Grand
Island.
1903
On April 27, 1903 President Theodore
Roosevelt broke ground for Grand Island's Carnegie Public Library
building on Second and Walnut Streets. The president, returning from
a tour of western states, made an overnight stop in Grand
Island.
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1904
New courthouse built.
1905
Henry Fonda was born in Grand
Island.
1908
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show performed at
a local park.
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