Biographical and historical memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton counties, Nebraska, comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a brief descriptive history of each of the counties mentioned, and numerous biographical sketches of the citizens of such counties, Part 92

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820

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be levied, and an equal tax on the value of Buffalo County, then only $21,520. Augustus Schein- eckau was appointed commissioner to locate a road running east and west through the county, and one from Grand Island Station to Grand Island. In October, 1867, W. H. Platt was appointed probate judge, vice William H. Mitchell, who failed to qualify. In January, 1868, Commissioner Wasmer , resigned, Enos Beall was appointed school exam- iner; James Jackson, Hans Wrage, commissioners, with Fred A. Wiebe, the commissioner, elected vice Wasmer, formed the board. John Wallichs succeeded Evans as clerk. In July a tax of 6 mills on the total valuation, $172,467, was levied for general county purposes, 3 mills for sinking fund and 5 mills for road fund. In August, 1868, an offer, made through S. C. House, by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was received. This offer was substantially as follows: "To take in exchange that portion of School Section 16, Town 1 north, Range 9 west, which is now occupied and laid out as the town of Grand Island Station, the nearest railroad land to the said town of Grand Island Station; that is, so many acres as said com- pany has laid out at the above town site." In September the elections of the county seat ques- tion and the 2-mill tax for jail building purposes were ordered, and in October Judge Crounse was petitioned to hold a term of the district court in Hall County, and record books for such court were ordered to be procured. The vote on county seat resulted in favor of Grand Island Station, and the clerk was ordered to give notice of such fact.

Buffalo County was set off as Buffalo Precinct and Dawson County as Dawson Precinct of Hall County. On November 16, 1869, the following named officers qualified: Enos Beall, probate judge; Hugo Hald, sheriff; John A. Wallichs, clerk; Henry A. Koenig, treasurer; Robert Mitch- ell, justice of First precinct and Claus Holdenberg, road superviser of Second precinct. E. Hooper took Commissioner Weibe's place. In January, 1870, Allen Cousins presented fifty-three wolf scalps, George Williamson eight, and George Stierle eight. For some years prior to this the county clerk acknowledged receipt of several wolf

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scalps, but the names of the hunters were not given. At this time the question of issning $15,000 bonds, bearing 10 per cent, to be expended in bridging the Platte, was ordered to be submitted to vote in May, when a majority of twenty-seven votes was recorded in favor of the question, and H. P. Handy commissioned to make an examination of the river, and on July 5, 1870, he was authorized to contract for the building of a bridge 1,900 feet in length on the line between Ranges 9 and 10. The contract was awarded to Wells, French & Co., of Chicago, who agreed to have the work completed on or be- fore February 15, 1871, the considerations being $10,000 worth of bonds on arrival of material, and $5,000 on completion of work. A contract for the Wood River bridge was sold to H. P. Handy at this time, the consideration being $420, and the tempo- rary building for jail purposes was reported com- plete in December, 1870. Treasurer Koenig re- signed at this time and Frederick A. Weibe was ap- pointed to fill that position. In March, 1871, the new portion of Hall County south of the Platte was dis- tricted, the territory in Range 9 being attached to the First precinct, in Range 10 to the Second, and in Ranges 11 and 12 to the Third precinct. The sum of $200 was appropriated to combat the Omaha & Northwestern Railroad in their proceed- ings for injunction against the Platte River bridge bill and H. P. Handy.

In July, 1871, the tax levy on the assessment of $695,071.86, was 5 mills, general fund; 4 mills, land road tax; 1} mills, road and bridge tax, and 2} mills, sinking fund. In Novem- ber of this year the first regular statement of revenue and expenditure was presented by Fred- erick A. Weibe. He reported $6,193.01 col- lected in 1868-69 and 1870 for the general fund; $6,448.50 for sinking fund; $975.66 for jail fund; $3,650.44 for land and road fund; $1,306.98 for bridge fund. Of all this sum, $7,430. 43 remained in the treasury November 14, 1871. On November 23, 1871, a petition signed by L. W. Rollins and 200 tax-payers of the county asked the board to order an election on the question of issuing 10 per cent bonds for $25,000, the pro- ceeds to be expended in erecting a court-house at

Grand Island Station. In granting this petition, the commissioners named Jannary 9, 1872, as the date for such election, but on January 2, the ques- tion was presented in another form and an election ordered for February 15, to vote $15,000 for build ing a court-house. A majority of 150, votes was given to the proposition and the result acquiesced in by the commissioners on February 22 of that year. In February, Abbott & Thummel were appointed agents for Hall County to adjust all matters connected with the collection of taxes and adjusting same in Adams & Hamilton Counties. On March 22 the clerk was authorized to ask for bids for the erection of a brick building on stone foundation. In May an election on the proposi- tion to issue bonds for $90,000 to the Grand Island & Northwestern Railroad Company was ordered to be held June 15, 1872. George Cornelius and Edward Hooper were the commissioners present at this session, Jackson being absent. The proposi- tion was carried by a majority of 180. At this time the assessed value of the county was $949, . 473.12, and on this assessed value a general State tax of 2} mills; sinking fund, 2 mills; school, 2 mills, and University tax of } mill were levied; while for county general tax, 6 mills were levied; for sinking fund, 13 mills, road and bridge fund. 1 mill, land and road tax, $4 on every 160 acres, and court-house tax, 2 mills per $1. School Dis- ricts 6 to 13, inclusive, were assessed 10 mills per $1 for school purposes; District 2, 13 mills; District 3, 4 mills; Districts 1 and 4, 8 mills, and Dis- trict 5, 5 mills. The contract for building court- house was sold to John W. Graham, July 3, 1872, for $15,750, but for some reason a new contract was entered July 17, with Christian Anderson, D. Plun. ster and James Tout, for $16,500 and Edward Hooper appointed superintendent of construction. This house was finished and accepted June 28, 1873. In November, 1872, the issue of $5,000 in 10 per cent bonds was ordered to be submitted to vote, the proceeds to be applied to completion of court-house. This proposition was carried by thirteen majority. William Hagge was appointed treasurer to fill vacancy occasioned by the abscond- ing of the former treasurer, Charles Ruelberg, for

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whose arrest and return to the sheriff of Hall County a reward of $500 was offered. On De- cember 10 a petition from the residents of Grand Island asking for incorporation as a town was granted, and R. C. Jordan, John Wallichs, A. Thorspecken, H. N. Chapman and Christian Was- mer were named as trustees. On April 1, 1873, the question of issuing 10 per cent bonds to aid in the construction of a mill on Wood River, within two miles of the Union Pacific Railroad bridge, was ordered to be submitted, but it does not appear from the record that the proposition was favorably received. O. A. Abbott resigned the office of superintendent of schools on this date, John D. Hayes being appointed the same day. The as- sessed valuation in July, 1873, was $1,276,955. On this valuation a tax levy was made of 6} mills for State purposes, and 15 mills for county pur- poses, with a land-road tax of $4 per 160 acres. The twenty-nine school districts were taxed ac- cording to improvements in each-30 mills in Dis- tricts 16 and 29; 20 mills in Districts 7, 12 and 17; 18 mills in Districts 8 and 18; 16 mills in District 25; 17} mills in District 23; 15 in Dis- triet 24; 13 in District 6; 10 in District 22, and lower rates in the other taxed districts. Districts 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 26 were not taxed directly for school purposes over the State 2-mill tax. In July, 1873, the work of erecting three bridges over Wood River was undertaken and many new roads advertised.

Squire S. Lamb was appointed assessor of dam- ages, under the law declaring section lines county roads, vice Richard Moore formerly appointed. In August the board endorsed the resolutions passed at Columbus, in the matter of injunction proceed- ings by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, against county treasurers along their line, and agreed to pay pro rata costs of defending the counties against the railroad company. The elec- tion on the issue of $90,000 on 10 per cent bonds, to aid in the building of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad, was held December 4, 1873, when a majority vote of 214 was recorded in favor of such issue. On January 6, 1874, Commissioner Peter Harrison took Jackson's place on the board.

During this session there were seven voting pre- cincts established, namely: Grand Island, Prairie Creek, Alda, South Loup, Wood River, Martins- ville and South Platte. On April 8, bonds for $90,000 were ordered to be transferred to the officers of the St. Joseph & Grand Island Rail- road. The rates of taxation agreed upon in July, 1874, were 6} state, and 16} county, with a $4 quarter section tax. The assessed valuation was $1,554,955. Of the forty-four school districts in existence this year, only four escaped direct taxation, which reached 40 mills in District 24, 48 mills in No. 34, 35 mills in No. 32, and 25 mills in Districts 33 and 38. The treasurer's report on revenue from 1869 to September 30, 1874, is very minute in detail. In 1875 Commissioner Jack- son was returned a member of the board vice Cor- nelius. The assessed valuation was placed at $1,- 528,155, on which a State tax of 7,3% mills, and a county tax of 11} mills were levied. There were fifty-three school districts in existence at this time, all of which were directly taxed -- District 45 pay- ing 80 mills; Districts 24, 32 and 40 about 40 mills; Districts 46 and 50, 30 mills; District 28, 28 mills. In 1876 George Cornelius was returned a member of the board vice Hooper, and with Peter Harrison and James Jackson formed the board. The ques- . tion of issuing $15,000 in 8 per cent bonds (to be known as the Hall County Canal Bonds, and the proceeds to be expended on the construction of a canal between the Platte and Wood Rivers) was submitted May 20, 1876, and rejected by a vote of 330 contra, 140 pro. In July the assessment of the county showed a valuation of $1,379,909, on which a State tax of 7,3% mills, and a county tax of 16} mills were levied. There were fifty five school districts established, of which No. 45 paid a 70-mill tax, and No. 50 a 61-mill tax. B. B. Partridge, James Jackson and George Cornelius formed the board in December, 1876. In May, 1877, the commissioners took steps to tax lands on which title was not proved, although the time had passed when title should issue. The object of the board was to force such " escapers " from tax-pay. ing to show their hands. The assessed value in July, 1877. was $1,608.23, on which a State tax of

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63 mills and a county tax of 15 mills were levied. There were fifty-six school districts listed, all of which except nine were taxed directly. At this time the people of Grand Island precinct authorized the issne of $8,000 in 8 per cent bonds, to be ex- pended on building a bridge over the Platte, in conjunction with Hamilton County. The vote was 197 for, and ninety-three contra. In August, 1877. O. D. M. Washburn took the place of George Cornelius, and in November J. W. West was elected commissioner with P. Nevills. In November the vote on "Township Organization " gave a major- ity in favor of the change of 478, and on the 24th of that month the county was divided into fifteen municipal townships, namely: Washington, Lake, Prairie Creek, Mayfield, South Loup, Lee, Zurich. Sheridan, Alda, Wood River, Union, Martinsville, Grant, South Platte and Douglass. The law was declared unconstitutional and the subject slept for years. In December, 1877, Caswell T. Poe was appointed county physician, and in January, 1878, Messrs. Partridge, West and Nevills were com- missioners.

In May, 1878, Surveyor L. E. Reaugh resigned, and Charles Rief was appointed. In July, 1878, the assessed valuation was $1,712,733. On this total a State tax of 62 mills and a county tax of 12 mills were levied, while the fifty-eight school dis- tricts then organized were all taxed except eight. In no case was the rate over 25 mills. During this month the board appropriated $8, 000 toward build- ing a bridge 'over the Platte at the east line of Hall County. This was completed in January, 1879. A sum of $200 was appropriated to the Agricultural Society to be expended in improving fair grounds. The proposition to issne bonds for $75,000 to the Hastings & Grand Island Railroad, was presented in April, 1879. In May 1,108 votes were cast in its favor and 470 against it. The valuation of the county in 1879 was placed at $1,815,280, on which a State tax of 52 mills and a county tax of 18 mills were levied. Sixty school districts were reported organized, of which fifty-three paid direct tax. The Mrs. Willoughby chastity matter was presented in August, but the wily commissioners transferred the ones of investigation to Judge Harrison's

court. In October the proposition to issue $50, 000 in 6 per cent bonds (to aid the building of the Omnha & Republicun Valley Railroad) was ordered to be submitted to the people of Grand Island. On November 8 there were 509 votes cast for and 122 against the proposition. On October 9 the Grand Island Railroad was reported complete and $75,- 000 in bonds transferred to the proper officers. Work on the railroad shops at Grand Islund was begun in September, 1880. Charles Rief succeeded John Wallichs in January, 1880, as county clerk. The assessed valuation of the county was placed at $1,919,069.70, on which a county tax of 17} mills was levied. Grand Island precinct was taxed 5 mills for sinking fund, and the city 10 mills for general fund and 2} for sinking fund. There were sixty-four school districts in existence that year; but, unlike former years, a direct school tax of 25 mills was the highest levied and that only in thir- teen districts. In October, 1880, the question of expending $1,000 on a building for the poor was ordered to be voted on.

Z. B. Partridge and W. H. West, old members of the board, continued their membership in 1881 with Joel P. Goodrich, who replaced Commissioner Nevills. In March was established the cemetery on the poor-farm. The tax levy ordered in July was 16 mills for county, general, sinking, bridge and road fund; 2 mills to pay interest on bonds of Grand Island precinct, and 9 mills for sinking fund of Grand Island City. There were sixty-five school districts reported, but the direct tax only reached 25 mills in a few instances. The subdivision of the county into voting precincts was accomplished July 28. 1881, when the following divisions were established: Lake, Town 12, Range 9; Prairie Creek, Town 12, Range 10; Mayfield, Town 12. Range 11: South Loup, Town 12, Range 12; Cam- eron, Town 11, Range 12; Harrison, Town 11, Range 11; Alda, sections in Range 10 and 11, Town 11 and 10; North Grand Island, parts of Town 11, Range 9 and 10; East Grand Island, parts of Town 11 and 10, Range 9; West Grand Island, parts of Town 10 and 11, Range 9; Wood River, Town 10, Range 11, and that portion of Town 9 in Range 9, north of north bank of south

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channel of Platte; Jackson, Town 10, Range 12, and all of Town 9, Range 12, north of above mentioned bank of the Platte; Martinsville, Town 9, Range 12, and all of Town 9, Range 11, south of north bank of south channel of Platte; South Platte, all of Town 9, Range 10, and the south angle of Town 10, Range 10, south of the south channel of the Platte; Doniphan, all of Town 9 and 10 in Range 9, south of the north bank of south channel of the Platte. Each precinct was established as a road district, the numerical order of Townships 1 to 15 being re- tained as the numbers of such districts ontside of Grand Island City. The contract for county printing was awarded for the year to Seth P. Mobley for $97. In October, Commissioner Part- ridge tendered his resignation, to take effect Jan- uary 4, 1882. This was not accepted. In Novem- ber Dr. H. B. Lashlee was employed as county physician, the annual money consideration being $85. In January, 1882, Frank Sears signs the records as county clerk, Z. B. Partridge and J P. Good- rich are members of the board, with S. S. Shultz new commissioner, vice West. The estimate of county expenditures for 1882 was placed at $43,- 000 and of the Grand Island sinking fund at $3,000. In June, 1882, the tax levy was ordered as follows: County general fund, 8 mills; sinking fund, 3 mills; sinking fund to pay indebtedness prior to adoption of new constitution, 2 mills; bridge fund, 2 mills; road fund, 2 mills; Grand Island precinct fund, 4 mills; Grand Island City, for general revenue pur- poses, 10 mills. Sixty-six school districts were re- ported existing, the direct tax on which ranged from 3 to 25 mills. The contract for county print- ing was awarded to James Ewing in September for $100. Dr. Lashlee resigned, the county was divid- ed into twenty seven road districts and Dr. Janss was appointed county physician at $139.95 per annum. On October 10, 1882, the following reso- Intion was adopted: " Whereas it has come to our knowledge, through the agency of the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, that the organization of Hall County has never been recorded in the records of said county, and Whereas Mr. Morton, who as act- ing-governor of the Territory of Nebraska, at the time of the organization of said county, has furnished

a copy of the record of said organization, it is therefore resolved that the clerk of Hall County is ordered to spread the proceedings of said organi- zation upon the records of the county." A petition from the inhabitants of Wood River, asking that all the territory in Section 19, Town 10, Range 11, be incorporated as a town, was presented October 14, 1882, and granted. James Jackson, W. L. G. Trapp, N. T. Britton, J. B. Furman and James Ewing were named as trustees.

In May, 1883, the court-house was subjected to repairs by Contractor J. W. Lamb. The price was $170, plus 35 cents per yard for plastering. The tax levy was fixed at 12 mills in addition to 3 mills for Grand Island precinct fund; 10 mills for Grand Island revenue purposes, and 1 mill for Grand Island library fund. No new school districts were reported, and the levy in the sixty six exist- ing districts was generally kept below the 25- mill limit except in seven districts where the 25 mill tax was ordered. Charles Guenther was awarded the contract for building an addition, 24x34 feet, to honse on poor-farm for $1,060. In January, 1883, Commissioner W. W. Mitchell took the place of Commissioner Partridge; C. T. Poe was county physician. On November 20, 1883, this board ap- proved the official bonds of John Allan, clerk of the district court; James Cannon, sheriff; D. H. Vantine, superintendent of public instruction, and Edward Hooper, county treasurer, and the work of the last board of county commissioners was com- pleted.

The first meeting of the board of supervisors was held November 21, 1883, with Z. Avery tem- porary president, and Frank Sears, clerk. The townships were represented by E. C. Walker of Lake Township; Peter Mohr, Sr., Prairie Creek; Henry Rosswick, Mayfield; Frank M. Stanley, South Loup; Haydn Strong, Cameron; Jasper Eg- gers, Harrison; George Elfus, Alda; Stephen Jones, Wood River; Z. Avery, Martinsville; J. H. Powers, South Platte; Samuel S. Shultz, Doni- phan; John Fonner, East Grand Island; James Cleary, West Grand Island; G. H. Bush (W. B. Larrabee in December, 1883), North Grand Is- land, and Patrick Nevills, of Jackson. Haydn

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Strong was elected permanent president over J. H. Powers. A committee on the formation of town- ships was then appointed: Messrs. Powers, Shultz, Jones, Fonner and Elfus. This committee reported as follows, and the report was accepted: Lake Township, Town 12, Range 9; Prairie Creek, Town 12, Range 10; Mayfield, Town 12, Range 11; South Loup, Town 12, Range 12; Cam- eron, Town 11, Range 12; Harrison, Town 11. Range 11; Centre, Town 11, Range 10; Alda, Town 10. Range 10 north of north main channel of Platte; Wood River, all of Town 10, Range 11 and Town 9, Range 11 north of north main chan- nel of Platte; Jackson, Town 10, Range 12 and part of Town 9, Range 12 north of said channel; Martin, all of Ranges 11 and 12 south of north bank of main channel of that river; South Platte, all of Town 9, Range 10 and Town 10, Range 10 south of north bank of main channel; Doniphan, Town 9, Range 9, and part of Town 10, Range 9, and part of Town 10, Range 9 south of channel; Washington, Town 10, Range 9 north of channel, and all of Towns 11 and 9 except Grand Island City and the Town of Grand Island.

On December 11 committees on claims, finance. roads and bridges, official books, assessments, boundaries and rules were appointed, and the new board settled down to business. A petition to the governor asking for the commutation of the death sentence of George W. Hart to imprisonment for life met with opposition. Dr. Poe was re-appointed county physician, and the Wood River Gazette Company, printers. On January 9, 1884, the sum of $1,000 was granted to the Agricultural Society ; the proposition to build a front or wing to the court-house was favorably received, and the salary of county clerk placed at $1,500, including $400 as clerk of the board, but exclusive of $700 for deputy and $600 for other assistants in the office.

On February 26, 1884, an examination of Treasurer Cornelius' books showed $32,506.67 to the credit of all funds at the close of his term, and this sum was turned over to Treasurer Hooper. On October 4 a petition by James Cleary, C. B. Lewis, W. B. Larrabee, E. C. Walker and John Fonner asked for an election on the question

of issuing $8,000 bonds to be expended on the construction of two bridges over the Platte near Wood River. The proposition received 1, 746 votes, and was opposed by 670, so that the super- visors in November, 1884, gave their authoritative sanction to the measure. The injunction issued by the United States District Court to restrain the collection of taxes from the Union Pacific Railroad Company was discussed, and a resolution calling upon the clerk to correspond with the clerks of other counties interested with a view of taking steps to set aside the injunction was passed.

On January 13, 1885, the board organized with J. H. Powers, president; Z. Avery, T. M. Crit- tenden, R. H. Dodd, M. S. Drennan, G. El. fus, L. J. Hanchett, W. H. Harrison, C. B. Lewis, W. B. Larrabee, E. S. Lee, John Mul- len, J. T. Mehaffie, J. H. Powers, J. H. Seud- der, C. Stoltenberg, J. G. Shaupp, O. U. West cott and C. W. Thomas (the last-named failed to qualify, and James Cleary was appointed) were the supervisors. An appropriation of $1.000 to the Agricultural Society, for the purpose of erect ing permanent buildings, was made, and a resolu- tion urging the collection of delinquent personal taxes adopted. In June President E. A. Barnes, of the Agricultural Society, asked that the appropria- tion of the sum of $1,000 to his society be with- drawn, and the vote was reconsidered and the appro- priation confirmed, omitting the article binding the society to build at Grand Island. At this time a 14-mill tax for county, sinking and bridge fund was ordered. a 3-mill tax for Grand Island precinct interest on shop bonds, 14 mills for Grand Island City, 10 mills for Wood River village, and 6 mills for Doniphan village. There were also direct taxes on township levied this year for general, road and bridge purposes in each township. This tax ranged from 43 mills in South Platte to 11 mills in Mayfield. In the seventy school districts existing in 1885 a 32-mill tax was levied in No. 67; but, with the exception of four other districts, the levy was under 25 mills, and in one district as low as 3 mills. In August, 1885, on petition of Lyon Post, G. A. R , a committee comprising one rep- resentative from each town was appointed to

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attend to the burial of indigent deceased soldiers. The men appointed are named as follows: N. H. Hurford, Grand Island; H. E. Kent, Lake; W. B. Larrabee, Washington; C. B. Lewis, Prairie Creek; Henry Rosswick, Mayfield; H. Strong, Cameron; J. T. Mehaffie, South Loup; J. B. Stevens, Jackson; Stephen Jones, Wood River; W. W. Mitchell, Alda; W. N. Gillett, Center; G. C. Humphrey, South Platte; Martin Ennis, Doniphan; O. F. Foote, Martin, and F. P. Cowee, of Harrison. In October, 1885, a statement of expenses of old county commissioners' board was asked for. This pointed out that during the year 1883 J. P. Goodrich received for time and mile- age, $262.20; S. S. Shultz, $234.10, and W. W. Mitchell, $205.50, a total of $701.80 up to Octo- ber 20, 1883. For the year ending October 7, 1885, the board of supervisors received $636.95, or $37.41 each, to which $88.90 expenses of ses- sion then adjourned must be added. On October 24 a special meeting was called to consider charges made in the columns of the Grand Island Times against Sheriff Cannon. The investigation com- menced October 27, when the six charges were presented. Supervisor Lewis moved: "We find that the sheriff has received $646, more or less, for guarding jail, and that said service has not been truly rendered or performed, and that if it had been performed as claimed it would not have been by the authority of this board." The inves- tigation ended October 29, with the sheriff's resignation, his reason for resigning being "that the compensation of the office had been so re- duced by the action of the board he did not desire to hold the office longer." E. A. Wedgwood suc- ceeded him. J. December, the school superin- tendent, was ordered to remove to rented rooms in the Michelson building, and the district clerk to move into the vacated rooms in county building. On January 12, 1886, the third organization of the supervisors' board was perfected, with Charles Rief, president; James Cleary represented Grand Island; W. J. Burger, Doniphan; T. M. Critten- den, Martin; Z. H. Denman, Alda; W. H. Harri- son, Harrison; Stephen Jones, Wood River; Frank Jacobs, Grand Island; E. S. Lee, Cameron,

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Author: Goodspeed Brothers Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 820

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820