LINCOLN COUNTY PEOPLE
Saline Valley Band #1
This photo of the Saline Valley Bank was taken in front of Ernst Ferdinand Erhardt's home built in 1880. The photo is undated, probably circa 1890.
Back row: Herman Achterberg, Jim Finch, Ernest Lohmann, Ernest Obermueller, William Bohling, Fred Mittendorf, Mr. Finch.
Second row: Ernest Lebien, John Bosch, Frank Erhardt, Frank Lebien, Charles Lohmann, Earney Hamond.
Seated: Henry Obermueller and Jim Broker.
For more information about the Saline Valley Band, click here.
Photo courtesy of Victor Suelter and Clarence Suelter.
Saline Valley Band #2
This photo of the Saline Valley Band was taken July 18, 1920.
Photo courtesy of Clarence Suelter, Victor Suelter and Esther Kroening Suelter.
Sheriff Art Rose
Art Rose, a sheriff in Lincoln from 1922-1926, is shown with what looks like the product of a raid on an illegal still or liquor making of some kind. Rose is in the middle, his son Alec Rose is on the right. The man on the left is unidentified.
Photo courtesy of Beverlee Tague, granddaughter of Art Rose
J.J. Peate
J.J. Peate was an early Lincoln County settler and a former scout and played an integral part in the Battle of the Arickaree. More on Mr. Peate's life can be found here. Photo courtesy of the Lincoln County Historical Society
Sarah Allen
Sarah E. (Randall) Allen and her husband, Harlan G. Allen, were the owners of the Windsor Hotel, which played a role in Lincoln's social scene for many years. Mr. Allen died in 1899 and Mrs. Allen continued to run the hotel for many years. She passed away in 1924 and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery.
Photo from the collection of Haddie Brockett King.
