Adams County, NE
New 50
Page Booklet
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Early days in Adams
County, Nebraska, including the City of Hastings, are recalled
in this spiral bound booklet excerpted from the rare 1882 book:
History of the State of Nebraska, originally published by
the Western Historical Co. of Chicago, and Nebraska, a Guide
to the Cornhusker State, a 1939 project of the Federal Writers
of the Works Progress Administration. The 50-page booklet is printed
on 60# paper. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the full-color
front cover.
Some
of the places mentioned in the booklet include: Hastings
(county seat), Inland, Juniata, Ayr, Kenesaw, Millington, Ludlow,
Hazel Dell, Mayflower, Kingston, Morseville and Rosedale.
Among the many subjects
included are: physical features
of the county, such as the Little Blue River; early settlers, such
as Mortimer Kress, known as Wild Bill, and Jerome Fouts, better
known as California Joe; Indian troubles; Organization of the county
with the names of early officials; two instances of homicide; First
death in the county and other firsts; Railroads; Manufacturers,
newspapers, and Banks; Spirited competition over the location of
the county seat; County poor farm; Grasshoppers; Agricultural society
and other societies, often with names of officers; Farmers Alliance;
Public Schools and Churches; Fire Department and Telephone Exchange;
and other items of interest.
The booklet contains
biographies of many prominent residents. While primarily of interest
to descendants, these often contain clues to the area and the times.
Biographical sketches are given for:
Hastings --
John M. Abbott, Samuel Alexander, John J. Anstrom, R.D. Babcock,
John F. Ballinger, Silas M. Bates, Robert A. Batty, Fred. J. Benedict,
A.W. Binderup, M. Birney, Fred H. Blake, Harry Brooks Borley, Burdick
Hutton, Ambrose S. Campbell, Charles Cameron, Samuel Chancy, Benjamin
Clark, Delavan S. Cole, George Crane, George W. Dade, Jesse H. Darnell,
Lafayette Dominy, Jacob Fisher, Joseph N. Fountain, T.M. Foulks,
Peter Fowlie, M.W. Freeman, Frank M. Frink, J.E. Gant, Rev. John
W. Greenwood, L.J. Halsted, J.W. Harris, Levi P. Hawley, James B.
Heartwell, Rev. S.H. Henderson, David H. Holmes, Hiram E. Houghtaling,
F.P. Hoyt, O.C. Hubbell, William Hudson, Jacob Huf, George T. Hutchinson,
John G. Iddiols, A.B. Ideson, John C. Ideson, John Jackson, Svend
Johnson, Bartholomew Kernan, James Laird, Herman Lepin, Miles K.
Lewis, Davis Lowman, W.H. Lynn, James W. Marquis,
Robert McClellan, William
R. McCully, David M. McElhinney, Miss Lucy A. McFadden, M.M. McGrew,
Rev. John H. Mize, John G. Moore, R.R. Morledge, Edwin N. Noyes,
Isaac M. Norton, Oswald Oliver, F.L. Pade, L.B. Palmer, C.H. Paul,
Frank Phillips, Gustavus D. Pierce, John Plank, George H. Pratt,
Richard Rainforth, John J. Haymaker, C.B. Riggs, Charles C. Rittenhouse,
L.A. Royce, James K. Sample, Joseph Scales, Joseph R. Sims, James
Simeon, Henry W. Skinner, Benjamin F. Smith, Dr. Adams H. Sowers,
C.B. Sperry, Rev. Jeremiah D. Stewart, N.V. Stine, Horace C. Thatcher,
Jacob Thomas, L.H. Tower, Robert B. Tussey, J.H. Van DeMark, Myron
Vanfleet, Andrew Veith, N. B. Vineyard, James Walling, S.J. Weigel,
Martin F. Wallace, Jacob Wooster, John J. Wemple, George F. Wilkin,
Alfred Woolman, and Abraham Yeazel; Juniata
-- Winfield Ackley, John E. Adams, E.M. Allen, Peter Anderson,
Robert Ash, Anson S. Austin, A.H. Brown, Judson Burwell, Spencer
W. Clark, Albert V. Cole, William B. Cushing, Ira G. Dillon, David
H. Freeman, M.K. Hutchinson, William L. Kilburn, Columbus A. Lane,
J.W. Liveringhouse, Wilson D. Murray, James Newell, Lorenzo F. Picard,
Samuel J. Shirley, Gurdon G. Sill, Jacob Swift, Le Grand B. Thorne,
Frank E. Wilson, George Walker, and George Watkins; Ayr -- Samuel
A. Bookwalter, James E. Bovard, Eli M. Burton, A. True Dyer, Gordon
H. Edgerton, Thomas Edgington, Melville B. Foote, Albert N. Hall,
Christian Koehler, W.W. Phar, James Ritcheson, Oliver C. Rogers,
James S. Way, M. Weinberg, and A.L. West; Kenesaw
-- H.D. Einsparr and John G. Hayzlett; Hansen
-- W. L. Baker, John G. Honeywell, James McGregor and Jacob
Smith
The final part of
the booklet contains a brief excerpt from Nebraska, a Guide to
the Cornhusker State, compiled and written by the Federal Writer's
Project of the WPA in 1939. It includes a special section on Hastings,
including a map and 8 points of interest.
Wouldn't this
make a unique gift?
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