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| Dedication |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction
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1-7 |
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| Chapter
One - LOCATION,
AREA, ALTITUDE, TOPOGRAPHY, STREAMS, NATIVE TIMBER, SOIL Pages 9-13 |
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Two - LOCATION
OF INDIAN TRIBES -- TREATIES CEDING ANTELOPE COUNTY TO THE UNITED STATES
-- INDIAN RELICS -- INDIAN GRAVES -- GRAVE OF PAWNEE WARRIOR -- INTERVIEW
WITH BAND OF PAWNEES -- BUFFALO -- BUFFALO TRAILS -- BUFFALO WALLOWS PAGES
14-19 |
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three -
ELK
OR WAPITI DEER -- BLACKTAIL OR MULE DEER -- WHITE-TAIL DEER -- ANTELOPE --
DISAPPEARANCE OF GAME -- WILD TURKEYS -- PRAIRIE CHICKENS AND SHARP-TAILED
GROUSE -- QUAIL -- BEAVER -- WOLVES -- BADGERS -- WILDCATS -- HONEY-BEES
Pages 20-24 |
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Four - THE
COUNTY AS IT APPEARED TO THE FIRST SETTLERS -- EFFECT OF PRAIRIE FIRES --
SCARCITY OF HAY -- FIRST WHITE MEN IN THE COUNTY -- STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN
CLARKE --THE ELKHORN RIVER: WHY SO NAMED --THEOPHILE BRUGIER --INDIAN AND
MORMON TRAILS -- MODE OF TRAVELING BY THE INDIANS -- STATEMENT BY JUDGE
THOMAS L. GRIFFEY Pages 25-29 |
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Five - ERRONEOUS
OPINIONS -- OLNEY'S GEOGRAPHY -- QUOTATIONS FROM IRVING, PARKMAN, BRYANT,
SAGE -- OPINIONS OF OTHERS -- DOUBTS OF SETTLERS Pages 30-35 |
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six - TEMPORARY
SETTLEMENT -- MICHAEL J. HUGHES -- GEORGE ST. CLAIR -- CUTTING OF OAR
TIMBER FOR THE NORFOLK MILL -- CRANDALL HOPKINS LEAVES WISCONSIN -- LEAVES
ILLINOIS AND REACHES COUNCIL BLUFFS; HEARS OF THE ELKHORN VALLEY; ARRIVES
IN ANTELOPE COUNTY; MAKES PERMANENT SETTLEMENT Pages 36-40 |
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seven- TIDE
OF IMMIGRATION FOLLOWS THE VALLEYS -- ROLLING LANDS SETTLED LAST, BUT ARE
OFTEN THE BEST -- ADDITIONAL SETTLERS IN 1868 -- FIRST DEEDED LAND IN THE
COUNTY BIOGRAPHY OF CRANDALL HOPKINS Pages 41-45 |
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eight - SETTLEMENTS
IN 1869, 1870, 1871-- CROPS RAISED -- PETITION TO THE LEGISLATURE -- BILL
PASSED TO ORGANIZE THE COUNTY -- THE FIRST ELECTION; OFFICERS ELECTED;
NUMBER OF VOTES CAST -- PRECINCTS FORMED -- FIRST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE --
FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICTS Pages 46-50 |
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nine - THE
FIRST COUNTY CONVENTION --THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTION -- SET OF COUNTY
BOOKS ORDERED -- PART OF THE ORDER CANCELED -- FIRST TAXES COLLECTED --
SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE -- NUMBER OF SETTLERS BY TOWNSHIPS --THE GRASSHOPPERS
Pages 51-58 |
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ten - THE
GRASSHOPPERS CONTINUED -- MANY SETTLERS LEAVE THE COUNTY -- THE
GRASSHOPPERS BECOME DISEASED; THEY FINALLY DISAPPEAR -- DISTRIBUTION OF
AID IN 1874 -75 -- BETTER TIMES COME AGAIN Pages 59-63 |
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eleven - THE
FIRST INDIAN RAID -- MRS. FREEMAN'S ADVENTURE -- INDIANS FIRE INTO LOUIS
PATRAS' HOUSE -- THEY GET AWAY WITH TEN HORSES Pages 64-68 |
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twelve - INDIANS
RAID THE HOUSE OF ROBERT HORNS ON CEDAR CREEK -- THE TRAIL IS FOUND --
PARTY ORGANIZED TO FOLLOW -- ARMS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE PARTY -- INDIANS
ARE OVER-TAKEN Pages 69-72 |
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thirteen - A
TALK WITH THE INDIANS -- INDIANS BEGIN THE FIGHT -- THEY ARE DRIVEN BACK
-- RESULT OF THE FIGHT -- RETURN TO THE SETTLEMENTS -- MILITARY COMPANY
ORGANIZED -- INDIAN VERSION OF THE FIGHT Pages 73-77 |
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fourteen- THE
INDIANS CONTINUED -- PLANS OF DEFENSE -- ARMS AND AMMUNITION FURNISHED --
THE CEDAR CREEK SETTLEMENT GUARDED -- FALSE ALARM -- MORE HORSES STOLEN --
END OF THE INDIAN TROUBLES Pages 78-81 |
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fifteen - "Doc"
MIDDLETON MAKES HIS APPEARANCE -- THE NIOBRARA GANG OF HORSE THIEVES --
THEY ROB A DETECTIVE AND SEND HIM HOME ON FOOT -- THEY RAID AN INDIAN CAMP
-- CHARLEY PUGET, A LEADER, AND TWO OTHERS CAPTURED Pages 82-86 |
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SIXTEEN - THE
HORSE THIEVES CONTINUED -- STOLEN STOCK CAPTURED AND RECLAIMED --
"DOC" MIDDLETON ARRESTED AND CONVICTED -- DISTANCES TO THE
MARKET TOWNS -- MANNER OF GOING TO MARKET Pages 87-91 |
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SEVENTEEN - THE
MARKETS -- LOG HOUSES -- DUGOUTS -- THE FIRST FRAME HOUSE -- SOD HOUSES --
THE FIRST SAW-MILL -- A HAPPY COMMUNITY -- CARRYING THE MAIL -- THE FIRST
WEDDING -- THE FIRST BIRTH -- THE FIRST DEATH Pages 92-96 |
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EIGHTEEN - THE
STORMS OF APRIL, 1873, AND OF JANUARY, I888, COMPARED -- STORM OF 1873
DESCRIBED -- WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS KILLED BY STORM -- CAPTAIN MIX'S
COMPANY OF CAVALRY -- ART. MERRIMAN'S STORY Pages 97-102 |
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NINETEEN - THE
APRIL STORM CONTINUED -- WILLIAM A. SHEPHERDS STORY -- THE LOCATING OF THE
OLD SOLDIERS' COLONY -- D. V. COE'S STORY Pages 103-108 |
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TWENTY - THE
NARRATIVE OP ANDREW P. BENNETT, ENTITLED "AN OLD SETTLER'S
EXPERIENCES IN THE EARLY DAYS IN ANTELOPE COUNTY," AS PUBLISHED IN
THE ELGIN CLIPPINGS, 1889 Pages 109-113 |
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TWENTY-ONE - CONTINUATION
OF A. P. BENNETT'S NARRATIVE -- FATALITIES OF THE NOVEMBER STORM OF 1871
-- PARTICULARS OF THE BUFFALO HUNT Pages 114-118 |
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TWENTY-TWO - A.
P. BENNETT CONTINUES HIS NARRATIVE -- TELLS ABOUT THE ANTELOPE; THE
GRASSHOPPERS; THE APRIL STORM; HUNTING THE LOST OX; CROSSING THE ELKHORN
ON A SNOWDRIFT Pages 119-124 |
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TWENTY-THREE - A
CHAPTER OF INCIDENTS Pages 125-128 |
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TWENTY-FOUR - THE
SECOND GENERAL ELECTION -- OAKDALE SURVEYED AND PLATTED -- NELIGH SURVEYED
AND PLATTED -- THE COUNTY SEAT LOCATED -- BUILDING OF THE OAKDALE AND
NELIGH FLOURING MILLS Pages
130-134 |
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TWENTY-FIVE - THE
DEATH OF WILLIAM P. CLARK, COUNTY COMMISSIONER -- A. WARNER
APPOINTED TO FILL VACANCY -- ELECTION OF OCTOBER, I873 -- DEATH OF B. C.
PALMER, COUNTY TREASURER -- ELECTION OF OCTOBER, I874 -- TAYLOR PRECINCT
ESTABLISHED -- VALLEY PRECINCT -- THE COUNTY REDISTRICTED INTO FIVE
DISTRICTS -- ELECTION OF OCTOBER, 1875 -- CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION --
FIRST BRIDGE OVER THE ELKHORN -- OTHER BRIDGES BUILT Pages 135-39 |
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TWENTY-SIX - THE
COUNTY SEAT WAR Pages 140-146 |
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TWENTY-SEVEN - THE
SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY CONTINUED -- THE CENSUS, 1874 TO 1883 INCLUSIVE
-- THE CENSUS BY PRECINCTS IN I880 -- ATTEMPTS TO INDUCE IMMIGRATION --
CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE TO THE SETTLING OF THE COUNTY -- ELECTIONS 1876 TO
I883 INCLUSIVE Pages 147-152 |
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TWENTY-EIGHT - CONDITION
OF COUNTY FINANCES -- COUNTY BONDS ISSUED -- TWIN GROVE AND CENTER
PRECINCTS ISSUE RAILROAD BONDS -- THE RAILROAD COMES TO THE COUNTY --
GREAT INCREASE IN POPULATION -- BURNETT, AFTERWARDS CALLED TILDEN, PLATTED
-- CLEARWATER PLATTED -- NELIGH AND OAKDALE INCORPORATED --THE COUNTY
DIVIDED INTO SEVENTEEN PRECINCTS Pages 153-158 |
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TWENTY-NINE - THE
ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL YEARS -- THE INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENT LANDS AND HOW DISPOSED OF -- THE BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI
RAILROAD LANDS -- HOW THEY WERE ACQUIRED -- HOW THESE LANDS AFFECTED THE
FINANCES AND SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY -- HOW REGARDED BY THE PEOPLE Pages
159-166 |
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THIRTY - BRIEF
SKETCH OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY FROM 1872 TO 1883 Pages 167-170 |
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THIRTY-ONE - THE
EXPERIENCES OF A SCHOOL TEACHER IN ANTELOPE COUNTY, IN THE EARLY DAYS
Pages 171-177 |
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THIRTY-TWO - THE
EXPERIENCES OF A SCHOOL TEACHER IN ANTELOPE COUNTY IN THE EARLY DAYS --
CONTINUED Pages 178-183 |
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THIRTY-THREE - A
MOTHERS EXPERIENCES IN RAISING A FAMILY IN THE EARLY DAYS Pages 183-193 |
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THIRTY-Four - A
LITTLE GIRLS LIFE IN ANTELOPE COUNTY IN THE EARLY DAYS Pages 195-201 |
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THIRTY-Five - THE
PIONEERS OF ANTELOPE COUNTY AS I KNEW THEM Pages 202-207 |
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THIRTY-Six - REMINISCENCES
OF THE EARLY DAYS Pages 208-211 |
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THIRTY-Seven - CHARACTER
AND NATIONALITY OF THE EARLY SETTLERS -- THE COWBOYS -- RELIGIOUS
INTERESTS -- SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ESTABLISHED IN THE EARLY DAYS
Pages 212-216 |
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THIRTY-Eight - THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK OF ANTELOPE COUNTY IN THE EARLY DAYS Pages 217-223 |
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THIRTY-Nine - THE
FIRST MAIL ROUTE IN THE COUNTY -- THE FIRST POSTOFFICES -- THE NEWSPAPERS
OF THE COUNTY FROM 1873 TO 1884 Pages 224-228 |
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Forty - THE
DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF ANTELOPE COUNTY AND A SKETCH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR
Pages 229-233 |
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| Chapter Forty-One - THE
DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF ANTELOPE COUNTY AND A SKETCH OF MEMBERS OF
THE BAR, CONTINUED Pages 234-238 |
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| Chapter Forty-Two - THE
DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF ANTELOPE COUNTY AND A SKETCH OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE BAR -- CONTINUED Pages 239-244 |
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| Chapter Forty-Three - THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF
ANTELOPE COUNTY AND A SKETCH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BAR - - CONTINUED
Pages 245-252 |
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| Chapter Forty-Four - A
CHAPTER ON BOTANY Pages 253-256 |
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| Chapter Forty-Five - THE
CLIMATE AND CLIMATIC CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE COUNTY WAS
FIRST SETTLED, AND THE PROBABLE REASONS THEREFOR Pages 257-262 |
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