STORY #22: Imagine Living Here in 1927
Some of the most memorable praise for Country Club came from those who knew the land best.
For more than 20 years, Harry A. Tukey had walked the old golf course fairways. Watching the transformation unfold, he wrote:
“Never did I walk down number one without looking south over Dundee and realizing what a magnificent location it would be for a home.”
Retail executive William F. Baxter agreed — noting that Mrs. Baxter had already purchased two lots in the addition.
But perhaps the most memorable comment came from Scottish Rite Secretary John F. Poucher, who joked:
“I can think of only one drawback… it would spoil a summer vacation, because you would be yearning all the time to get back home.”
Nearly a century later, those early admirers might be surprised to know how right they were.
Source: Omaha World-Herald Sept. 11, 1927 pg 48-49
Photo Caption: 1929 photo of Country Club Avenue from The Durham Museum Archives (HOFP-1441).
