Excerpt from reference materials at the Oshkosh Library, Oshkosh, Nebraska
Author: Unknown Date of Writing: March, 1920
Nineteen hundred and nine was an eventful year in the history of Lisco. The railroad reached there in the fall of 1908. So Reuben Lisco laid out the village of Lisco and opened up a store and post office in January 1909, in a small frame building near the Lisco ranch house on the north side of the river. The store, which was practically in a cornfield, was called the Lisco Mercantile Company; W. F. Gumaer was manager. A lumberyard was connected with it. U. F. Gumaer's family was the first one on the present site of Lisco. His daughter Viola was the first child born in Lisco.
To get the post office started, the mail was carried from Oshkosh twice a week for six months, either by team or train, the Lisco post office paying for the transportation.
The telephone line was continued up to Lisco in 1909, branches to other points and the farmers line coming on soon after.
Just at this time the dreams of the old settlers came true and a bridge was built across the river in the spring of 1912. It being only one-half mile from the county line between Garden and Morrill counties, Morrill County helped pay for its construction.
