Buffalo County, NE
New 42
Page Booklet
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Early days in Buffalo
County, Nebraska, are recalled through colorful tales, factual
data and individual biographies 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
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: Kearney
(county seat), Buda (Kearney Station), Gibbon, Shelton and Elm Creek.
Among the many subjects
included are: Physical features
of the county; Primitive Occupants; Early Settlements and settlers;
Organization of the county and early elections; "Firsts"
such as the first marriage; Squabbles over location of the county
seat; Investigation of Treasurer, James Van Sickle; the Agricultural
Society; Progress of the county; Wind Storms and Grasshopper ravages;
Schools; Public Buildings; Railroads; County Seat Troubles; Newspapers;
Wild west tales of gunfights between cowboys and farmers; the Murder
of Milton M. Collins; Failure of the Kearney Bank in 1879; Churches;
Lodges and Societies; 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:
Kearney --
A.E. Aitken, David Anderson,
H.C. Andrews, Rev. Thomas H. Ayars, Winfield S. Ball, John Barnd,
Reuben E. Barney, C.F. RBodinson, A.H. Boltin, Edward A. Brawley,
W.I. Brown, Charles J. Burke, E.C. Calkins, Chlaus Christenson,
C.R. Clapp, A.B. Clarke, Dr. George W. Collins, F.N. Colwell, Casper
P. Cornelius, George T. Crissman, G. Henry Cutting, Edward M. Cunningham,
R.I. Downing, R.H. Eaton, George E. Ford, Alphonso Gates (with picture
of home), Frank L. Gibbs, James E. Gillespie, W.H. Glenn, W.H. Goodrich,
L.D. Grant, Charles E. Hanson, J.D. Hawthorne, Richard Hibberd,
Francis G. Hamer (with picture), J.M. Hopwood, J.H. Irvin, Louis
S. Irvin, Dr. C.A. Jackson, James Jenkins, Francis G. Keens (with
picture of home), Gabriel Kramer (with picture of home), John Mahon,
John T. Mallaliew, W.W. Mann, T.M. Messick, Elisha Miles, Charles
H. Miller, Luman H. More, Simon Murphy, Dr. E.W. Northup, William
B. Ogden, Emory Peck, Sehon W. Powers, Thomas C. Roberts, Daniel
W. Roe (with portrait and picture of property), Fred Rosso, Samuel
L. Savidge (with picture of home), Joseph Scott, John D. Seaman,
Rev. W.B. Slaughter, David W. Smalley, George E. Smith (with picture),
Sylvester S. St.John, Charles Robert Stimpson, H.L. Strong, Hobart
E. Swan, Andrew Swenson, F.J.
Switz, I.B. Wambaugh, Rollin C. Ward, E.R. Watson, G.W. Whiteaker,
A.L Webb (with picture), Henry A. Wilhelmy and H. Fred Wiley (with
picture of home); Gibbon -- S.C. Ayer,
William T. Beatty, Benjamin F. Craig, J.H. Davis, David M. Fulmer,
Amos D. George, Dr. D.H. Hite, William H. Kelley, James E. Kelsey
and Dr. Josiah Slick; Shelton -- Theron
F. Allen, Henry S. Colby, Jason R. George, M. A. Hostetler, E.O.
Hostetler, Harrison A. Lee, Henry Clay McNew, George Misner, F.
H. More, George Mortimer, Edward Oliver, George Smith, John Smith,
A.A. Leachey of the Shelton Bank, B.P. Thompson and Charles H. Wood.
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.
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