1855
-- Carter brothers settled in the valley that would one day be
come the city of Blair
1864 --
Trains first crossed the Missouri River by ferry and travel west through
"Carter Valley" at present day Blair.
1869
-- John I. Blair sale of city plots
1870's --
Trains were ferried across river during summer and across a "Winter
Bridge" when the river was froze.
1881 --
Contract for the first Railroad Bridge
1881 --
Major flood on the Missouri River
(April)
See
photos from Omaha
1883
--
Whipple Truss (Flat top) Railroad Bridge completed (October)
1924 --
Whipple truss Bridge (Flat top) replaced with a Parker Truss Bridge
(Round Top)
1929 & 1967
Whipple Truss Bridge
sections relocated to Wyoming
1929 --
Abraham Lincoln
Memorial (Auto) Bridge (Highway
30)
Dedicated July 26, 1929
1950
-- Last passenger train through Blair, effectively ending all regular
passenger service (June 3, 1950)
1962 --
Auto Bridge
became Toll Free Bridge
1991 -- New Missouri River Automobile Bridge
