Pinkie's Corner

Pinkie's Corner
Pinkie's Corner is located in Nebraska
Pinkie's Corner
Pinkie's Corner is located in the United States
Pinkie's Corner
LocationSouthwestern corner of the junction of U.S. Route 6 and 323rd Ave.,[1]Imperial, Nebraska
Coordinates40°32′14″N 101°49′08″W / 40.537222°N 101.818889°W / 40.537222; -101.818889
NRHP reference No.11000885
Added to NRHPDecember 7, 2011

Pinkie's Corner in Chase County, Nebraska was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It is an example of an early rural auto roadside business.

Wind charger

It was the 1920s–30s business site of handyman and inventor C. Roy Elvis "Pinkie" Hedges.[2][3][4]

Pinkie became known as a "Supreme Do-It-Yourselfer", including in generating and using electricity before rural electrification became general. The site is a monument to resourcefulness during the hard times of the Great Depression.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hedges, Waydeen, and Jessie Nunn. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pinkie's Corner. National Park Service, 2011-08-29, 3.
  2. ^ "Nebraska National Register Sites in Chase County". Nebraska State Historical Society. June 27, 2008. Archived from the original on April 10, 2000. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Susan Doak (April 3, 2015). "Historic places in SW Nebraska". McCook's Gazette.
  4. ^ a b "Nebraska National Register Sites in Chase County". Archived from the original on April 10, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2016.


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