Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences
Mrs. Laura B. Pound Second and Sixth State Regent, Nebraska Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. 1896-1897, 1901-1902
ISSUED BY THE
NINETEEN SIXTEEN THE TORCH PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA
This Book of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences is issued by the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nebraska, and dedicated to the daring, courageous, and intrepid men and women—the advance guard of our progress—who, carrying the torch of civilization, had a vision of the possibilities which now have become realities.
To those who answered the call of the unknown we owe the duty of preserving the record of their adventures upon the vast prairies of Nebraska the Mother of States.
In her horizons, limitless and vast Her plains that storm the senses like the sea.
Reminiscence, recollection, personal experience—simple, true stories—this is the foundation of History.
Rapidly the pioneer story-tellers are passing beyond recall, and the real story of the beginning of our great commonwealth must be told now.
The memories of those pioneers, of their deeds of self-sacrifice and devotion, of their ideals which are our inheritance, will inculcate patriotism in the children of the future; for they should realize the courage that subdued the wilderness. And lest we forget, the heritage of this past is a sacred trust to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Nebraska.
The invaluable assistance of the Nebraska State Historical Society, and the members of this Book Committee, Mrs. C. S. Paine and Mrs. D. S. Dalby, is most gratefully acknowledged.
Lula Correll Perry (Mrs. Warren Perry)
Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
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FORETHOUGHT
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
SOME FIRST THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY
EARLY EXPERIENCES IN ADAMS COUNTY
FRONTIER TOWNS
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOX BUTTE COUNTY
A BROKEN AXLE
A PIONEER NEBRASKA TEACHER
EXPERIENCES OF A PIONEER WOMAN
RECOLLECTIONS OF WEEPING WATER, NEBRASKA
INCIDENTS AT PLATTSMOUTH
FIRST THINGS IN CLAY COUNTY
REMINISCENCES OF CUSTER COUNTY
AN EXPERIENCE
LEGEND OF CROW BUTTE
LIFE ON THE FRONTIER
PLUM CREEK (LEXINGTON), NEBRASKA
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF DAWSON COUNTY
EARLY DAYS IN DAWSON COUNTY
PIONEER JUSTICE
A GOOD INDIAN
FROM MISSOURI TO DAWSON COUNTY IN 1872
THE ERICKSON FAMILY
THE BEGINNINGS OF FREMONT
A GRASSHOPPER STORY
EARLY DAYS IN FREMONT
PIONEER WOMEN OF OMAHA
A PIONEER FAMILY
THE BADGER FAMILY
FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN FILLMORE COUNTY
PIONEERING IN FILLMORE COUNTY
FILLMORE COUNTY IN THE SEVENTIES
EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA
REMINISCENCES OF GAGE COUNTY
RANCHING IN GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTY
BIOGRAPHY OF FORD LEWIS
A BUFFALO HUNT
A GRASSHOPPER RAID
EARLY DAYS IN PAWNEE COUNTY
EARLY EVENTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
EARLY DAYS OF FAIRBURY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY
THE EARLIEST ROMANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEBRASKA
EXPERIENCES ON THE FRONTIER
LOOKING BACKWARD
THE EASTER STORM OF 1873
BEGINNINGS OF FAIRBURY
EARLY EXPERIENCES IN NEBRASKA
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
HOW THE SONS OF GEORGE WINSLOW FOUND THEIR FATHER'S GRAVE
EARLY DAYS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT LINCOLN
AN INCIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN
LINCOLN IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES
A PIONEER BABY SHOW
MARKING THE SITE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNCIL AT FORT CALHOUN
EARLY HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY
GRAY EAGLE, PAWNEE CHIEF
LOVERS' LEAP
EARLY INDIAN HISTORY
THE BLIZZARD OF 1888
AN ACROSTIC
EARLY DAYS IN NANCE COUNTY
THE PAWNEE CHIEF'S FAREWELL
MY TRIP WEST IN 1861
STIRRING EVENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE
MY LAST BUFFALO HUNT
HOW THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY CREATED THE MOST FAMOUS WESTERN ESTATE
EARLY REMINISCENCES OF NEBRASKA CITY
SOME PERSONAL INCIDENTS
MAJOR NORTH'S BUFFALO HUNT
PIONEER LIFE
EARLY DAYS IN POLK COUNTY
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
TWO SEWARD COUNTY CELEBRATIONS
SEWARD COUNTY REMINISCENCES
Compiled by Margaret Holmes Chapter D. A. R.
PIONEERING
EARLY DAYS IN STANTON COUNTY
FRED E. ROPER, PIONEER
THE LURE OF THE PRAIRIES
SUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKA
AN INDIAN RAID
REMINISCENCES
REMINISCENCES OF FORT CALHOUN
REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE AT FORT CALHOUN
REMINISCENCES OF DE SOTO IN 1855
REMINISCENCES
FORT CALHOUN IN THE LATER FIFTIES
SOME ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY
COUNTY SEAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
THE STORY OF THE TOWN OF FONTENELLE
THOMAS WILKINSON AND FAMILY
NIKUMI
THE HEROINE OF THE JULES-SLADE TRAGEDY
THE LAST ROMANTIC BUFFALO HUNT ON THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA
OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
FINIS
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