A sepia colored postcard (14.5 x 9 cm) with a view of Spruce Street, Valley, Nebraska. The view looks up one side of the street where horses and buggies are hitched. There are electrical poles at the sidewalk edge and signs for a drug store & confectionery. The image is bordered by white and in the lower left the caption reads "Spruce Street - Valley, Neb." The lower right of the card indicates "Mons Johnson, Publisher
This is a scene in Valley, Nebraska, whose post office was established January 29, 1869. In 1867, John Sanders named this town Platte Sanders after himself. Later the name was changed to Platte Valley. When incorporated, Platte was accidentally omitted, and the town became Valley, although it is still located in Platte Valley precinct. Railway officials called this place Valley Station and the first station on the Union Pacific Railroad in the Platte Valley; later the name was shortened to Valley. Source: Perkey, Elton A. Perkey's Nebraska Place Names. Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society. Page 70-71.
