Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences

by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska

INDEX

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[W]

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• 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]