Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences

by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska

INDEX

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[D]

[E]

[F]

[G]

[H]

[I]

[J]

[K]

[L]

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[N]

[O]

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[Q]

[R]

[S]

[T]

[U]

[V]

[W]

[Y]

• Abel, Anton, [60]
• Adams, Anna Tribell, [189]
• Adams, Clarendon E., Stirring Events along the Little Blue, [214]
• Adams County Gazette, [17]
• Adams county, historical sketch of, [11], [18]
• Adriance, Rev. Jacob, [291]
• Akers, William H., [14]
• Ak-Sar-Ben, Knights of, [189]
• Alexander, Colonel, [219], [222], [229]
• Alexander, S. J., [144], [270]
• Alexander's ranch, [279]
• Alexandria, Nebraska, [139], [270]
• Alexis of Russia, Grand Duke, [327]
• Allee, Mildred L. (Mrs. Abraham), [189], [334], [335]
• Allen, Edna M. Boyle, A Grasshopper Raid, [133]
• Allen, Edwin M., [16]
• Allen, Mrs. Emily Bottorff, Reminiscences of Washington County, [286]
• Allen, Mr. and Mrs. John, [284]
• Allen, Pink, [284]
• Allen, Thomas, [284], [295]
• Allen, Thomas J., [299]
• Allen, William, [143]
• Allen, William Henry, Reminiscences of Fort Calhoun, [284], [287]
• Allen, Mrs. William Henry, [291]
• Alliance, Nebraska, [339]
• Allis, Samuel, [230]
• Allyn, Mrs. Arthur E., [336]
• American Baptist Publication Society, [281]
• American Fur Company, [312]
• American Monthly magazine, [189]
• American Woman's Suffrage Association, [278]
• Ames, John H., Location of the Capital at Lincoln, [176]
• Ames, Nebraska, [306]
• Ames, Oakes, [199]
• Anderson, Mrs. Sarah F., [255]
• Andrews, Dr. J. P., [287], [294]
• Anthony, Susan B., [276], [277]
• Arapahoe, Nebraska, [58], [60], [63]
• Arbor Lodge, [219], [231], [235], [239], [240]
• Arkeketah (Otoe chief), [120]
• Arlington, Nebraska, [300]
• Armstrong brothers, [162]
• Arnold, Mrs., [293]
• Arnold, Major, [293]
• Asche, Mrs. A. Dove Wiley, [96]
• Atkinson, Mrs., [213]
• Atkinson, General Henry, [314]
• Auburn, Nebraska, [212]
• Auger, General C. C., [193]
• Aull, Mrs. Charles H., Outline History of the Nebraska Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, [333], [339]
• Aurora, Nebraska, [213]
• Austin, O. O., [192]
• Avery, W. H., A Buffalo Hunt, [131]
• Ayres, James, Life on the Frontier, [54]

• Babcock, ----, [124]
• Babcock, C. C., [17]
• Babcock, Russell D., [16], [17]
• Babcock, Titus, [16]
• Badger family, [97]
• Badger, Henry L., [97], [101], [104]
• Badger, Mrs. H. L., [101]
• Badger, Lewis H., [97]
• Badger, Mary A., [97]
• Bailey, Wesley, [141]
• Bainter, James, [11]
• Baker, Ben S., [275]
• Baker, Joe, [148]
• Baker, Wilton, [192]
• Bancroft, Dr. William M., [57], [67]
• Banking House of Thomas Harbine, [145]
• Barber, F. B., [30]
• Barkalow, Mrs. S. D., [336], [337]
• Barnard, E. H., [78]
• Barneby, Battiste, [118]
• Barnes, Mrs. P. S., [38]
• Barnston, Nebraska, [120], [127]
• Barr, P. F., [15]
• Barrett, Jay Amos, [189]
• Barrette, Rev. and Mrs., [211]
• Bartlett, Iowa, [31]
• Bassett, Samuel C., A Broken Axle, [27];
  • Dreamland Complete (poem), [28]
• Bates, Rev. Henry, [164]
• Bates, Mrs. Sarah G., [187], [334]
• Bauman, John, [294]
• Bay State Cattle Company, [26]
• Beatrice Express, [141]
• Beatrice, Nebraska, [111], [113], [117], [118], [122], [123], [127], [128], [133], [142], [149], [152], [161], [163], [166], [181], [187], [216], [270], [271], [275], [334], [335], [336], [337], [339]
• Beaver creek (Sandburr creek), [195]
• Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, [258], [259], [260], [261]
• Becksted, Addie, [323], [325]
• Becksted, Billy, [323]
• Becksted, Elton, [323]
• Bedford, Nebraska, [211]
• Beeson, Jane, [94]
• Bell creek, [30], [287], [297]
• Bell, James, [249]
• Bell, John T., [296]
• Bell, Ortha C., An Incident in the History of Lincoln, [182], [185]
• Bell, Mrs. Ortha C., Lincoln in the Early Seventies, [184]-[185]
• Bell, Ray Hiram, [185]
• Belleville, Kansas, [142]
• Bellevue, Nebraska, [236], [323], [325]
• Beltzer, John, [248]
• Beni, Jules, [323], [324], [325]
• Benkleman, Nebraska, [263]
• Bennett, Caroline Valentine, [254]
• Bennett, Jacob, [254]
• Berwyn, Nebraska, [46]
• Bethlehem, Iowa, [41]
• Betz, ----, [58]
• Bierstadt, Albert, [214], [215]
• Bifkin, Colonel, [105]
• Big Blue river, [123], [151], [173], [242]
• Big Sandy, [139], [140], [148], [152], [154], [245], [280]
• Binfield, S. B., [15]
• Binney, Millard S., Gray Eagle, Pawnee Chief, [194]
• Bittenbender, Mrs. Ada M., [275]
• Black, Gov. Samuel W., [240], [301]
• Black Hills, [25], [50], [52], [110]
• Blackbird creek, [30], [32]
• Blackwell, Lucy Stone, [277]
• Blaine, William H., [101]
• Blair, Grant, [139]
• Blair, James, [139]
• Blair, Nebraska, [287], [291], [294], [298], [336]
• Blizzards, [20], [59], [75], [99], [109], [125], [128], [158], [160], [203], [205], [244], [245], [249], [250], [261], [282], [300]
• Blue river, [111], [113], [121], [161], [261]
• Blue Springs, Nebraska, [112], [113], [122]
• Blue Vale, [102]
• Blue Valley Record, [111]
• Boggs, Dr., [128]
• Bohanan, Quinn, [182]
• Bonesteel, ----, [244], [245]
• Bonneville chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Bookwalter, John W., [130]
• Boone, Mrs. William, [247]
• Bosler brothers, [26]
• Boston and Newton Joint Stock Association, [168], [170], [171]
• Bottorff, Andrew J., Early Days in Stanton County, [266]
• Boucha, Joseph, [289]
• Bouvier, Adeline, [289]
• Bouvier, Mother, [289]
• Bouvier, Oliver, Reminiscences of De Soto in 1855, [289]
• Bowen, Adna H., [16]
• Bowen, Judge, [287]
• Bower, Nebraska, [158]
• Box Butte county, Historical sketch of, [25], [26]
• Boyd, ----, [258]
• Boyd, James E., [189]
• Boyer and Roubidoux, [190]
• Boyer, J. P., [190], [191]
• Boyle, Judge, [133], [142]
• Bradley, Judge James, [91], [293]
• Brady, ----, [190]
• Brady Island, [61], [190]
• Brash, Mrs. George H., [336]
• Brass, Samuel L., [16]
• Brewster, Mrs. S. C., [91]
• Brickley, E. D., [166]
• Brigham, George A., [286]
• Brisbane, ----, [260]
• Broken Bow, Nebraska, [46], [48], [49]
• Brooks, Mrs. ----, [275]
• Brooks, Mrs. N. J. Frazier, Reminiscences of Pioneer Life at Fort Calhoun, [288]
• Broome, Francis M., Frontier towns, [22]
• Bross, Rev. Harmon, [50]
• Bross, Mrs. Harmon, An Experience, [50]
• Brown, Mrs. Charles, [339]
• Brown, Mrs. Charles M., First Things in Clay County, [43]
• Brown, F. M., [43], [44]
• Brown, Hopkins, [244]
• Brown, John, [141]
• Brown, R. G., [44]
• Brownell hall, [96]
• Brownville & Fort Kearny railroad, [137]
• Brownville, Nebraska, [31], [111], [116], [142], [161], [211], [212]
• Buchanan, a frontier town, [22]
• Buck surveying party, [243]
• Buffalo, [18], [19], [27], [59], [60], [64], [71], [76], [99], [103], [104]-[106], [111], [117], [119], [131], [142], [153], [154], [164], [175], [214], [216], [219], [234], [242], [243], [289], [326], [332]
• Buffalo county, [29], [61], [223]
• Buffalo creek, [58], [60]
• Burgess, Frank, [248]
• Burke, Mrs. ----, [190]
• Burlington and Missouri R. R. Co., [15], [16], [18], [43], [66], [122], [128], [136], [137], [188], [254]
• Burt, Mr. ----, [174]
• Bush, Lieutenant ----, [222], [223], [226], [229]
• Bussard, Kate, [103]
• Bussard, William, [109]
• Buswell, Judson, [19]
• Butler, ----, [217]
• Butler, Gov. David, [99], [136]
• Butler Johnson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Byers, Mr. and Mrs. William N., [91]

• Cabney, Antoine, [189]
• Caldwell, Mrs. A. J., [275]
• California trail, [88], [339]
• Callaway, Nebraska, [49], [338]
• Cameron, L. D., [291]
• Camp, William M., [16]
• Campbell, Alexander, [43]
• Capital hotel, Lincoln, [135]
• Captain Christopher Robinson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Carney family, [75]
• Carpenter, J. A., Early Days in Nebraska, [111]
• Carr, Gen. E. A., [193]
• Carson family, [213]
• Carter, Alex., [290], [291]
• Carter, "Billy," 24
• Carter, Jacob, [291]
• Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R., [14]
• Carter, Thomas M., Reminiscences, [290]
• Cass county, Nebraska, [37], [94]
• Cedar creek (Willow creek), [195]
• Central City, Nebraska, [244]
• Chabot, C., Early Recollections, [62]
• Chadron, Nebraska, [24], [50], [339]
• Champlin and McDowell, [156]
• Champlin, L. C., [175]
• Chandler, John S., [16], [19]
• Chapman, Nebraska, [213]
• Chapman, P. L., [143]
• Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, [282]
• Cheyenne and Northern R. R., [264]
• Cheyenne county, Kansas, [263]
• Cheyenne, Wyoming, [193], [213]
• Chief Pipe Stem (Otoe Indian), [144]
• Chouteau, Auguste, [190]
• Chouteau, Pierre, [190]
• Christian, ----, [156]
• Christian, Robert, [143]
• Christian, William, [141]
• Claim clubs, [93]
• Clapp, Mrs. Sarah, Early Indian History, [198]
• Clark, E. H., [266], [284], [293]
• Clark, Mrs. E. H., Fort Calhoun in the Early Fifties, [293], [296]
• Clark, Elam, [286], [294]
• Clark, Isaac N., [44]
• Clark, Dr. Martin V. B., [44]
• Clark, Theodore, [193]
• Clarks, Nebraska, [249]
• Clarkson, Rev. John F., [15]
• Clay Center, Nebraska, [44], [339]
• Clay county, [11], [18], [43]
• Clements, ----, [33]
• Clements, E. J., [282]
• Cline, Mrs. J. A., [187]
• Cline, Minnie Shed, [334]
• Clother hotel, Columbus, [249]
• Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill), [200], [263], [326], [327], [329]-[331]
• Cogswell, Mrs., [193]
• Colby, Mrs. Clara Bewick, [275]
• Colby, Orrin, [287]
• Cole, Gen. Albert V., Early Experiences in Adams County, [18]
• Cole's creek, [285]
• Collegeview (Fontenelle college), [300]
• Collins, Rev. Isaac, [291]
• Columbus, Nebraska, [59], [60], [201], [242], [247]-[250]
• Comstock, E. S., [214], [216]
• Comstock, George S., [214]-[217]
• Concordia, Kansas, [155]
• Conroy's ranch, [77]
• Cook, ----, [244]
• Cook, Capt. James H., [52]
• Cooper, Dr. P. J., [287]
• Cooper, Vienna, [287]
• Corey, A. A., [43]
• Coronado chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [282], [335]
• Coronado, Francisco de, [112], [113], [119], [232], [233], [283]
• Correll, Ernest E., Fred E. Roper, Pioneer, [268];
  • An Indian Raid, [279]
• Correll, E. M., [275], [277], [278]
• Correll, Lucy L., The Lure of the Prairies, [272], [275];
  • Suffrage in Nebraska, [277], [278]
• Cottage Hill postoffice, [127]
• Cottonwood Springs, [190], [191], [192]
• Council Bluff (Fort Calhoun), Nebraska, [308]
• Council Bluffs, Iowa, [31], [92], [276], [284], [290], [295]
• Council creek (Skidi creek), [195]
• Cox, William W., [255], [257]
• Crab Orchard, Nebraska, [128]
• Craft, Mrs. Leona A., [339]
• Craig, Allen, [286]
• Craig, Mrs. Rhoda, [295]
• Cramb, J. O., [141]
• Cramb, Will F., [141]
• Crane, George, [20]
• Crawford, Nebraska, [24], [51], [339]
• Creighton college, [90]
• Creighton, Edward, [285]
• Creighton telegraph line, [191]
• Crete, Nebraska, [15], [20], [163], [300], [339]
• Crook, General George, [199]
• Crooked Hand, the Fighter (Pawnee Indian), [230]
• Cropsey, Col. Andrew J., [162]
• Cropsey, Daniel B., Early Days in Pawnee County, [135]
• Cross, Dr. Anna, Legend of Crow Butte, [51], [339]
• Cross, George, Early Events in Jefferson County, [137], [141], [143], [145]
• Crow Butte, Legend of, [51]
• Crow Heart Butte (poem), Pearl Shepherd Moses, [52]
• Cub creek, [140], [148], [164]
• Culbertson, Nebraska, [60]
• Culver, Gen. Jacob H., [189]
• Culver, Mrs. Jacob H., [189]
• Cuming City Claim Club, [290]
• Cuming City, Nebraska, [286], [287], [290], [291], [298]
• Cuming county, [36]
• Cuming, Governor Thomas B., [91]
• Cuming, Mrs. Thomas B., [91]
• Cumming, Mrs. Nils, [43]
• Cushing, James, [244]
• Cushing, Capt. S. E., [198], [200]
• Custer County, Reminiscences of, by Mrs. J. J. Douglas, [46], [48]

• Daily-Gazette-Journal, [17]
• Daily, Major, [120]
• Dalbey, Dwight S., [129]
• Dalbey, Mrs. Dwight S., member Book committee, [5]
• Dalbey, Mrs. Virginia Lewis, Biography of Ford Lewis, [129]
• Daniels, J. H., [188]
• Darling, Dick, [191]
• Daugherty, R. C., [193]
• Daughter of the American Revolution, [168], [187], [188], [253]
• David City, Nebraska, [338]
• David City chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Davis, Frank M., [18]
• Davis, J. V., [162]
• Davis, Mrs. Thomas, [91]
• Davis, W. H., [299]
• Dawson county, [57], [61]-[64], [67], [72], [74]
• Dawson, John, [201]
• Day, Miss Anna, [187], [334]
• Deadwood, South Dakota, [66]
• Deborah Avery chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [187], [188], [189], [253], [333], [334]
• Decatur, Nebraska, [30]-[33], [287], [322], [323]
• Deep Well ranch, [105]
• Delahunty, Patrick, [54]
• De Merritt, Case of, [48]
• Deroin, Battiste, [118], [121]
• De Soto, Nebraska, [287]-[289], [290], [298]
• Diller, Nebraska, [125]
• Dillon, Ira G., [17]
• Dilworth, Mrs. Alice, [339]
• Dilworth's Islands, [55]
• Dinsmore, John B., [44]
• Dismal river, [63]
• Ditto, Hank, [24]
• Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Nimrod J., [102]
• Doane college, [300]
• Dodge county, [298], [303]
• Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., [91]
• Dodge, Col. Henry, [190]
• Donavan, Frele Morton, [180]
• Donavan, W. T., [178]
• Douglas county, Nebraska, [326]
• Douglas house, Omaha, [92]
• Douglas, J. J., [48], [49]
• Douglas, Mrs. J. J., Reminiscences of Custer County, [46]
• Douglas, Stephen A., [235]
• Dubuque, Julien, [307]
• Dundy county, Nebraska, [263]
• Dundy, Judge Elmer S., [326]
• Dunlap, ----, [215]
• Drake, Mrs. E. G., [339]
• Dreamland Complete (poem), [29]
• Dyball, Mrs. George B., [306]

• Eagle (Missouri Indian chief), [119]
• Eddyville, Nebraska, [66]
• Edgerton, Gordon H., [11], [12], [17]
• El Capitan Rancho, [216]
• Elijah Gore chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Elizabeth Montague chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [335]
• Elk City, Nebraska, [305], [306]
• Elkhorn river, [78], [84], [266], [267], [297], [299], [300]
• Ellis, Mrs. ----, An Acrostic, [204]
• Elm creek, Nebraska, [61], [65], [75]
• Endicott, Nebraska, [161]
• Engle, Mr. and Mrs., [213]
• Erickson, Charles J., [76]
• Erickson, Frank, [76]
• Erickson, John, [76]
• Erwin & Powers company, [58]
• Estabrook, Mrs. Experience, [91]
• Eubanks, Mr. and Mrs., [214], [215], [217], [218], [270]
• Evans, John, [264]
• Evans, Mrs. May, [43]
• Everett, Mr. and Mrs., [33], [34]
• Everett, B. W., [30], [32]
• Everett, Eleanor, [32]
• Everett, Mrs. Elise G., Experiences of a Pioneer Woman, [32]
• Everett, Frank, [33], [34]
• Everett, Josiah, [30], [32], [33]
• Ewing, ----, [55]

• Fagot, Mrs., ----, [68]
• Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs., [103]
• Fairbanks, Mrs. Charles Warren, [335]
• Fairbury Gazette, [141]-[143]
• Fairbury, Nebraska, [75], [116], [118], [133], [137], [139]-[146], [147], [154]-[158], [161], [162], [166], [168], [175], [188], [275], [335]-[337]
• Fairfield, Chancellor E. B., [135]
• Fairmont, Nebraska, [20], [75], [101], [338]
• Falls City, Nebraska, [252], [253], [338]
• Farnam, Nebraska, [77]
• Ferguson, Susan E., [278]
• Fifth U. S. Cavalry, [190], [193]
• Filley, Elijah, [116], [127]
• Filley, Nebraska, [127]
• Fillmore county, [75], [97], [102], [107], [109]
• Fillmore postoffice, [27]
• Finney, Dr., [290]
• First National bank, Fairbury, [143]
• First Territorial Fair, [237]
• Fisette, Mrs. Charles H., Pioneer Women of Omaha, [90]
• Fish creek, [290]
• Fisher, ----, [253]
• Fisher, King, [279]
• Fisher, Martin, [131]
• Fitchie, S. D., [192]
• Florence, Nebraska, [27], [80], [93], [248], [339]
• Fontenelle chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Fontenelle college, [296]
• Fontenelle, Logan, [299]
• Fontenelle mission, [300]
• Fontenelle Mounted Rangers, [301]
• Fontenelle, Nebraska, [284], [295], [296], [297], [298], [301], [304]
• Fort Atkinson, [188], [284], [307], [308]
• Fort Calhoun, [284], [285], [286], [287], [288], [289], [293], [294], [298], [308]
• Fort Cottonwood, [285]
• Fort Hartsuff, [282]
• Fort Kearney chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [336]
• Fort Kearny (Nebraska City), [152]
• Fort Kearny, [12], [28], [60], [65], [88], [95], [176], [219]-[223], [225], [227], [229], [242], [285]
• Fort Laramie, Wyoming, [76]
• Fort Leavenworth, [314]
• Fort McPherson, [74], [76], [190], [191], [193], [200], [327], [331]
• Fort Omaha, [182]
• Fourth of July celebration, [295]
• Fouts, Marion Jerome (California Joe), [11], [13]
• Fowlie, Peter, [15], [17]
• Fox, The (Pawnee Indian), [228], [229]
• Fox Ford, [270]
• Francis, Samuel, [300]
• Franklin, Dr., [327]
• Franklin county, [232], [233]
• Frazier, John, [286]
• Frazier, Thomas, [288]
• Freeman, Charles, [244], [245]
• Freeman, Daniel, [57], [66]
• Freeman, Mrs. Daniel, Recollections of the First Settler of Dawson County, [64]
• Freeman, Minnie (see Penney), [203], [204]
• Freeman, W. E., [244]
• Freighting, [11], [25], [37], [64], [95], [153], [270], [285]
• Fremont, John C., [12], [78]
• Fremont, Nebraska, [78], [82], [84], [178], [188], [249], [267], [335]
• French, Luther, [43]-[44]
• Frenchman river, [59]
• Fritt's grove, [32]
• Frontier Towns, Frances M. Broome, [22]
• Fullerton, Nebraska, [194], [338]
• Furnas, Gov. Robert W., [96], [213]

• Gage county, [111], [112]-[122], [123], [127]-[130], [216]
• Gale, Dr. Marion F., [307]-[321]
• Gale, Mary, [307]-[321]
• Gale, Mell, [127]
• Gantt, Judge Daniel, [192]
• Gardner's Siding, [249]
• Gates, Mr. and Mrs. Milo, [213]
• Gates, Susan, [13]
• Gault, Mrs. Andrew K., [338]
• Gaylord brothers, [20]
• Gaylord, Georgia, [91]
• Gaylord, Ralph, [91]
• Gaylord, Rev. Reuben, [91], [300]
• Genoa, Nebraska, [194], [198], [200], [206], [228], [229], [242], [246], [247]
• Gerrard, E. A., [247]
• Gibson, John McT., [145]
• Gilkerson, Alice Flor, [78]
• Gillingham, David (Gray Eagle), [194]
• Gillis, Judge, [230]
• Gilman, J. C., [191], [192]
• Gilman, Jed, [220], [221], [222]
• Gilman, Mrs. P. J. (Mary Hubbard), [193]
• Gilman's ranch, [77], [220]
• Gilmore, Boss, [104]
• Gilmore, Elias, [102]
• Gilmore, Jake, [104]
• Gilmore, Lydia, [102]
• Gilmore, Minnie, [103]
• Glenn, Newton, [139]
• Glenwood, Iowa, [41]
• Goldsmith, Rev. S., [168]
• Goodwill, Mrs. Taylor G., [91]
• Gordon, Jim, [139]
• Gordon, Nebraska, [24]
• Gosper, Mrs. Watie, [184]
• Goss, ----, [291]
• Gothenburg, Nebraska, [76], [339]
• Gould, Charles, [170], [171]
• Gould, W. A., [137]
• Grand Island, Nebraska, [13], [20], [62], [67], [105], [106], [213], [244], [245]
• Grant, U. S., [15]
• Grasshoppers, [21], [68], [82], [109], [133], [184], [247]-[248], [252], [273], [274]
• Gray Eagle (Pawnee chief), [194]-[195]
• Great American Desert, [235], [282]
• Green, Albert L., Reminiscences of Gage County, [112]
• Grimes, L. R., [44]
• Guin, Dr., [213]
• Gurley, W. F., [189]

• Hackberry cañon, [265]
• Hacker family, [213]
• Hackney ranch, [270], [271], [280]
• Hackney, Walt, [270]
• Hackney, William, [270]
• Hager, Rev. Isaac, [241]
• Haggard, Mrs. Frances Avery, [334]
• Haigler, Nebraska, [263]
• Haile, ----, [12]
• Haines, Rev., [172]
• Haldeman, Dr. F. D., [282]
• Haldeman, Mrs. Olive A. (Mrs. F. D.), [282], [335]
• Halfway Hollow ranch, [25]
• Hall & Evans, [264]
• Hamer, Judge Francis G., [48]
• Hamilton county, [250]
• Hamilton, Mrs. Cynthia, [79], [80]
• Hamilton hotel, [92]
• Hamilton, Mrs. William, [79], [81]
• Haney, ----, [279]
• Hanscom, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J., [90]
• Hansen, George W., Early Days of Fairbury and Jefferson County, [139], [145];
  • The Earliest Romance of Jefferson County, [147];
  • Finding the Grave of George Winslow, [168]-[174]
• Hansen, Harry, [141]
• Hansen, Mary Kelley, [143]
• Harbine Bank of Fairbury, [145]
• Harbine, John, [145]
• Harbine, Col. Thomas, [144], [145]
• Hardenburg, Harry, [186]
• Hardy, Nebraska, [111]
• Harney, General W. S., [192]
• Harrington, Sarah P., [79]
• Hart ranch, [25]
• Harvard, Nebraska, [18], [43]
• Harvey, Augustus F., [177], [178]
• Harvey, Robert, [337]
• Hastings Journal, [17]
• Hastings, Nebraska, [11], [12], [15], [17], [19], [336], [337]
• Haunstine, Albert, [48]
• Hawkins brothers, [263]
• Hawthorne, Mary Heaton, [78]
• Hay cañon, [263]
• Hay Springs, Nebraska, [24]
• Haynes, Jack, [14]
• Heaton, Rev. Isaac E., [78]
• Heaton, Mrs. Isaac E., [78]
• Hebron Journal, [277]
• Hebron Library association, [278]
• Hebron, Nebraska, [270]-[272], [275], [277], [279], [339]
• Helvey, Frank, [139], [148]-[151], Experiences on the Frontier, [152], [154]
• Helvey, Jasper, [139]
• Helvey, Joel, [139], [148]-[150], [152], [154]
• Helvey, Orlando, [140]
• Helvey, Thomas, [139], [152]
• Helvey, Whitman, [152]
• Hemphill, Ada, [247]
• Hemphill, Mrs. Mary, [247]
• Henderson, George, [16]
• Henderson, Nellie, [43]
• Hendricks, George, [264]
• Henrietta postoffice, [272]
• Herndon house, [92]
• Herrick family, [32]
• Heth, John, [222], [223], [226], [227], [228], [229]
• Heth, Mrs. John, [227]
• Heth, Minnie, [227]
• Hewitt, Lucy R., Early Days in Dawson County, [67]
• Hewitt, Thomas J., [67]
• Hewitt, Mrs. Thomas J., [67]
• Hichborn, Mrs. Philip, [334]
• Hickok, James B. (Wild Bill), [139], [153]
• Hiles' ranch, [77]
• Hinman, Beach I., [192]
• Hinman, Washington M., [191], [192]
• History and Art club, Seward, [254]
• Holdrege, Nebraska, [339]
• Hollenbeck, Mrs. Janet K., [335], [336]
• Hollenberg, Captain, [150]
• Holloway & Fowler, [78]
• Holmes, Mrs. Mary, [275]
• Holt county, [203]
• Horse creek (Skeleton Water), [195]
• Horseshoe creek, [150]
• Howe, Church, [211]
• Howe, Nebraska, [211]
• Howell, William, [109]
• Hoyt, Mrs. Richard C., [336]
• Hubbard, Mary (Mrs. P. J. Gilman), [193]
• Hubbell, Nebraska, [153]
• Hubbell, Will, [175]
• Hughes' ranch, [25]
• Humphries, ----, [65]
• Hungate family, [38]
• Hunter, Rev. A. V., [39]
• Hunter, Charley, [260]
• Hunter, George Michael, [260]
• Hunter, I. N., Recollections of, [36]
• Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. L. D., [36]
• Huntsman's Echo, [27]
• Hurd, ----, [156]
• Huse, Harriet, [278]

• Imlay, William, [256]
• Indians, [28], [33], [34], [36]-[38], [41], [42], [51], [54]-[56], [59], [60], [64], [65], [72], [74], [76], [79], [80], [86], [87], [95], [97]-[100], [102], [104]-[106], [108]-[110], [112]-[122], [134], [136], [142], [144], [149], [150], [152], [154], [164], [165], [175], [189], [191]-[202], [208]-[210], [216]-[218], [222], [227]-[231], [242], [246], [247], [253]-[257], [270], [279], [280], [286], [289], [294], [296], [301]-[303], [305], [307]-[321]
• Indian burial, [120], [121]
• Indian creek, [113]
• Indian massacres, [12], [28], [54], [59], [65], [243], [285]
• Indian police, [117], [118]
• Indian school, Genoa, [246]
• Indianola, Nebraska, [263]
• Inland, Nebraska, [18]
• Independence, Missouri, [170], [171], [172]
• Irvington, Nebraska, [91]

• Jackson, James A., [295]
• Jackson, Zaremba, [290]
• Jacobson, John, [19], [54]
• Jacobson house, [19]
• James, Gov. William H., [16], [99], [43]
• Jansen, John, [124]
• Jansen, Peter, Ranching in Gage and Jefferson Counties, [123]
• Jarvis, Mrs. A. P., Lovers' Leap, [196]
• Jascoby, ----, [284]
• Jaynes, C. S., [18]
• Jaynes, Mrs. Henry L., [334]
• Jefferson county, [117], [120], [123], [137], [139]-[151], [156], [158], [161], [173], [175], [270]
• Jeffrie's ranch, [77]
• Jenkins, D. C., [139]
• Jenkins, George E., Looking Backward, [155]
• Jenkins' Mill, [145]
• Johanson, Sven, Early Days in Stanton county, [266]
• Johanson, Mrs. Sven, [267]
• Johnson county, [129]
• Johnson family, [213]
• Johnson, Mrs. E., Early Recollections of Gage County, [127]
• Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. E. D., [57], [58], [67], [70]
• Johnson, Elleck, [58]
• Johnson, Mrs. Hadley, [92]
• Johnson, Mrs. Harrison, [92]
• Johnson, Jim, [104]
• Johnson, Joseph E., [27]
• Jonathan Cass chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Jones, Alfred D., [295]
• Jones, Mrs. Alfred D., [91]
• Jones, Mrs. Clara King, [339]
• Josiah Everett chapter, daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Judson, H. M., [92]
• Julesburg, Colorado, [323]
• Junction City, Kansas, [142]
• Juniata, Nebraska, [15], [16], [18], [19]
• Juniata house, [19]

• Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa, [92], [290]
• Kansas City & Omaha R. R., [14]
• Kansas Pacific R. R., [193]
• Kearney county, [11]
• Kearney, Nebraska, [48], [67], [70], [75], [223], [243], [270], [336], [337]
• Kearny Heights (Nebraska City), [236]
• Keen, Rev. W. G., [260]
• Kehoe, John, [72]
• Keith, Mrs., [193]
• Kelley, Alfred, [143]
• Kelly, ----, [216], [217]
• Kelly, John, [93]
• Kelly, Margaret F., A Grasshopper Story, [82]
• Kellogg, Miss Jessie, [339]
• Kellogg, Mrs. Emma, [335]
• Kenesaw, [11], [12]
• Kenny, Aimee Taggart, [295]
• Keyou, ----, [322]
• Kimball brothers, [188]
• King, ----, [282]
• King, Mrs. Deborah, [275]
• Kingsley, Fayette, [279], [280]
• Kirk, George, [31]
• Kittle, Fred, [78]
• Kittle, Robt., [78], [79]
• Klein and Lang, [123]
• Knapp, Robert M., [129]
• Koontz, J., [78]
• Kountze, Mrs. Herman, [91]
• Kramph, Mrs., [193]
• Kress, Mortimer N. (Wild Bill), [11], [13], [14]
• Krier, B. F., Pioneer Justice, [72]
• Kuony, Mr. and Mrs. John B., [293]

• La Flesche, Joseph, [289]
• Lake cañon, [263]
• Lancaster county, [129], [177], [180]
• Lancaster, Nebraska, [177], [178], [180]
• Langworthy, Elizabeth C. (Mrs. Stephen C.), [187];
  • Two Seward County Celebrations, [254], [334], [335]
• Lazure, Mrs. May Allen, Some Items from Washington County, [295]
• Lee, General, [199]
• Leflang, E. M. F., [66]
• Leonard, Emma, [16]
• Lepin hotel, [15]
• Lester, S. P., [124]
• Lett, H. C., [213]
• Letton, Mrs. Charles B., [168], [169], [336], [337], [338]
• Letton, Judge Charles B., [144];
  • The Easter Storm of 1873, [158]-[160], [169]
• Lewis and Clark, [187], [188], [189], [190], [308]
• Lewis-Clark chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [188], [335]
• Lewis, Elizabeth Davis, [130]
• Lewis, Ford, [129], [130]
• Lewis, Levi, [129]
• Lewis, M. K., [17]
• Lewis, Phoebe, [129]
• Lewiston, Nebraska, [130]
• Lexington, Nebraska, [54], [57], [67], [72], [338]
• Lezenby, Christopher, [258]
• Libby, E. R., [33]
• Liberty, Nebraska, [122]
• Lincoln, Nebraska, [43], [107], [109], [112], [135], [156], [176]-[182], [184]-[186], [188], [213], [259], [260], [275], [278], [334], [335], [337]
• Lincoln county, [61], [190]-[193]
• Lindgren, Elof, [109]
• Lingle, Mrs. Addie Bradley, [70]
• Lingle, W. H., [70]
• Lippincott Halfway House, [287]
• Little Blue river, [11], [12], [43], [44], [104], [105], [148], [149], [153], [154], [166], [217], [270]
• Little Pipe, John (Otoe Indian), [134], [144]
• Little Sandy, [139], [148], [152], [153]
• Lockwood, Judge William F., [91]
• Logan creek, [30], [32]
• Logan Valley, [32]
• Lomas (or Loomis), Roderick, [13]
• Lone Tree (Central City), Nebraska, [244], [245]
• Long creek, [286], [287]
• Long, Major Stephen H., [190]
• Longshore, ----, [60]
• Long Pine, Nebraska, [187]
• Lord, Brackett, [170], [171], [173]
• Lost creek (Lincoln park), [214]
• Louisiana Purchase, [236], [307]
• Loup river, [63], 88 (Potato Water), [195], [228], [229], [285]
• Lovers' Leap, [196]
• Lower 96 ranch, [77]
• Luey, Francis M., [13], [14]
• Lyons, Nebraska, [338]

• MacColl, John H., [57], [60], [74]
• MacColl, Laura, [74]
• MacMurphy, Harriet S., [96], [187];
  • Nikumi, [307];
  • The Heroine of the Jules-Slade Tragedy, [322]
• MacMurphy, John A., [323]
• McAllister, W. A., Some Personal Incidents, [242]
• McCabe's ranch, [221]
• McCaffery, ----, [141]
• McCall, R. J., [258]
• McCandles, Bill, [270]
• McCanles, D. C., [139], [153]
• McCashland, Addie, [107]
• McCashland, John R., Pioneering in Fillmore County, [107]
• McCashland, Mrs. John R., [107]
• McCashland, Sammy, [107]
• McComas, ----, [95]
• McCook, Nebraska, [338]
• McCreary family, [213]
• McCune, Calmer, Early Days in Polk County, [248]
• McDonald, Mrs. Charles, [191]
• McDonald, Charles, [191], [192], [193]
• McDonald, Thomas, [286]
• McDonald, W. H., [191]
• McDowell, Mrs. Gertrude M., Suffrage in Nebraska, [275]
• McDowell, Joseph B., Beginnings of Fairbury, [161], [162]
• McDowell, W. G., [140], [161]
• McElroy, William John, [14]
• McGovern, Teddy, [272]
• McGregor, Harry, [243]
• McLean, Mrs. Donald, [336]
• McMaster, A. M., [127]
• McNeely, Frank, County-seat of Washington County, [298]
• McNeil, Miss, [78], [180]
• McPherson hotel, Brownville, [212]
• McPherson station, [76]
• Mabin's ranch, [221], [222]
• Mahan, Henry, [248]
• Mahum, Tom, [55]
• Major Isaac Sadler chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [337]
• Majors, Alexander, [139], [240]
• Majors, Col. Thomas J., [95]
• Mallet brothers, [190]
• Mallott, James B., [60]
• Maple Creek, Iowa, [30], [82]
• Margaret Holmes chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Seward County Reminiscences, [255], [335]
• Marks, Mrs. Ives, [156]
• Marks, Rev. Ives, [140], [143], [156], [279]
• Marks' mill, [142], [155]
• Marsden, ----, [188]
• Marsh, A. K., [43], [44]
• Martin, ----, [105]
• Martin, E. L., [97]
• Martin, Major, [240]
• Marvin, Seth P., [78]
• Mary Cole steamboat, [299]
• Marysville, Kansas, [149], [150]
• Mason, Judge O. P., [118], [144]
• Mason, Sidney, Mr. and Mrs., [140]
• Mathews, Capt. Fred, [200]
• Mattingly, J. B., [140], [142], [144], [162]
• Maxwell, Nebraska, [76]
• Mayes, Charles, [71]
• Mayfield's ranch, [25]
• Mead, Mrs. Eda, The Story of the Town of Fontenelle, [299]
• Medicine, Nebraska, [263]
• Medicine Horse (Otoe chief), [116], [120]
• Mellenger, "Doc," 59
• Mellenger, Edgar, [58]
• Melroy, Nebraska, [127], [128]
• Melvin brothers, [44]
• Memorial Continental Hall, [337]
• Meridian, Nebraska, [153], [154], [270], [271], [279]
• Merritt, Asa, [31]
• Mickey, Gov. John H., [189]
• Midland Pacific R. R., [259]
• Milford, Nebraska, [102]
• Military road, [305]
• Millard, Joseph H., [189]
• Miller, Mrs., [193]
• Miller, A. J., [192]
• Miller, Charlie, [279]
• Miller, Dr. George L., [91], [336]
• Minden, Nebraska, [187], [334]
• Minor, Ella Pollock, Incidents at Plattsmouth, [41]
• Mira Valley, [203], [204]
• Mission creek, [121]
• Missouri river, [18], [27], [31], [41], [80], [97], [107], [111], [112], [135], [140], [152], [153], [189], [190], [198], [211], [219], [335], [247], [252], [256], [263], [269], [270], [289], [290], [299], [305], [307]-[309], [322]
• Missouri river ferry, [322]
• Monroe, Nebraska, [200]
• Moore, John S., [15]
• Moore, Sadie Irene, The Beginnings of Fremont, [78]
• Moote, Mr. and Mrs. W. S., [14]
• Morgan, Hugh, [192]
• Mormon trail, [27], [28], [293]
• Mormons, [27], [89], [93], [206], [236], [269]
• Morrill, Nebraska, [339]
• Morris, Prof. John, [180]
• Morrow, J. A., [191], [192]
• Morse, Capt. Charles, [200]
• Morse, Col. Charles F., [15]
• Morton, Carl, [238]
• Morton, Caroline Joy, [235], [240]
• Morton, Charles, [33]
• Morton, J. Sterling, [96];
  • My Last Buffalo Hunt, [219], [235], [239], [240], [297]
• Morton, Joy, [235]
• Morton, Paul, How the Founder of Arbor Day Created the Most Famous Western Estate, [235]
• Moses, Pearl Shepherd, Crow Heart Butte (poem), [52]
• Mott, Lucretia, [276]
• Mud creek, [128]
• Mullen, Mrs., [58]
• Murdock, Rev., [121]
• Murray, Mrs., [201]
• Murray, Nebraska, [94]

• Nance county, [194]-[195], [198], [206], [207], [229], [242]
• Nancy, Gary chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Narrows, The, [217]
• National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, [333]
• National Suffrage Association, [275]
• Nebraska City, Nebraska, [76], [97], [102], [104], [109], [111], [127], [135], [176], [177], [178], [180], [236], [270], [297], [337]
• Nebraska Memorial Association, [339]
• Nebraska Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, [254]
• Nebraska Society, Sons of the American Revolution, [335], [338]
• Nebraska State Historical Society, [95], [139], [170], [179], [187]-[189], [219], [335], [336]
• Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' Association, [253]
• Needham, Mr., [201]
• Needham, Mrs. Christina, [201]
• Nemaha river, [253]
• Neville, Judge James, [326], [329]
• Newbecker, Clara, [282]
• Newbecker, Dr. Minerva, [282]
• Newbecker, Lieut. Philip, [282]
• Newman, Mrs. Angie Thurston, [334]
• Nikumi, [307]-[321]
• Nikumi chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [336]
• Niobrara chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [337]
• Niobrara river, [25]
• Nobes, C. J., [182]
• Nonpareil, a frontier town, [22]
• Norfolk, Nebraska, [338]
• Norman, P. O., [43]
• North, Major Frank, [198], [200], [244], [245]
• North, Capt. Luther, [200], [201], [244]
• North Platte, Nebraska, [190], [191], [192], [193], [264], [326], [327], [331]
• Northwestern R. R., [26]
• Norton, Mrs. Charles Oliver, [336], [337], [338]
• Norton, Hannah, [147]
• Norton, Lilian (Madam Nordica), [147]
• Norton, Major Peter, [147]
• Noyes, Major, [246]
• Nuckolls county, [214], [216], [218], [270], [272]
• Nye, Mrs. Theron, Early Days in Fremont, [84]

• Oak, John, [30]
• Oak Grove ranch, [214], [216]
• Oakland, Nebraska, [30]
• O'Brien, Major George M., [191]
• O'Conner, Mrs. Thomas, [92]
• O'Fallon's Bluffs, [191], [200]
• Ogallalla Cattle Company, [26]
• Oliver, Sr., Edward, [27]
• Oliver, Edward, [29]
• Oliver, James, [29]
• Oliver, John, [29]
• Oliver, Robert, [29]
• Oliver, Sarah, [28]
• Omaha, Nebraska, [30], [36], [62], [78], [80], [88], [90], [93], [130], [176], [178], [180], [181], [189], [191], [198], [241], [249], [263], [266], [267], [269], [275], [284]-[287], [289], [290], [294], [295], [299], [300], [301], [305]-[306], [308], [325], [326], [329], [333]-[339]
• Omaha Bee, [189]
• Omaha chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [187], [188], [189], [334], [336]
• Omaha Mary, [289]
• Omaha Republican, [75]
• Onawa, Iowa, [32]
• Ord, Nebraska, [281], [335]
• Oregon trail, [11], [65], [76], [139], [150], [161], [168], [169], [336]-[339]
• Oregon Trail chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Oregon Trail Memorial Commission, [337], [338]
• Orr, Mrs. Margaret, [339]
• Osceola, Nebraska, [248]
• Osceola Record, [248]
• Ostrander, ----, [217]
• Otoe chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [337]
• Otoe county, [129]
• Otoe Indian reservation, [112]-[122], [125], [127], [142], [322]
• Overland Stage line, [139], [149], [214]
• Overland trail, [139], [152], [216], [219], [220], [236], [268], [269]
• Overton, Nebraska, [58]

• Pacific house, Beatrice, [123]
• Pacific Telegraph line, [76], [78]
• Paine, Mrs. C. S., [5]
• Paine, Clarence S., [337]
• Palmatier, ----, [263]
• Palmer, Mrs. Charlotte F., [333], [334]
• Palmer, Capt. Henry E., [218]
• Parker, Jason, [244]
• Parks, Nebraska, [263]
• Parmele, Mrs. Lilian, [42]
• Patrick, Mrs. Edwin, [91]
• Patterson, Daniel, [139]
• Patterson's trading post, [139]
• Pawnee City, Nebraska, [118], [122], [136], [178]
• Pawnee county, [129], [135], [136]
• Pawnee Indian reservation, [198], [206], [208], [230], [242], [246]
• Pawnee ranch, [43]
• Pawnee scouts, [199], [218]
• Peale, Titian, [190]
• Pearson, Capt. F. J., [57]
• Peavy and Curtiss, [122]
• Penney, Minnie Freeman, The Blizzard of 1888, [203];
  • Major North's Buffalo Hunt, [244]
• Perry, Mrs. Lula Correll (Mrs. Warren), [5], [337], [339]
• Petalesharo (Pawnee chief), [247]
• Peterson, Martin, [54]
• Pierce, Judge Robert D., [57]
• Pine Bluff reservation, [59]
• Pine Ridge country, [24]
• Pioneer, Dawson county, [57]
• Pioneer Record, [295]
• Pittsburgh postoffice, Nebraska, [258], [259]
• Plainfield, Nebraska, [203]
• Platt, Elvira Gaston, [198]
• Platt, Lester W., [198]
• Platte chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Platte river, [11], [27], [44], [55], [56], [58], [70], [76], [79], [84], [87], [94], [105], [190], [192], [219], [220], [228], [229], [245], [285], [299], [339]
• Platte Valley, [221]
• Plattsmouth, Nebraska, [18], [41], [136], [178], [256], [323], [339]
• Pleasant Dale, Nebraska, [258]
• Plum creek, [55], [57], [58], [64], [256], [257], [285]
• Plum creek (Gage county), [114], [122]
• Plum creek (Lexington), Nebraska, [54], [57], [60], [62], [66], [67], [70], [72], [75]
• Plummer, Eleanor, [147], [149], [150]
• Plummer, Mrs. Jason, [149]
• Plummer, Jason, [147], [148]
• Plymouth, Nebraska, [168]
• Polk county, [248], [251]
• Polk, Nebraska, [250]
• Polley, Hiram, [184]
• Pollock, Mrs. Thomas, [41]
• Pony Express, [64], [65]
• Pope, Mrs. Anna Randall, [213]
• Poppleton, Mrs. Andrew J., [92]
• Porter, A. J., From Missouri to Dawson County in 1872, [75]
• Pound, Mrs. Laura B., Marking the Site of the Lewis and Clark Council at Fort Calhoun, [187], [189], [334], [335], [336]
• Pumpkin creek, [265]
• Purdy house, Fairbury, [175]
• Purple, ----, [291]
• Pursell, Mrs. Auta Helvey, [147]
• Purviance, Edith Erma, A Pioneer Family, [93]
• Purviance, Erma, [96]
• Purviance, Dr. W. E., [96]
• Prairie Chicken (Omaha Indian), [100]
• Prairie fires, [68], [120], [164], [247]
• Pyle and Eaton, [44]

• Quincy colony, [284], [296], [299]-[304]
• Quivira, [112], [233]
• Quivira chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [147], [188], [335], [336]

• Randall, Mr. and Mrs., [123]
• Randall, A. D., [213]
• Randall, Charles, [46], [213]
• Randall, E. J., [213]
• Randall, Dr. H. L., [213]
• Randall, N. G., [211]
• Randall, Sarah Schooley, My Trip West in 1861, [211]
• Rawhide creek, [79]
• Raymond, Mrs. Mabel, [339]
• Raymond, Nebraska, [184]
• Reavis-Ashley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Reavis, Isham, [253]
• Reavis, Mahala Beck, [253]
• Red Cloud, Nebraska, [137], [339]
• Red Lion mill, [109]
• Redman, Joseph, [93]
• Reed, Alexander, [284]
• Reeder, Mrs. James G., Pioneer Life, [246]
• Rees, Henrietta M., [336]
• Republic county, Kansas, [142]
• Republican, Omaha, [95]
• Republican river, [60], [61], [105], [154], [222], [225], [242]
• Republican Valley, [58], [214], [222], [243], [327]
• Reverend Reuben Pickett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Reynolds, Nebraska, [140]
• Reynolds, B. W., [80]
• Reynolds, Wilson, [80]
• Rhoades, Orrin, [284]
• Rhustrat, Dr., [80]
• Richardson, Lyman, [92]
• Ringer, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford, [186]
• Ringer, Frank J., [186]
• Ringer, Jennie Bell, [185]
• Ringer, John Dean, [186]
• Riverton, Nebraska, [239]
• Rock Bluffs, Nebraska, [37], [94]
• Rock creek, [139], [144], [153], [161], [270]
• Rockport, Nebraska, [266], [286], [298]
• Rockwood, Martin T., [67]
• Roe, Thomas, [107]
• Rogers, Mrs. Samuel E., [92]
• Romigh, Mrs. Viola, [339]
• Root, Aaron, [92]
• Root, Mrs. Allen, [91]
• Roper, Ford, [122]
• Roper, Fred E., [268]-[271]
• Roper, Joe B., [270]
• Roper, Laura, [218], [270]
• Roper, Mann E., [269]
• Roscoe, B. S., [30], [31], [32]
• Roscoe, Mrs. Isabel, A Pioneer Nebraska Teacher, [30]
• Rose creek, [140], [144], [148], [153], [155], [156], [279]
• Rosewater, Edward, [189]
• Roy, George, [252], [253]
• Roy, Mrs. Thyrza Reavis, Personal Reminiscences, [252], [253]
• Royce, Loie, [203]
• Rulo, Nebraska, [252]
• Rushville, Nebraska, [24]
• Russell, Alice M., [281]
• Russell, Mrs. E. A., Reminiscences, [281]
• Russell, Rev. E. A., [281]
• Russell, H. C., [49]
• Russell, Mrs. Lucinda, [275]
• Russell, Majors and Waddell, [214], [240]

• St. Joe & Denver City R. R. Co., [144]
• St. Joe and Grand Island R. R., [75], [144]
• St. Joseph, Missouri, [155], [211], [241], [252], [270]
• St. Leger Cowley chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [337]
• St. Marys, Iowa, [290]
• St. Nicholas hotel, [92]
• St. Paul, Nebraska, [204]
• Saline City, [177]
• Salt creek, [221]
• Saltillo, Nebraska, [97]
• Salt Lake City, [269]
• Sanborne, John P., [192]
• Sand Hills, [258]
• Santa Fe trail, [308], [316]
• Saratoga (Omaha), Nebraska, [93]
• Sarpy, Peter A., [290], [307]-[321]
• Sarpy's trading post, [311], [317]
• Saunders county, [80], [87]
• Sawyer, Mrs. A. J., [275]
• Saxon, Elizabeth, [276]
• Schmeling, Frank, [214]
• School creek, [18], [43]
• Schooley, Charles A., [211]
• Schwatka, Lieut. Frederick, [326], [327], [328], [331]
• Schwerin, Rev. W., [45]
• Scofield, T. D., [17]
• Scott, ----, [128]
• Scott, Miss Lizzie, [16]
• Scott, Mrs. Mathew T., [338]
• Scottsbluff country, [264]
• Scottsbluff, Nebraska, [339]
• Scully, Lord, [130]
• Second Nebraska Cavalry, [242], [292]
• Second U. S. Cavalry, [280]
• Selden, Mrs. O. B., [92]
• Selleck, Wellington W., [16]
• Seward, [254]
• Seward county, [254], [255], [262]
• Seward, Nebraska, [187], [248], [250], [334], [336], [337]
• Seymour, Elizabeth Porter, Early Experiences in Nebraska, [163]-[165]
• Shader, Mr. and Mrs. A. L., [140]
• Shader, Claiborn, [140]
• Shattuck, Etta, [203]
• Sheldon, Addison E., [188], [189], [258]
• Shell creek, [201]
• Shelton, Nebraska, [339]
• Sheridan (Auburn), Nebraska, [212]
• Sheridan, Gen. Phil, [327]
• Sherman, General, [192]
• Shields, Mrs. Herman, [306]
• Shields, Thomas, [255]
• Shipley, [286]
• Shirley, William, [44]
• Shorter county, [191]-[192]
• Showalter, Dr., [141]
• Shumway, Grant Lee, Pioneering, [263]
• Sidney, Nebraska, [25], [193], [264]
• Sidney trail, [25]
• Sixth U. S. Infantry, [307], [309]
• Slade, Jack, [324], [325]
• Slade, Lyman or Jack, [153]
• Slocumb, Charles, [145]
• Slocumb and Hambel, [144]
• Sluyter, Isaiah, [16]
• Smith, ----, [178], [291]
• Smith, Adam, [201]
• Smith Brothers, [123]
• Smith, C. B., [91], [92]
• Smith, Mrs. C. B., [91]
• Smith, Charles, [78]
• Smith, Dan, [77]
• Smith, Mrs. Dan, [77]
• Smith, De Etta Bell, [185]
• Smith, Edmund Burke, [185]
• Smith, Mrs. Eleanor Murphey, [339]
• Smith, Hazel Bell, [185]
• Smith, Mrs. J. Fred, [306]
• Smith, J. G., [78]
• Smith, John, [13]
• Smith, Major, [119]
• Smith, Samuel C., [246]
• Smith, Towner, [78]
• Smith, Col. Watson B., [326]
• Snake creek, [25]
• Snowden, Mrs. William P., [92]
• Solomon river, [218]
• Sommerlad, H. W., [260]
• Sons of the American Revolution, [187], [188]
• Soules, ----, [175]
• Southwell, ----, [33]
• Spade, Dan, [109]
• Spade, William, Fillmore County in the 70's, [109]
• Spanish American War, [334]
• Spillman, Jerome, [300]
• Stall, Irwin, [259]
• Stanley, C., [244], [245]
• Stanton county, [266], [267]
• Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, [275], [277]
• Staples, David, [168], [171]-[173]
• Starbuck, Rev. Charles, [206]
• Star hotel, Fairbury, [143]
• Stark, Isaac W., [16]
• Stark, John, [15]
• Stark, Margaret, [15]
• State Federation of Woman's Clubs, [254]
• Stebbins, Mrs. W. M., The Erickson Family, [76]
• Steele, Annie M., [275]
• Steele, Mrs. Annie Strickland, [334]
• Steele, Calvin F., [143], [166], [275]
• Steele, Mrs. C. F., Personal Recollections, [166]-[167];
  • Finding the George Winslow Grave, [168]
• Stephen, Bennett chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Stevens, Col. George, [284], [293]
• Stevens, Mary M. A., [334]
• Stevens, William, [250]
• Stiles, James, [32]
• Stilts, Judge, [287]
• Stockville, Nebraska, [263]
• Stone, Dr. ----, [248]
• Stone, Lucy, [275]
• Storer, William, [28]
• Stout, D. D., [290]
• Stout, E. P., [290]
• Stromsburg, Nebraska, [339]
• Stubbs, Mrs. J. J., [336]
• Stuckey, Capt. John S., [58]
• Stuckey, Joseph, [58]
• Stuckey, Samuel Clay, [58]
• Stuhl, Joseph, [16]
• Stutzman, Henry, [14]
• Sullivan, Potter C., [298]
• Sumner, Nebraska, [66]
• Superior chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Superior, Nebraska, [111], [338]
• Sutton, Nebraska, [18], [43], [44], [339]
• Swan Brothers, [26]
• Swan creek, [140], [148]-[149]
• Sweetser, ----, [174]
• Sweezy, William F., [92]

• Taggart, Rev. J. M., [296]
• Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Ben, [47]
• Talbot, Bishop, [241]
• Talbot, John, [223], [226]
• Talbot, Dr. Willis, [49]
• Tall Bull (Cheyenne Indian), [198]
• Tash, Ira E., Historical Sketch of Box Butte County, [25]
• Taylor, J. O., [46]
• Taylor, Tim, [152]
• Tecumseh, Nebraska, [161], [275]
• Tenth U. S. Infantry, [242]
• Thayer county, [140], [270], [277]
• Thayer County Woman's Suffrage Association, [277], [278]
• Thayer, Gen. John M., [92]
• Thayer, Mrs. John M., [92]
• The Conservative, [238]
• The Homesteader, [248]
• Thomas, S. G., [175]
• Thomas & Champlin, [141], [142]
• Thompson, Barbara J., [278]
• Thirty-seventh Star chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Thirty-two Mile creek, [12]
• Three Groves, Nebraska, [95]
• Three Trails chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, [339]
• Thurston, Mrs. John M., [334]
• Tibbetts, Mrs. Addison S., [335]
• Timberville (Ames), Nebraska, [306]
• Tinklepaugh, Roy, [127]
• Tipton, James, [59]
• Tipton, Thomas W., [213]
• Tisdale, Thomas H., [260], [261]
• Tooth & Maul, [91]
• Towle, Albert, [151]
• Towle, Mrs. Eliza, [187]
• Towle, Mrs. Elizabeth, [334]
• Tree planting, [238], [297]
• Trefren and Hewitt, [46]
• Tremont house, [92]
• Tribune, The Fremont, [79]
• Troup, Mrs. Elsie De Cou, [189]
• Tucker, ----, [60]
• Tucker family, [57]
• Tucker, Tudor, [58]
• Tulley, Mrs. Capitola Skiles, [339]
• Turkey creek, [225]
• Turner, Eliza, [78]
• Turner, Mrs. George, [82]
• Turner, Mrs. Margaret, [78]

• Ulig, ----, [217]
• Union Pacific R. R., [16], [29], [54], [55], [57], [62], [66], [75], [76], [82], [84], [91], [95], [104], [106], [161], [192], [193], [198], [199], [200], [243], [245], [264], [327]
• United States Daughters of the War of 1812, [253]
• Upper 96 ranch, [77]

• Valentine, Nebraska, [22], [334]
• Vallery, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob, [41]
• Valley county, [204]
• Van Horn, James, [291]
• Van Vliet, Brig. Gen. Stewart L., [225]
• Vance, Mrs. Laura (Laura Roper), [270]
• Vanier brothers, [294]
• Vermillion, A. Martha, [278]
• Virginia, Nebraska, [127], [130]

• Wahoo, Nebraska, [78], [221]
• Walker brothers, [193]
• Walker, Major Lester, Early History of Lincoln County, [190]
• Wallace, Mrs. C. M., [339]
• Walnut creek, [258], [259], [260]
• Walton, Mrs. Ellen Saunders, Early Days in Nance County, [206]
• Ward, Joseph, [180]
• Ward, Mrs. Oreal S., [337], [338]
• Ware, Ellen Kinney, Early Reminiscences of Nebraska City, [240]
• Warfield's ranch, [221]
• Warrick, Amasa, [286]
• Warrington, T. L., [68]
• Warwick, Rev. J. W., [13]
• Warwick, Lila (or Eliza), [13], [14]
• Washington county, [286], [287], [290]-[298]
• Wasson, ----, [244]
• Waters, Stella Brown, [49]
• Waters, William H., [248]
• Waters, W. W., [49]
• Waterville, Kansas, [162]
• Waterville, Nebraska, [142]
• Watson, W. W., [145]
• Wayne, Nebraska, [339]
• Webster, John Lee, The Last Romantic Buffalo Hunt on the Plains of Nebraska, [326]
• Weed, Thurlow, [44]
• Weed, William L., [44]
• Weeks, M. H., [142]
• Weeks, Mrs. M. H., Early Days in Jefferson County, [175]
• Weeks, Mary, [175]
• Weeping Water, Legend of, [39]
• Weeping Water, Nebraska, [36], [37], [38], [339]
• Weeping Water river, [220]
• Wehn, ----, [116]
• Weisel, George, [139]
• Wells Fargo Express Company, [25], [77]
• West, ----, [80]
• West, Mr. and Mrs., [79]
• West, Julia, [79]
• West Blue river, [43], [97], [107], [245], [258], [262]
• West Blue postoffice, [97]
• West Point, Nebraska, [36]
• Western Stage Company, [142]
• Westling, J. A., [133]
• Weston, John B., [43]
• Wharton, Rev. Fletcher L., [213]
• Wheeler, Judge, [213]
• Wheeler, Major, [123], [246]
• Whiskey Run, [169]
• Whitaker, ----, [103]
• Whitaker, Sabra Brumsey, [101]
• White, Rev. A. G., [291]
• White, Capt. Charles, [43]
• White Eagle (Pawnee Chief), [194]
• White, Luke, [100]
• White, Sammy, [98], [100]
• Whiterock, Kansas, [131]
• Whitewater, Jim (Otoe half-breed), [116], [117], [144]
• Whiting, A. V., [155]
• Whitney family, [213]
• Whittaker, Mrs. Clifford, A Good Indian, [74]
• Wiggins, Horace S., [15]
• Wigton, A. L., [15], [17]
• Wigton, J. W., [17]
• Wilbur, Nebraska, [163]
• Wild Bill (James B. Hickok), [139], [153], [270]
• Wild Cat banks, [237]
• Wilds, M. B., [291]
• Wiley, Araminta, [96]
• Wiley, Gertrude Miranda, [93]
• Wiley, Hattie, [96]
• Wiley, Dr. William Washington, [93]
• Wilkinson, Emma, [305]
• Wilkinson, Ida, [305]
• Wilkinson, Nettie, [306]
• Wilkinson, Thomas, [305], [306]
• Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas, [305], [306]
• Wilkinson, William W., [306]
• Williamson, John, [194], [195]
• Wilson, ----, [58]
• Wilson, Capt., [280]
• Wilson, Luther, [78]
• Wilson, Perley, [56]
• Wilson, W. R., [82]
• Wiltse, Chauncey Livingston, The Pawnee Chief's Farewell, [208]-[210]
• Winslow, Edward, [171]
• Winslow, Eleazer, [171]
• Winslow, George, [168]-[174]
• Winslow, Mrs. George, [170]
• Winslow, George E., [170]
• Winslow, George Edward, [171]
• Winslow, Henry O., [170], [171]
• Winslow, Mrs. Henry, [168]
• Winslow, James, [171]
• Winslow, Jesse, [170], [173]
• Winslow, Josiah, [171]
• Winslow, Kenelm, [170], [171]
• Winslow, Shadrach, [171]
• Wint, Brig. Gen. Theodore, [189]
• Woerner, Mike, [216]
• Wolf creek, [117]
• Woman's Journal, [277], [278]
• Woman's suffrage, [275]-[278]
• Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Kentucky, [91]
• Wood river, [27], [60], [66]
• Wood River Centre, [27], [28]
• Woodhurst, Mrs., [182]
• Woodhurst, Warden, [182]
• Woods, Jim, [139]
• Work, George F., Historical Sketch of Adams County, [11]
• Wright, Eben, [13]
• Wyncoop, Col. ----, [270]
• Wyoming Society Daughters of the American Revolution, [338]
• Wyoming Society Sons of the American Revolution, [338]
• Wyuka cemetery, Nebraska City, [297]

• Yankee Hill, [177]
• Yankton, South Dakota, [247]
• Young, Brigham, [65]

Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation has been standardised.

Minor printer errors (e.g. omitted, superfluous or transposed characters) have been fixed.

Kearny and Kearney are both used in this text.

Page 13, "Rhoderic" changed to "[Roderick]" (Roderick Lomas) [per internet search]

Page 25, "Eldorado" changed to "[El Dorado]" (trip to the new El Dorado)

Page 96, "Asch" changed to "[Asche]" (A. Dove Wiley Asche) [per internet search]

Page 125, "benumed" changed to "[benummed]" (being benummed myself) [per Webster's 1828 Dictionary]

Page 170, "daguerrotype" changed to "[daguerreotype]" (daguerreotype of Mr.) (daguerreotype of George)

Page 171, "1833" changed to "[1633]" (colony in 1633)

Page 219, "repellant" changed to "[repellent]" (seemed repellent, irksome)

Page 226, "repellant" changed to "[repellent]" (and repellent fear)

Page 226, "arborially" changed to "[arboreally]" (arboreally interred)

Page 227, "markmanship" changed to "[marksmanship]" (no deft marksmanship)

Page 281, "Nemeha" changed to "[Nemaha]" (grazing in the Nemaha)

Page 308, "Ottoes" changed to "[Otoes]" (the "Ottoes, Pawnees)

Page 315, the spelling of "[delf]" was retained (per Webster 1828 Dictionary)