Lamar Politics, Histories & everything else
12th street business histories 07.07.2004
3rd Street Terrace is approved 03.20.57
Airport for Lamar in reach 09.15.50
Bandstand plans for Christmas 11.30.51
Carolyn Dockery hired as bookeeper 08.29.1960
Chain fence & well abt square goes 09.02.1926
City officials sworn in 04.16.57
Civil War cannon per Reba Young 03.24.81
Civil War cannon dedication 00.00.81
Councilman Miller sworn in 02.02.82
Crash at Doyle Airport 06.12.51
Democrats take 4 of 5 seats p1 04.06.77
Democrats take 4 of 5 seats p2 04.06.77
Doyle Airport use for all pilots 04.27.51
Earlene Boucher payroll & billing clerk 00.00.76
Editor takes a tour around square 02.24.1870
Fire truck wreck 11.18.49
Firsts for Barton Co 10.21.1906
Founding date of Lamar 12.11.53
Fred Gray's old letter p1 01.02.48
Fred Gray's old letter p2 01.02.48
Goodby to old city jail 04.15.1949
J C Parry to lay off 3rd addition 07.28.1870
Lamar adopts new liquor licensing ordinance 09.20.1960
Lamar airport 00.00.00
Lamar city constable Wyatt Earp appointed 03.03.1870
Lamar city councilmen 00.00.00
Lamar city fathers vote to ban hogs 03.17.1870
Lamar city hall becoming restricted 07.25.1960
Lamar city hall restrictions expand 08.10.1960
Lamar city park getting new shelter house 03.29.1960
Lamar continues under the influenza ban 11.07.1918
Lamar dogs must be registered per ordinance 03.17.1870
Lamar gets with & renames streets 08.09.1940
Lamar Heritage days celebration 08.05.1952
Lamar hog ordinance will influence council voting 03.31.1870
Lamar host volunteer fire fighters 02.27.1960
Lamar IDC committee holds 1st mtg 01.12.1960
Lamar IDC receives money from new investors 01.26.1960
Lamar IDC sign vandalized 07.01.1960
Lamar incorporated by county court 03.03.1870
Lamar lets paving contract to Wilhelm 07.06.1960
Lamar liquor licenses renewed 07.06.1960
Lamar long time city clerk of 37 yrs to retire 02.11.1960
Lamar long time employee of 49 yrs retires 09.23.2009
Lamar ordinance banishes all at large hogs 03.17.1870
Lamar purchases electric line 03.06.57
Lamar purchases lot behind Memorial Hall 03.22.1960
Lamar square N side 00.00.39
Lamar to finally sell excess diesel engines 01.08.1960
Lamar under the influenza ban 10.31.1918
Lamar's 1902 generatimg plant 01.18.73
Lamar's centennial plans 01.20.57
Lamar's elevation location 12.20.55
Lamar's new superintendent 09.30.54
Lamar's progression for 1956 01.02.57
Memorial Hall cornerstone 27 years late 06.01.55
Memorial Hall scheduling 04.16.57
Moving the fire siren tower 06.28.1949
New church signs put up 06.27.60
New city building 05.10.49
New fire truck 05.27.82
New fire truck 11.22.49
New fire truck 11.29.1938
New substation contract awarded 12.09.54
Old Police car & 2 new city trucks 01.13.1960
Old Scatterbolts 11.22.49
Paving of 1st street 08.24.72
Paving of Lamar square 11.25.1926
Paving of square contract let 07.22.1926
Site for new city transformers 07.26.54
Stop light & stop signs for 160 hwy 10.25.49
West side of Lamar square 1870 05.06.81