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61 published stories · 20 tour stops · 748 source references · Growing with every discovery
Matching passages and citation notes from our published collection.
Cited in When Hooper Took to the Road: Monnich, Tunberg & Reetz and Smida Garage
Reports the move to the former Buick garage, whose first floor had escaped the flood; Howard Parkert purchased the old premises for a well-digging and plumbing business.
Cited in Hooper Telephone Company: From Bakery to Broadband
“Aftermath—A Flood Resume”: switchboard operators continued until floodwater entered the plant and were evacuated by boat; also discusses restoration. The contemporary account does not name the operators.
Cited in How Hooper Got Things Done: Women’s Clubs, Lodges and Community Groups
“Special Flood Notice.” The Commercial Club offered to pay for lost-or-found livestock advertisements during flood recovery. Read from the supplied original-page scan.
Cited in Hooper’s Legion, VFW and a Century of Service
June 15, 1944, p. 2, columns 2–3. Names the Legion and Auxiliary among relief organizations and describes Auxiliary food service at the Legion rooms followed by a Red Cross canteen at the Pfeiffer garage.
Cited in Winslow, Nebraska: The Life of a Village Beside the Elkhorn
Flood coverage continued from p. 1, including the inundation of Winslow and damage in other area communities.
Cited in Inside Hooper’s Banks: Two Institutions and the People Behind the Counters
Open house and remodeling accounts; bank origins, 1944 flood damage, 1945 vault, architect, contractor and identified staff photograph.
Cited in Hooper’s Post Office: The People Who Carried the Mail
“Oliver Nelson Retires as Rural Mail Carrier.” Portrait and contemporary retirement tribute; thirty-six years of service ending October 31, 1956; regular-carrier appointment in 1922; 1944 flood assistance.
Cited in Coffee, Soup and Shelter: Hooper’s Flood Relief Effort
Printed p. 90. Hooper Legion members in 1958, including Roy E. Bott; a later group photograph, not flood relief in 1944. User-supplied book scan.
Cited in The Sunday Hooper Went to Higher Ground
Printed p. 5. Elevated view of Hooper in 1908, photographed by Johnson; historical town context, not the 1944 flood. User-supplied book scan.
Cited in After the Water: Mud, Mail Routes and a Library Reopened
Modern photograph supplied for the Hooper History Project; contextual listing image, not a 1944 flood photograph.
