Dorchester Times: Rifles, Pistols, Boats, Scooters, More At Legion's July 4 Auction

Monday, June 22, 2015

Rifles, Pistols, Boats, Scooters, More At Legion's July 4 Auction

In an effort to keep the Dorchester American Legion, Post 264 functioning and located at its current location on main street, Legion members have decided to hold the first annual Dorchester American Legion Outdoor Sportsman Consignment Auction.

The auction will be held 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, at the Dorchester Volunteer Fire Department, according to information sent to the Times.

Novak Auction Service is donating their services for this worthwhile cause.

We're told there's still time to get your consignment items on this sale -- so you can make some money by selling your unwanted rifles or outdoor gear, all while ensuring a small percentage goes to the Dorchester Legion.

Donate your item(s) by contacting Novak Auction Service at (402) 641-7213 to give them the information directly. Or check the sale bill for other contacts.

See the official sale bill for the auction by clicking here.

Anyone interested in selling his/her guns, rifles, hunting gear, tents, ammo, archery, fishing equipment, ATVs, campers, boats or other outdoor sporting goods will be able to sell their items at this auction, which will be part of Dorchester's Independence Day celebration, we are told.

Here's a listing of items that will be up for auction, as listed this past week:

RIFLES

1859 Sharps Calvary Carbine - 52 cal. S/N# 65821

1864 Springfield Musket - 58 cal. w/ Bayonet

Thompson Sub Machine Gun - 45 cal., 50 round drum, 30 round stick, hard case

Weatherby Vanguard 30-06, Hard Case (Never Shot, Bought New), S/N#VS13039

Savage M93-17cal.,HMR, w/ Simmons Scope Camouflage, S/N#1087065

Winchester Model 70, 270cal w/ Weaver 4x Scope S/N#G1615735

Traditions Tracker, 50 cal., In-line muzzleloader rifle

LLAMA, 22cal. S/N#722718

Pioneer Model 23, 22cal.

1982 IMC2, C-6007, 22cal.

Turkish Mauser, 8MM S/N#1964

Turkish Mauser, 8MM S/N#8958

Argentine, 7.62x54cal.S/n#P8852

British 308 S/N#W148672

Chinese Air Rifle

2-Bricks of 22cal. Long Rifle Shells

2000 TulAmmo large rifle magnum primers (20 boxes/100)

1000 Cheddite shotgun primers (10 boxes/100)

1000 Claybuster shotgun wads 1 1/8oz - 12ga

1000 Claybuster shotgun wads Optimum load - 12ga

Small box of misc. 50 cal muzzleloader bullets

Pistol Grip for shotgun

Misc. Rifle Scopes

PISTOLS (PERMITS REQUIRED TO PURCHASE)

Eastern Arms Co., 32cal. S/N#58550

CAJ, 7.62cal. w/ Holster S/N#01866

Heritage Rough Rider, 22cal. (New inbox) S/N#G52SI3

MISCELLANEOUS SPORTING EQUIPMENT

1994 Sea-Doo Jet Ski w/ Trailer

1978 Phantom Boat, Fiberglass, 17ft, 140hp Mercury Outboard w/ Trailer

1964 Lone Star Boat, 35hp Evinrude Outboard w/ Trailer

10-Fishing Rods & Reels

24-Flamboy Duck Decoys w/ Weights

ADDITIONS TO THE SALE BILL

Scooter

Primo Field Muzzle Loader, S/N# 1848HB

Sun Room, 16'X8'

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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."