Over on the City of Pawnee Web site, a timelined history has been published.
Here are a few selections:
1818: Mayor Sharpspeed resigns due to corruption/sex scandal.
1922: June 8: In what became the most famous of Pawnee’s fires, the Pawnee Bread Factory burns to the ground. Thanks to the heroic actions of then-mayor Walter Percy, the secret recipe for Pawnee Pumpernickel is saved, and that delicious treat is still made today! (Also, 33 people perish in the fire. We honor their memories.)
1990: Pawnee makes national Top 100 Cities lists, selected as “#76 Best Place To Own A Horse,” and “#4 Most Obese City.”
1998: Local actress Vivica B. Fox, star of a Wendy’s commercial, returns triumphantly to Pawnee to take the lead in Pawnee’s Summerstage production of “Our Town,” which plays to mixed reviews.
Link: History of Pawnee
