Herrman’s Historical Happenings week of February 26
1881 Bates Co is second in the state in corn production with a total of 5,441,503 bushels, which came from 130,000 acres in the county.
1882 Coal Inspector Wolfe says the entire county seems to be underlaid with at least a 3 foot vein of coal.
1914 Virtually all activity has ceased in Bates Co because of the blizzard. Train service just today was beginning to go through.
1920 Manager Fisk on the southwest corner of the Butler square, has covered his opera house with hundreds of large electric lights.
1926 The city of Butler's new 260 HP engine at the light plant is installed and given a trial run tonight. It works.
1943 The Border Banner newspaper in Amsterdam prints a letter from Gordon Renfrow stating the need for the Amsterdam school to be replaced.
1945 Mrs. R.L. Northup speaks to a gathering in Rich Hill, stating the need for a library and community center that would be the only one of its kind up and down 71 highway.
2000 Butler, which for many years has had higher gasoline prices than neighboring towns, currently is a bit cheaper, running $1.37 to $1.39.
