Download or read book Kearney's Historic Homes written by Brian Whetstone, Jessie Harris, and the Buffalo County Historical Society and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Kearney was founded in 1871 under the name Kearney Junction. In 1873, after much debate, the small railroad stop was named Kearney. Over the years, the town continued to grow; it really began to boom in 1886, when the Frank family completed construction on an electric power plant, ushering in an unprecedented era of construction and business in the small town.