A name you remember. A building you pass. A story you want to know. Explore our growing collection of Hooper history.
61 published stories · 20 tour stops · 748 source references · Growing with every discovery
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On 12 May 1894, electric lights came on in Hooper for the first time. The machinery that powered them was not in a municipal plant or a utility company’s substation. It was in the back of Fred J. Herre’s barber shop.
Hooper had churches, a school, waterworks, electric lights and even a curfew bell. What more could an improvement society possibly do?
