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Sharp had ties to Loup City, Sherman County

Sharp had ties to Loup City, Sherman County
Sharp had ties to Loup City, Sherman County
EVELYN SHARP of Ord is pictured above. Sharp was noted as being the nation’s youngest aviatrix at the time. Courtesy Photo

SHERMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Pilot Evelyn Sharp made history in Sherman County as well as her home county of Valley County.

In 1938, at only eighteen years of age, Sharp was the first pilot to qualify for delivering air mail, according to a press release by the State Aeronautics Commission Secretary.

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