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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01103 3211
History of Dodge and Washington Counties, Nebraska And Their People
Editors REV. WILLIAM H. BUSS, Fremont THOMAS T. OSTERMAN, Blair
Advisory Editorial Board
L. D. RICHARDS, Fremont
C. D. MARR, Fremont JAMES M. BEAVER, Scribner W. J. CRANE, Arlington
EDMOND C. JACKSON, Blair WM. E. SWIHART, Kennard
T. L. MATHEWS, Fremont M. T. ZELLERS, M. D., Hooper ROY CUSACK, North Bend CHAS. E. MAJERS, Scribner J. C. ELLER, Blair C. M. WEED, Kennard
VOLUME I
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO 1921
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PREFACE
All life and achievement is evolution ; present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privilege. It required great sacrifice and privation. Com- pare the present condition of the people of Dodge and Washington counties, Nebraska, with what they were threescore years ago. From a trackless prairie it has come to be a center of prosperity and civilized life, with millions of wealth, systems of railroads, telegraphs, telephones, with tens of thousands of automobiles for the convenience of a happy and contented people. It has come to be a subdivision of a great com- monwealth with its thousands of God-fearing people worshiping in scores of beautiful church edifices; with its thousands of intelligent chil- dren attending high-class standards of public free schools, with excellent instructors to impart useful and practical knowledge to them. Can any thinking person be insensible to the fascination of the study which dis- closes the incentives, hopes and aspirations as well as the efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the solid foundations upon which has been builded the magnificent prosperity of later days? To perpetuate the story of these people and to trace and faithfully record the social, politi- cal and industrial progress of the community within the boundaries of Dodge and Washington counties, from their first inception is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and personal memoirs that are deserving of perpetuation, and which unite the present to the past, is the motive for the present publication.
A specially valuable and highly interesting department is the one devoted to the sketches of representative men and women of the two counties under consideration. These biographies have for the most part been prepared under the direction of the subjects themselves, or by their near relatives and finally submitted to them for correction and approval before being printed, hence are considered accurate.
On account of ill health, when the work of compiling the Dodge County section of this work was commenced, Rev. William H. Buss, of Fremont, who had been selected as its editor, was unable to engage in the duties of an active compiler, hence the publishers were obliged to engage other competent compilers to do the work of gathering material and writing most of the chapters, aided, however, by a number of local writers whose contributions have embellished and made doubly valuable the work now within your hands. After the compilation had been written in full, the important chapters were then all carefully read and approved by Mr. Buss, who acted simply as supervising editor, and had nothing whatever to do with the biographical or financial part of the publication, yet to him the reader is indebted for many timely sugges- tions and changes, as the work was being prepared for Dodge County and the same may also be said concerning the supervising editor of the Washington County section, Mr. Thomas T. Osterman, of Blair We especially wish in this connection to acknowledge the great aid
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rendered us in the compilation of this work by Hon. L. D. Richards of Fremont and Judges Jackson and Eller, of Blair.
It has been the aim of the writers of this work to seek out the most useful information regarding these two counties from their earliest set- tlement to the present day, believing this to be of first and prime con- sideration for all local history, rather than to produce a work of high literary excellence. We have aimed to be fair and faithful to the interests of all whose names appear herein-whether dead or living. Therefore throw the mantle of charity over the work and believe it to be, as nearly as possible, a true, unbiased record of the comings and goings of the men and women who have lived and labored in the goodly counties of Dodge and Washington.
Our work is done-it is yours to read, to criticise and then leave as a legacy to your sons and daughters.
Believe us, faithfully,
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
1921.
CONTENTS
DODGE COUNTY
CHAPTER I
GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL FEATURES
GEOLOGICAL ERAS-COAL MEASURES-GLACIAL PERIOD-AGRICULTURAL VALUE OF THE SOIL-SCENERY OF THE LOESS DEPOSIT-CHARACTER OF DEPOSIT ALONG THE RIVERS- FORMATION OF THE PLATTE VAL- LEY-BOTTOM LANDS-LAST BUFFALO HUNT-SAND CHERRIES- SOAP WEED-ALKALI LANDS-MODERN CHANGES-TIMBER-TOPOG- RAPHY AND NATURAL FEATURES-EXTREME TEMPERATURES-MEAN TEMPERATURES-NEBRASKA WINDS-MOISTURE AND RAINFALL- RANK AMONG THE STATES IN THE UNION - FORESTS - WILD FRUITS-STATE INSTITUTIONS-LEGAL HOLIDAYS-"BLUE BOOK" PARAGRAPHS-STATE SEAL-STATE FLOWER-STATE CAPITOL BUILD- INGS-VEGETATION-GRASSES OF NEBRASKA-WILD FLOWERS-GOV- ERNORS-ABSTRACT OF COUNTIES-COUNTY POPULATION-ALTITUDE AND AREA 3
CHAPTER II DISCOVERY AND OCCUPANCY BY WHITE MEN
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE-OTHER VIEWS OF THE "PURCHASE"-THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE AFFAIR-THE NAME "NEBRASKA"-TERRI- TORIAL ORGANIZATION-ADMITTED AS A STATE-THE CONSTITUTIONS -EARLY EXPLOITATIONS-FUR TRADERS-GREAT EXPLORING EXPE- DITIONS-MORMON ADVENT-GOLD HUNTERS' PANIC, 1849. .. .36
CHAPTER III INDIAN OCCUPANCY AND FINAL DEPARTURE
CONCERNING THE INDIANS-PAWNEES-PIKE THE EXPLOROR AMONG THE INDIANS-THE PONCAS-THE ALGONQUIN FAMILY-SAC AND Fox PURCHASE-OTHER INDIAN TRIBES-THE KIOWAN FAMILY- HALF-BREED TRACT, ETC .- STILL OTHER TRIBES-CHARACTER AND RELATION WITH THE WHITES-IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS-HOSTIL- ITY TOWARD THE WHITES-INDIAN WAR OF 1890-91 43
CHAPTER IV EARLY SETTLEMENT
FONTANELLE SETTLEMENT - THROWN INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY - FIRST HOUSES-FIRST LAND BROKEN-EARLY CROPS-MILLING MARKETS-TOWNSITE PROJECTS-NORTH BEND-FREMONT-FIRST
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BIRTHS-DEATH-HARD WINTER 1856-57-PAWNEE INDIANS-1857 PANIC-1857 SETTLEMENT-PIONEER HIMEBAUGH'S EXPERIENCES- SIXTY PER CENT INTEREST-PIKE'S PEAK-IMMIGRATION DAYS- UNION PACIFIC 52
CHAPTER V
ORGANIZATION OF DODGE COUNTY
ORIGINAL AND PRESENT BOUNDARIES-COUNTY SEAT CONTEST-MEET- ING OF FIRST COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-PLATTING OF FREMONT- AGITATING ERECTION OF COUNTY BUILDINGS 56
CHAPTER VI
DODGE COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY ORGANIZATION PERFECTED - PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND COUNTY ATTORNEY SYSTEMS-ACTS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS- MAKING OF FIRST PRECINCTS-FIRST ROAD DISTRICTS-NAMES OF COMMISSIONERS-CREATION OF "TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION"-FIRST COUNTY SUPERVISORS-THE BURNING OF COURTHOUSE IN 1887- BUILDING A NEW COURTHOUSE-SECOND COURTHOUSE FIRE, 1915- PRESENT STRUCTURE - THE NEW JAIL - HIGHWAYS - BRIDGES - LADIES' REST ROOMS-PROPERTY VALUATIONS-COUNTY FINANCES -BOARDS' ESTIMATE, 1891-COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT, 1892- COUNTY SEAT AND COUNTY BUILDINGS-COURTHOUSES AND JAILS- BIDS FOR PRESENT COURTHOUSE-DEDICATION-COUNTY POOR FARM -COUNTY OFFICIALS, 1920-COUNTY OFFICERS' SALARIES-TAXES- ASSESSED VALUATIONS-BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 1920-STATE AND COUNTY LEVIES-AVERAGE VALUE FARM LANDS, 1920. 60
CHAPTER VII
THE RAILROADS OF DODGE COUNTY
VALUE OF RAILROADS-THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY AND ITS CONSTRUC- TION-LIST OF NEBRASKA LAND GRANTS-SPEECHES MADE IN STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION-WORK OF GENERAL DODGE-INTER- ESTING INCIDENTS-COST TO DODGE COUNTY-OLD SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC-OLD FREMONT, ELKHORN AND MISSOURI VALLEY-DIVERG- ING BRANCHES-THE BUILDING OF THE LATEST RAILROAD, THE "BURLINGTON" FROM LINCOLN TO SIOUX CITY, IOWA. MILEAGE 75
CHAPTER VIII AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
NEBRASKA COMPARED WITH OTHER STATES-PRODUCTS OF THE RICH SOIL-FARM STATISTICS-A LARGE NUMBER OF TOTALS-COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES-DODGE COUNTY FARM NAMES-OFFICERS
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OF DODGE COUNTY FARM BUREAU-DIRECTORS-FARM BUREAU'S AGENT-CHIEF CO-OPERATORS OF FARM BUREAU-THE RACE TRACK 85 1
CHAPTER IX
HISTORY OF THE DODGE COUNTY BAR. .91
CHAPTER X
MEDICAL MEN OF THE COUNTY
FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT DOCTORS OF DODGE COUNTY-LIST OF PHYSI- CIANS-SHORT PERSONALS OF SOME OF THE COUNTY'S MEDICAL MEN -LIST OF PRESENT PHYSICIANS THE DODGE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-HOSPITALS, ETC. 99
CHAPTER XI BANKING IN DODGE COUNTY
UTILITY OF BANKING-THE FIRST BANK OF THE COUNTY-SUBSEQUENT INSTITUTIONS - PRESENT BANKS OF DODGE COUNTY - SUMMARY OF BANKS IN 1920 - BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATIONS - TRUST COMPANIES 107
CHAPTER XII DODGE COUNTY NEWSPAPERS
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER IN DODGE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES-THE FREMONT WEEKLY AND DAILY TRIBUNE-THE OLD TRI-WEEKLY- GROWTH OF THE PIONEER PAPER PLANT-THE FREMONT WEEKLY HERALD-THE NORTH BEND EAGLE-THE HOOPER SENTINEL-THE UEHLING POST-THE SCRIBNER RUSTLER. 123
CHAPTER XIII
SOIL AND DRAINAGE OF DODGE COUNTY 128
CHAPTER XIV
DODGE COUNTY AND MODERN ROADS
133
CHAPTER XV
POLITICAL
GENERAL COMMENT-VOTE ON GOVERNORS-STATE SENATORS-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-PARTY VOTE OF COUNTY BY DECADES SINCE 1868-COUNTY JUDGES-COUNTY ATTORNEY-COUNTY TREASURERS
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-COUNTY CLERKS-CLERK OF THE COURT-SHERIFFS-SURVEYORS- SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION-REGISTRAR OF DEEDS- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. . .. .. . 137
CHAPTER XVI
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S ESTIMATE OF FREE SCHOOLS-SCHOOLS OF FREMONT-THE PRESENT CITY SCHOOLS-NORTH BEND SCHOOLS- SCRIBNER SCHOOLS - HOOPER SCHOOLS - OTHER FIRST SCHOOLS- DODGE-SNYDER-CROWELL-NICKERSON-COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN- TENDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT - BUILDINGS - PUPILS - EXPENSES- OTHER SCHOOL STATISTICS-GRADED SCHOOLS IN COUNTY-PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS-TEACHERS' WAGES NOW-VALUATION AND TAX LEVY OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 1920-FREMONT NORMAL SCHOOL AND BUSINESS INSTITUTE-FREMONT BUSINESS COLLEGE-MIDLAND 152 COLLEGE
CHAPTER XVII
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
DODGE COUNTY POSTOFFICES-MARKET PRICES-PAST AND PRESENT- POPULATION OF COUNTY-ORIGINAL VILLAGE PLATS-EARLY MAR- RIAGES - GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE - ELKHORN FLOOD OF 1873- OLD SETTLERS' ASSOCIATION-DAYS OF MOURNING-PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S DEATH - PRESIDENT GRANT'S DEATH - PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S DEATH-HYMN TO NEBRASKA BY REV. W. H. BUSS. 168
CHAPTER XVIII
VARIOUS CHURCHES IN DODGE COUNTY
FIRST CHURCHES IN DODGE COUNTY-THE CONGREGATIONAL DENOMI- NATION-METHODIST CHURCHES OF THE COUNTY-FREE METHODIST CHURCHES - UNITED PRESBYTERIAN - PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES - BAPTIST CHURCHES-LUTHERAN CHURCHES-VARIOUS BRANCHES- CATHOLIC CHURCHES-CHRISTIAN CHURCH-ADVENTIST CHURCH 178
CHAPTER XIX
THE CIVIC SOCIETIES OF THE COUNTY
FREE MASONRY-ODD FELLOWSHIP-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-THE WOOD- MEN - WORKMEN - KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS - EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS-REBEKAH DEGREE LODGES-BEN HUR-WORKMEN AND VARIOUS OTHER SECRET AND SEMI-SECRET LODGES 188
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CHAPTER XX MILITARY HISTORY OF DODGE COUNTY
CIVIL WAR-LOYALTY OF SETTLERS-ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN-THE INDIAN TROUBLES-THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR -THE GREAT WORLD WAR-1917-18 200
CHAPTER XXI
CRIMES COMMITTED
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CHAPTER XXII THE CITY OF FREMONT
THE NAME-ORIGIN OF CITY-ENTERING LAND FOR PLAT-MONEY SCARCE-FIRST HOUSES-LOTS DONATED-FIRST EVENTS-CITY'S DEVELOPMENTS - MANUFACTURING IN 1886 - POSTOFFICE - CIVIC SOCIETIES - MUNICIPAL HISTORY - INDEBTEDNESS - CITY HALL - WATER WORKS-CITY BUILDING-ORPHAN'S HOME-CLASSIFIED BUSINESS IN 1892-BUSINESS DIRECTORY, 1920-REMINISCENCES- INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS - COMMERCIAL CLUB - POPULATION - THE
CITY LIBRARY .218
CHAPTER XXIII
FREMONT TOWNSHIP
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CHAPTER XXIV NICKERSON TOWNSHIP
DESCRIPTION-BOUNDARY-EARLY HISTORY-POPULATION-SETTLEMENT -FIRST THINGS-EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS-VILLAGE OF NICK- ERSON-PRESENT DEVELOPMENT-THE TWO RAILROADS. 250
CHAPTER XXV CUMING TOWNSHIP
DESCRIPTION -BOUNDARIES -- POPULATION -- NATIONALITY OF PEOPLE- RAILWAYS-HOMESTEADERS-FIRST SETTLEMENT-FIRST AND EARLY EVENTS-PIONEER SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-VILLAGE OF SCRIBNER -BUSINESS INTERESTS-1920 COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY-MUNICIPAL HISTORY-WATER WORKS-POSTOFFICE HISTORY-PRICE OF FARM LANDS TODAY-PUBLIC LIBRARY 254
CHAPTER XXVI COTTERELL TOWNSHIP
ITS BOUNDARY-POPULATION-PIONEER SETTLEMENT-ONCE INCLUDED VILLAGE OF NORTH BEND-GENERAL NATURAL FEATURES AND PRES- ENT CONDITION OF TOWNSHIP 260
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CHAPTER XXVII PEBBLE TOWNSHIP
LOCATION - DESCRIPTION - BOUNDARY-RAILROAD-POPULATION-VIL- LAGES OF CROWELL AND SNYDER-"PEBBLE" NOW DEFUNCT-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-MILLING INDUSTRY-THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP 263
CHAPTER XXVIII WEBSTER TOWNSHIP
LOCATION-BOUNDARY-RAILROADS-ORGANIC-EARLY SETTLEMENT- VILLAGE OF DODGE - POSTOFFICE - INCORPORATION - SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT-ROLLER MILLS-COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN 1920-POPULATION 268
CHAPTER XXIX
ELKHORN TOWNSHIP
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CHAPTER XXX HOOPER TOWNSHIP
ITS BOUNDARY - DESCRIPTION - POPULATION - ORGANIZATION-RAIL- ROADS-FIRST SETTLEMENT-LATER SETTLERS-VILLAGE OF HOOPER -BUSINESS BEGINNINGS-ORIGINAL FLOUR MILL-COMMERCIAL IN- TERESTS, 1920-MUNICIPAL HISTORY-WATERWORKS. 274
CHAPTER XXXI EVERETT TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARIES-ORGANIC-POPULATION-SETTLEMENT - FIRST EVENTS- SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-POSTOFFICE-GENERAL CONDITION TODAY -LAND VALUES, ETC. 280
CHAPTER XXXII RIDGELEY TOWNSHIP
LOCATION-BOUNDARIES-POPULATION-ORGANIZATION - SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-RIDGELEY POSTOFFICE, ETC .- WEBSTER POSTOFFICE- MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS - MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - EARLY SETTLEMENT OF TOWNSHIP. .283
CHAPTER XXXIII UNION TOWNSHIP
LOCATION-BOUNDARY-ORGANIZATION-FIRST DEATH-FIRST BIRTH- FIRST LAND PLOWED-FIRST RELIGIOUS SERVICES-SETTLEMENT- SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC .- POPULATION. 286
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XXXIV PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP
DESCRIPTION-POPULATION-ORGANIZATION-SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES -POSTOFFICES - GENERAL CONDITION TODAY - LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS 289
CHAPTER XXXV
LOGAN TOWNSHIP
ITS EXTENT - BOUNDARIES - POPULATION - RAILROAD FACILITIES - SWEDISH COLONY-LATER SETTLEMENT-VILLAGE OF UEHLING -- GENERAL CONDITIONS TODAY-ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIP OR PRECINCT AS THEN KNOWN-FIRST TOWNSHIP ELECTION-SWA- BURGH POSTOFFICE 292
CHAPTER XXXVI MAPLE TOWNSHIP
DESCRIPTION-BOUNDARY-OLD PRECINCT OF MAPLE-CENSUS RETURNS -SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES-POSTOFFICES-SETTLEMENT .... 295
CHAPTER XXXVII NORTH BEND TOWNSHIP
FORMERLY NORTH BEND PRECINCT-ITS INTERESTING HISTORY-FIRST COLONY-FIRST ELECTION-CITY OF NORTH BEND-PIONEER HIS- TORY-EARLY EVENTS-COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF NORTH BEND- BUSINESS INTERESTS IN 1920-POSTOFFICE HISTORY-MUNICIPAL HISTORY-MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS-PARKS, ETC. .298
CHAPTER XXXVIII PLATTE TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARY - ORGANIZATION - SETTLEMENT - EARLY EVENTS - FIRST BIRTH-FIRST DEATH-FIRST MARRIAGE-FIRST SCHOOL-VILLAGE OF AMES - STANDARD CATTLE COMPANY, ETC. - POPULATION - INDIANS 306
WASHINGTON COUNTY
CHAPTER I
TOPOGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHY, NATURAL PRODUCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION
LOCATION-BOUNDARY-TOPOGRAPHY-NATURAL RESOURCES-COUNTY ORGANIZATION-FIRST CENSUS-PRESENT RESOURCES WITHIN THE COUNTY-PRESENT CIVIL TOWNSHIPS NAMED. 312
CHAPTER II
INDIAN TREATY AND EARLY SETTLEMENT
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPLORERS HOLD COUNCIL WITH INDIANS IN 1804- BURIAL OF BIG ELK, LAST CHIEF TO DIE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY -BURIED NEAR FORT CALHOUN IN 1854 EARLY SETTLEMENT BY WHITE MEN-FORTS ATKINSON AND CALHOUN-SETTLEMENT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTY-AN INTERESTING REMINISCENCE ON EARLY DAYS-WHERE THE PIONEERS EMIGRATED FROM-THE MORMON'S SOJOURN-THE QUINCY COLONY-CLAIM-JUMPING AND
EARLY MURDER 316
CHAPTER III COUNTY GOVERNMENT
COUNTY BUILDINGS-FIRST COURTHOUSE-PRESENT BUILDING-VARIOUS COUNTY JAILS-LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS-VALUATIONS OF COUNTY -FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1920, ETC. 323
CHAPTER IV RAILROADS OF THE COUNTY
THE OLD SIOUX CITY & PACIFIC-THE OLD OMAHA & NORTHWESTERN -THE PRESENT CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN SYSTEM THROUGH THE COUNTY 332
CHAPTER V AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING
GENERAL FACTS - COMPARATIVE AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS - THE GRANGE MOVEMENT-ANNUAL PREMIUM LIST-REGISTERED FARM NAMES 334
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CHAPTER VI
THE ATTORNEYS OF THE COUNTY 338
CHAPTER VII PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY
CONCERNING THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE-ITS ADVANCEMENT-SUR- GERY-OLD-TIME PHYSICIANS-SADDLE-BAGS-LONG DRIVES-THE MEDICINE CHESTS-LIST OF PHYSICIANS-THE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-PRESENT PHYSICIANS-THE HOSPITAL. 342
CHAPTER VIII BANKING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
EARLY BANKS IN NEBRASKA-FIRST BANKING IN WASHINGTON COUNTY -PLATEAU STATE BANK-THE HERMAN STATE BANK-WASHING- TON STATE BANK-FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK, KENNARD- HOME STATE BANK-ARLINGTON STATE BANK-FIRST NATIONAL BANK-WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK-CITIZENS STATE BANK -- FORT CALHOUN STATE BANK-STATE BANK, BLAIR-FARMERS STATE BANK, BLAIR-BANK SUMMARY 345
CHAPTER IX WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWSPAPERS
NEWSPAPERS OF BLAIR-THE REGISTER-WASHINGTON DEMOCRAT (DEFUNCT)-THE PILOT-THE ENTERPRISE-THE TRIBUNE-THE TIMES-THE COURIER-KENNARD WEEKLY NEWS-HERMAN RECORD -THE CALHOUN CHRONICLE-THE COUNTY'S EARLIEST NEWSPAPERS -THE DE SOTO BUGLE-DE SOTO PILOT-THE SUN-ENQUIRER- REGISTER-NEBRASKA PIONEER-CUMING STAR 350
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CHAPTER X POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF COUNTY
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS-SPECIAL ELECTIONS-LISTS OF SENATORS- REPRESENTATIVES IN STATE GOVERNMENT, ETC. 354
CHAPTER XI PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY-LATER DEVELOP- MENTS IN MATTERS OF EDUCATION- THE FORT CALHOUN SCHOOLS -THE DE SOTO SCHOOLS-FONTANELLE SCHOOLS-CUMING CITY SCHOOLS-BLAIR CITY SCHOOLS-OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY - CONDITION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 1920 - SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT-SCHOOL BUILDINGS-TEACHERS-PUPILS-WAGES-PARO- CHIAL SCHOOLS-THE COLLEGE 356
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CHAPTER XII
SECRET SOCIETIES OF COUNTY
FREE MASONRY-ODD FELLOWSHIP-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS-WOODMEN OF THE WORLD-MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA-DANISH BROTH- ERHOOD-ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN-EASTERN STAR- REBEKAH DEGREE LODGES-ETC. 362
CHAPTER XIII CHURCHES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES-THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES-THE BAPTIST CHURCHES-THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES- THE LUTHERAN CHURCHES - DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCHES - EPISCOPAL CHURCH 370
CHAPTER XIV MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
ITS PART IN THE CIVIL WAR-INDIAN TROUBLES-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE LATE WORLD WAR-1914-18-FORT CALHOUN-ITS RUINS .375
CHAPTER XV MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
POPULATION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY-HARD WINTER OF 1856-57- ORIGINAL VILLAGE PLATS-MARKETS AT VARIOUS TIMES-DAYS OF MOURNING-GARFIELD, GRANT AND MCKINLEY. 389
CHAPTER XVI
INDIAN TROUBLES
.394
CHAPTER XVII
BLAIR TOWNSHIP AND CITY
BOUNDARY-STREAMS-RAILROAD LINES-POPULATION-GENERAL FEA- TURES-DRAINAGE DITCH-CITY OF BLAIR-PLATTING-COMMERCIAL INTERESTS - RAILROADS - POSTOFFICE AND MUNICIPAL HISTORY - FACTORIES, ETC. .399
CHAPTER XVIII CUMING CITY TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARY-STREAMS-RAILROAD-BIG DRAINAGE DITCH-POPULATION -TYSON STATION-CUMING CITY (DEFUNCT )-HIGHLAND ..... 412
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CHAPTER XIX
DE SOTO TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARY-STREAMS-RAILWAY LINE-POPULATION-EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP AND DE SOTO VILLAGE-FIRST EVENTS-ONCE SETTLED BY FLEEING MORMONS-MILLS-NEWSPAPERS-INCORPORA- TION-PIKE'S PEAK BOOM-FIRST CHURCH SERVICES-LIST OF EARLY
PIONEERS 414
CHAPTER XX
ARLINGTON TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARY-POPULATION-TOWNS AND VILLAGE-A FARMING SECTION- MARKET FACILITIES-SURROUNDED BY A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY AND A LARGE CITY TO TRADE AT-CITY OF ARLINGTON-BOWEN HAMLET- THE MARSHALL NURSERIES-RAILROAD LINES 417
CHAPTER XXI
HERMAN TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARIES-STREAMS-LAKES-RAILWAY LINE-BIG DRAINAGE DITCH -POPULATION-HUDSON-THE "PAPER TOWN"-VILLAGE OF HER- MAN-HAMLET OF FLETCHER. 422
CHAPTER XXII
FONTANELLE TOWNSHIP
HISTORIC LOCATION-CORRECT SPELLING OF NAME-BOUNDARY-POPU- LATION-STREAMS, SOIL-IMPROVEMENTS-VILLAGE OF FONTANELLE -TALBASTA-REMINISCENCES BY EDA MEAD-EXTRACTS FROM BELL'S HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1876-DEATH AND BURIAL OF LOGAN FONTENELLE 426
CHAPTER XXIII
FORT CALHOUN TOWNSHIP
BOUNDARIES-OLD FORT CALHOUN-VILLAGE HISTORY-LAKES AND STREAMS-SCHOOLS-MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS OF VILLAGE-RAILROAD- POPULATION-BUSINESS OF VILLAGE TODAY-CENTENNIAL CELEBRA- TION-POSTOFFICE HISTORY-REMINISCENCES-ACCOUNT OF PLACE BY W. H. ALLEN, MRS. E. H. CLARK AND W. H. WOODS. ..... 435
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CHAPTER XXIV RICHLAND TOWNSHIP
AN OLD SETTLEMENT-HOW IT OBTAINED ITS NAME-FIRST TO SET STAKES-BEAUTY AND ACTUAL VALUE OF TOWNSHIP AGRICUL- TURALLY-POPULATION-BOUNDARY-ORGANIZATION - FIRST A PRE- CINCT THEN A TOWNSHIP-VILLAGES OF KENNARD AND WASHING-
TON 448
CHAPTER XXV GRANT, SHERIDAN AND LINCOLN PRECINCTS
GRANT TOWNSHIP-ITS CHARACTER-ITS NAME-ITS ORGANIZATION- ITS POPULATION AT DECADE PERIODS-FIRST SETTLERS-GENERAL FEATURES-SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP-BOUNDARIES-POPULATION-SET- TLEMENT-POSTOFFICE-LATER SETTLERS-KILLED IN INDIAN SCARE -LINCOLN PRECINCT-ORGANIZATION-BOUNDARY-PIONEER SET- TLERS-POPULATION-SETTLERS OF 1856-57 AND 1858-EXPERIENCE WITH INDIANS-GOING AFTER PROVISIONS. .452
INDEX
Abbott, Charles E., II, 540 Abbott, L. J., I, 101, 106 Abels, Bernhard, II, 890 Abstract of counties, I, 30 Adams, Frank C., II, 906 Adams, W. R., II, 549
Admah, I, 390, 454
Adventist Church, Fremont, I, 186 Agricultural Societies, Dodge County, I, 86; Washington County, I, 334 Agricultural Statistics, Dodge County, I, 85; Washington County, I, 335 Agriculture: Dodge County, I, 85; Washington County, I, 334 Albers, A. J., II, 722
Algonquian tribes, I, 43, 48 Alkali lands, Nebraska, I, 12
Allen, Roland G., II, 659
American Fur Company, I, 41
American Red Cross, Dodge County, I, 211; Washington County, I, 386 Ames, banks, I, 117; location, I, 171; platted, I, 171; history, I, 309
Ames Methodist Episcopal Church, I, 182
Ancient Order of United Workmen, I, 195, 368
Andersen, A. M., II, 819
Anderson, James B., II, 870
Anderson, Ove T., II, 689 Anderson, P., II, 670
Anderson, William O., II, 509 Antill, George M., II, 912 Area of Nebraska, I, 19
Arlington (village), platted, 390; loca- tion, I, 417; municipal history, I, 418; business and professional in- terests, 1920, I, 419
Arlington High School (illustration), I, 418 Arlington Nurseries (illustration), I, 420
Arlington State Bank, I, 347
Arlington Township, history, I, 417; boundary, I, 417; population, I, 417 Arndt, F. W., II, 812
Arnot, Charles, II, 493
Assessed valuations of Dodge County, I, 64; Washington County, I, 330
Attorneys: Dodge County, I, 92; Washington County, I, 328, 338 Aughey, Samuel, I, 3, 12
B Line, Fremont to Blair, I, 135 Bader, Frederick, II, 787 Bader, Jacob R., II, 736 Bader, John H., II, 754 Badger, James C., II, 847 Baird, Guy B., II, 518 Balding, James, II, 538
Balduff, Charles H., II, 469 Ballard, Grace, II, 630 Banghart, Vangilder, II, 510 Bank, summary of Dodge County (1919-20), I, 119; Washington County, I, 349
"Banking House of A. Castetter," I, 345
Banks, Dodge County, I, 107; Fre- mont, I, 108; Nickerson, I, 113; Snyder, I, 114; Dodge City, I, 115; Winslow, I, 115; Uehling, I, 116; Ames, I, 117; Hooper, I, 117; North Bend, I, 118; Washington County, I, 345; Blair, I, 345, 348; Herman, I, 346; Washington (village), I, 346; Kennard, I, 346; Arlington, I, 347; Ft. Calhoun, I, 347
Baptist Churches, Dodge County, I, 184; Washington County, I, 372
Barnard, E. H., I, 219, 246
Barry, Mary, II, 918
Barz, William E., II, 565
Basler, George F., II, 502
Beales, Austin W., II, 899
Beales, Hannah H., II, 899
Beaty, E. S., II, 850
Beebe, Henry L., II, 757
Beet sugar industry, I, 228
Belknap, William H., II, 595
Bell, N. H., I, 91, 95
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Fremont, I, 198 Ben Hur, I, 196
Benner, Henry, II, 752
Bergmann, Christof, II, 911
Bergquist, H. O., II, 516
Berry, Leslie T., II. 897
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, 1, 182
Beyersdorfer, C. A., II, 690 Black Hills Trail, I, 135
Blaco, Harry C., II, 885
Blaco, John, II, 880
Blaco, Mattie, II, 881
Blair: Newspapers of, I, 350; Schools, I, 358; Masonic Lodge at, I, 362; platted, I, 390, 399; county seat of Washington County, I, 399; rail- roads, I, 401; first events, I, 401; municipal history, I, 402; water works, I, 403; fire department, I, 403; present city officers, I, 405; commercial interests, I, 405; 1920 business interests, I, 405
Blair City Hall (illustration), I, 403 Blair Congregational Church, I, 370 Blair Courier, I, 351 Blair Enterprise, I, 351 Blair Pilot, I, 350
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Blair Postoffice, I, 407
Blair Public Library, I, 408
Blair street scene (illustration), I, 401
Blair township: boundary, I, 399; pop- ulation, I, 399
Bleyhl, Arthur, II, 496
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