The Palmers

My grandmother has been so excited to share stories about the Palmers. I have a few things that she wrote down that she said I could share on the blog, along with a really neat picture of my Great, Great Grandma and Grandpa Palmer.

There are a few stories that I have heard in the past, that I am going to have her write down for me.

I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

--Jody Crouse

This is a picture of Mary Mullally Palmer and Archibald Grant Palmer. It was taken around the year 1958. Mary and Archibald were married May 11, 1900. Archibald passed away in 1960 at the age of 90 years. Mary passed away in 1961 at the age of 83 years.

They had 8 children:

• Archie
• Mary
• Margherita,
• William (Bill or Tab),
• twin Stanley, (Stanley died at 4 yrs.)
• Patricia,
• Lyle (Beanie),
• Lorretta.

Some tidbits from Pat DeWester, granddaughter of Mary and Archibald Palmer...

Pa ordered the Sears/Roebuck house before Lorretta was born in 1923. It came by rail. Pa bought a lot in town south of school for the house. In the meantime, they lived in an old house on the farm. When the Palmer house moved to the farm, Pa sold the lot to the school for $100. It was the lot on the NE corner with the trees, along cemetary road.

Pa gave Pat O'Brien $100 for a lot on the highway and gave it to the church for the Catholic church, which Ma was set on having. (Another story.)

Now to the school teacher. Her name was Millie Fuller and she went with Archie. She was his only girl friend. They were going to marry but Ma insisted they live with them. Archie and Millie did not agree. Millie finally went back east. A love story with no end. They always kept in touch by phone or letter. When Arch died (1980), her picture was in his billfold.

--Jody Crouse and Pat DeWester

Haigler House Stories

The Pate House: I remember when it was built. Mr. Brown (I don't remember his first name) built it. He had a form and made his own cement bricks, built it and then stuccoed it. It was always very cold. It might have been Leonard and Maxon Brown's dad that built it but I am not sure.

I think Mr. Crabtree lived there for awhile. My dad bought it as a rental house in later years and had several different renters. He sold it to Sophia Zuege's sister Edna and she lived there until she went to the nursing home.

The motel was built by Voland Schmutte
and he and his wife Losia ran it
until they moved to North Platte.

The earliest person who lived in the house
you refered to as the place where Norm and Leone
lived, was Chris Samler, he moved into that house
when he moved to Haigler. He was Bill & Otto's Dad.

The house on Green Road
belongs to George and Carol Peterson,
they also own the Lodge in Haigler.

Wally McKay's body shop where

they repaired body damage
and painted cars.

Marie Pauline Sass.
She had been a missionary, wrote books and
ministered to people.
Had a little mission, pews etc in the basement.

John Kamla house later the Potthoff,
then Earl Krustsinger and
now Jerry & Linda Olsen house

Tucker House,
later Grandma Daniels and now Jerry Crum

Caroline Stute House,
now John Brunswing

-- Cal Freehling

The Emmons Adams House

The Emmons Adams house was new when mom and dad moved in. I have been told that Lester was a baby. It was a six room house. The two porches were closed in later. The laundry room was in the back porch and the front porch was where dad liked to lounge.

The pictures of the five room bungalow (in Alice and Floy's post) looks very much the same, except the front porch was centered on ours and there was no basement. Makes me wonder if it was a mail order house??? Guess I will never know, but it sure has some similarities.

-- Dallas Adams

Palmer House (Sears-Robuck house)

Thought that I'd send this photo taken several years ago of the Palmer House. This house is still standing southwest of Haigler in Kansas.

-Jody Crouse

Picture provided by Pat DeWester - Granddaughter of Archabald and Mary Palmer

Palmer House Painting

This painting of The Palmer House, by Mary Stute, hangs on the wall at The Golden Inn in Haigler, Nebraska.

Thanks to Ray and Floy Ruggles for sending it.

(Later, it was noted that this is the Buffington - Sackett house)

Haigler Houses