Harry Strunk vs. Sen. Norris
Monday, March 4, 2019
During his lifetime Harry Strunk exerted great influence on McCook and our area, the effects of which are felt to the present day. He was also one of the most colorful figures of his day. After a disagreement with the local schoolmaster in his native Pawnee City, NE Harry dropped out of school. At age 14, with only an 8th-grade education, he landed a job as “printer’s devil” on a local paper. Over the next five years, he worked on a number of weekly papers and eventually landed in McCook, working for Frank Kimmel at the McCook Tribune. But he was ambitious and soon launched out on his own, publishing The Red Willow County Gazette, in 1911, at the age of 19.