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BUSINESS GOES WHERE IT IS INVITED 43 ± <br />Grand Island has 10 municipally maintained GRAND ISLAND <br />parks covering 30 acres. By <br />i Retailing, transportation, distributing, a n d WILLIAM E. DAUER, Manager <br />manufacturing hub of Central Nebraska. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC 1 <br />A nierica's first Sugar Beet Factory is located <br />here. <br />Nebraska's Third City, first in popularity with <br />tourists. <br />Dial 750 for KMMJ, 1430 for KRGI. <br />I n the heart of the United States. <br />Selected last year as host city for over 150 <br />conventions. <br />L argest city on Lincoln Highway between Ce- <br />dar Rapids, Iowa and Cheyenne, Wyoming. <br />Agriculture modernized through irrigation. <br />Nationally known for its annual Harvest of <br />Harmony. <br />Darned near 100 years old _ _ _ Anniversary <br />July 4,, 1957. <br />A CAREFULLY PLANNED CITY <br />The history of Grand Island begins in the year 1857. On <br />May 28 of that year a party of thirty Germans comprising 23 <br />men, six women, and a child of four left eastern Iowa in five <br />wagons drawn by oxen. On June 27 the little caravan crossed <br />the Loup River 100 miles west of the Missouri and penetrated <br />the unsurveyed territory of central and western Nebraska. One <br />week later, on July 4, the party reached its destination, and <br />the city of Grand Island was born. The name was chosen be- <br />cause of the location of the settlement near an island twenty <br />miles long and half a mile wide formed by the divergence of <br />the Platte River into two channels. The establishment of Grand <br />Island had been carefully planned. An Eastern banking firm <br />knowing that the railroad to the Pacific Coast would follow the <br />Platte River, envisioned the day when it would be desirable <br />to move the national capital to a central location <br />NEBRASKA'S THIRD CITY <br />ENJOY SPORTS and RECREATION <br />Visit Nebraska's Third City, the bright spot in the white <br />spot of the nation, and you too will say, "Grand Island is <br />a grand place to live." One hundred thirty acres of munici- <br />pally maintained parks offer picnic facilities. In addition, <br />the 32 -acre Stolley State Park is on the southern edge of the <br />city. <br />Grand Island's recreational facilities include a football <br />stadium and a basketball gymnasium, which will accomodate <br />thousands at their respective sports. Gilf, swimming, tennis, <br />hunting, fishing, and ice skating are provided seasonally. <br />Fine theaters, a ballroom, and other forms of amusement are <br />available. Pier Park <br />Municipal Swimming Pool <br />MADE THIS BOOK POSSIBLE . <br />