The Story of "Indian Jim"
 Indian Jim's name was Jim Brown, an Oneda Indian from New York. He raised himself from the slums of New York and acquired a degree in agriculture.
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Read more about Jim Brown at:
Goodland, Kansas
http://www.goodlandnet.com/history/brickstreets.htm
Baldwin City Kansas
http://baldwin-city.com/tour/touralt.html
"Champion
bricklayer, Oneida Indian Jim Garfield Brown completed laying bricks for High Street and around the Baker campus in 1926. It is said that he could lay bricks faster than eight men could bring them to him. He averaged four rows across High Street in two minutes and ten seconds."
Pampa, Texas
http://www.pan-tex.net/usr/p/pampa-hist/pa02021.htm
What other
Brick Street
Communities are doing.
News Article
Brick streets to be replaced
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by Chad Lawhorn, Lawrence World Journal -- September, 2007 (Kansas)
News Article
Brick streets might be cheaper in long run.
by David Horsley, Amarillo Globe-Times -- December, 2000
News Article
In the beginning it was Bricks
History of the Brick Streets in Winfield, Kansas
The Winfield Daily Courier News Article
In Defense of Brick Streets
by Cameron Smith,
Southeast Ohio Magazine -- Summer-Fall 1988 News Article
Street smarts -- Everybody wins with this model program that has a community raising street-smart young citizens.
By The Capital-Journal editorial board
Holton, Kansas
News Article
Seminole's brick streets to remain free of asphalt
Seminole News-Star
Seminole, Oklahoma
News Article
History of Dade City appears brick by brick
By Chase Squire,
St. Petersburg Times -- April 24, 2001
St. Petersburg, Florida
News Article
Largo's brick streets: It's a matter of cost vs. character
"Some Largo residents are scrambling to prevent the city from replacing brick streets with asphalt as part of a drainage project."
by Sharon Tubbs,
St. Petersburg Times, January 5, 1999
St. Petersburg, Florida
Community Asset
Omaha Old Market
Omaha, Nebraska
Festival
2001 Brick Street Days
Downtown Mount Carroll, Illinois
News Article
Court Street Restoration in the Works
by Alan J. Keays,
Portsmouth Herald
Staff Writer
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
News Article
To brick or not to brick?
By Trisha Capansky,
Globe-News, Thursday, February 8, 2001
Amarillo, Texas
Restoration
Methods
Suppliers
Gavin Historical Bricks Company
Suppliers of the highest quality antique brick products on the market.
Iowa City, Iowa
See also:
http://www.historicalbricks.com/index.htm
Suppliers
Antique
Brick Warehouse
Omaha,
Nebraska
http://www.antiquebrickwarehouse.com
Contractor
Brick Street Restorers
Paxton, Illinois
Publication
Preservation & Maintenance of Brick Streets
A short introduction to the techniques used in preserving brick streets in towns on the plains, by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Costs & Funding Sources
State Grants
Nebraska Department of Roads
Nebraska cultural resources Geographic Information System (GIS) layer computerized map layer of known archeological, historic, and cultural sites in
Nebraska.
News Article
Brick streets might be cheaper in long run.
by David Horsley, Amarillo Globe-Times -- December, 2000 News Article
Largo's brick streets: It's a matter of cost vs. character
"Although the initial bill is higher, the cost of brick streets may even out with asphalt over time."
by Sharon Tubbs,
St. Petersburg Times, January 5, 1999
St. Petersburg, Florida
City Policies & Plans
City Plan
Brick Street Restoration Project Plan [printable copy]
City Commission approval of the final ranking of consultants for the Brick Street Restoration Project, and authorization for staff to proceed with cost and scope negotiations
Largo, Florida
City Policy
Brick Street Policy
Public Works Department, Rock Island, Illinois
Other Links
Nebraska Department of Roads
P. O. Box 94759
Lincoln, NE 68509-4759
Phone: (402) 479-4881
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