Oshkosh in Garden County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
The Corner Store
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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 13, 2023
1. The Corner Store Marker
This property has seen numerous owners throughout the years:
1903 August Sudman built a new store building on the west side of Main Street. It was known as the “A. Sudman Mercantile” but was soon called “The Corner Store”.
1910 George C. Duvall and Co. bought the “Corner Store”.
1914 George C. Duvall and Co. sold to Fanny and Velma Fish (a month later they sold to Floyd Jones and Clyde Empson).
1915 Mr. Empson sold his interest to Mr. Jones who was going into the banking business.
1917 Mr. Jones sold to Walter W. Bower, who was retired and bought and sold properties. He leased the building to three men: H. W. (Bertie) Potter, Will Gumaer and Jack Mankind. They enlarged the store by building an addition on the south for bigger dry goods stock and ready-to-wear clothes. They renamed the store the Oshkosh Mercantile Co. and sold in the 1920's.
1927 Mr. Bower signed the ownership over to his wife, Sylvia, and she owned it until 1944.
1944 Sylvia Bower sold the building to H. G. Davidson who owned the building until his death in 1958. At that time, the Nebraska Society for Crippled Children bought Lot 1.
1965 The Society
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1978 Glen McCormac bought the building and then sold it to Robert Elliott. By this time the building was in severe disrepair which prompted Mr. Elliott to tear it down and construct the present building. It became the Pow Wow Café. He ran it for five years and decided to retire. The building was sold to Dennis Miller, Sr. who turned the building into a dentist office for Tim Jensen, DDS, a law office for Rick Jensen, Attorney-at-Law and Realty office for King Rhiley, Jr.
During its long lifetime, the “Corner Store” housed many businesses. It started out being a hardware store and as the need arose there was a clothing store, grocery store, bakery in the south part of the building, Mr. Kayton had an electrical shop and many other businesses too numerous to mention.
Erected 2014 by Old Town Project and 2010 Garden County Centennial Planning Committee.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.
Location. 41° 24.344′ N,
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 13, 2023
2. The Corner Store Marker
The marker is on the left side of the front entrance.
Regionally, this marker is in the Nebraska Panhandle. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Great Plains, and specifically on the High Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Masonic Lodge (within shouting distance of this marker); Chase Hardware (within shouting distance of this marker); Consumers Public Power Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Original Campbell Drug (within shouting distance of this marker); Morris Hotel
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 13, 2023
3. The Corner Store (east/front elevation)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 8 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 29, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
