Washington County, NE
New 20
Page Illustrated
Booklet
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Early days in Washington
County, Nebraska, are recalled through colorful tales, factual
data and individual biographies in this 20-page 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:
Blair
(county seat), Cuming City, Fontenelle, Hiland, Admah, De Soto,
Arlington, Fort Calhoun, Herman, and Kennard.
Among the many subjects
included are: Physical character
of the county, such as the prairies and creeks; Indians and the
Pawnee War; Fort Atkinson and Fort Calhoun; County Organization;
Crime; Civil War days; Statistics; the Northern Nebraska Air-Line
Railroad Company; John L. Blair; Early residents; City officials;
Churches; Newspapers; Businesses; Societies; the various communities,
and other items of interest.
The booklet contains
biographies of many residents of Washington County in 1882. While
primarily of interest to descendants, these often contain clues
to the area and the times. Some are lengthy, a few consist of only
one or two lines. Where pictures are included (pix) follows the
name. Biographical sketches include:
Blair --
M. Ballard, John Connell, H. Castetter, L.S. Cook, E. Cook, C.C.
Crowell, G.P. DeTemple, J.H. Dick, H. Grimm, Jesse T. Davis (pix),E.B.
Hamilton, Frank Harrihan, E. Heinzerling, L.F. Hilton, J.H. Hungate,
K.S. Johnson, William Krull, Thomas P. Lippincott & Co., J.W.
Hayle, Matthiesen Bros., Chauncey McCoy, M.M. McKenney, H.W. McBride,
J. Miller, Solomon Myers, E.H. Monroe (pix of business), W.W. Noyes,
S.E. Omo, L.W. Olborn, F.R. Patterson, Alonzo Perkins, E.C. Pierce,
Alex. Reed, W.S. Richards, Dr. A.J. Ryan, T.B. Seeley, E.L. Sharpneck,
Henry Siert, G.C. Smith, John George Smith, Judge J.W. Tucker, F.S.
Tucker, Edwin K. Turner, L.H. Turner, J.E. West, W.M. Wilkins, and
M.V. Wilson; Arlington -- W.J. Crane,
H.D. Dodendorf, Dr. S.J. Hadley, John Hammang, A.S. Morley, John
Matles, C.Morley, R.E. Roberts, Shephard & Badger, O.N. Unthank,
R.A. Whitford; Cuming City -- Nathan
Bailey, Jacob Carter, L.R. Fletcher, N.N. Gould, J.C. Lippincott,
Giles Mead, Samuel Warrick, and A.S. Warwick Fontenelle
-- John Cuppy, W.R. Hamilton, Joseph Hammany, A.D. Lewis, Herman
Scheer, Henry Sprick, Weber & Lewis; Fort
Calhoun -- W.B. Beales, Allen Craig, J.B. Kuony, Peter Klindt,
H.J. Rohwer, M.H.B. Rosenbalm, Charles Steffen P.N. Stilts, and
C.H. Wulff; Herman -- Thomas B. Bailey,
Turner Bailey, Chas Cross Jr., Dr. S.L. Dart, S. Osburn, W.W. Dorrell,
James Fitch, J.H. Gove, T.C. Hungate, Charles Sellect, Leslie Watson;
DeSota -- Edmund Humphries and John
Spencer; Precinct addresses -- L.D.
Cameron, S.W. Cushman, E.S. Gaylord, Herman H. Hovendick, S.E. Hurd,
Hans A. Lamp, Frank Moore, James Parker, John Thompson, Louis Thorne,
and and Thomas Wilson.
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. This includes stops at Herman, Blair,
De SotoBlair, and Arlington.
Wouldn't this
make a unique gift?
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