EARLY HISTORY OF CHERRY COUNTY, NEBRASKA
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| Foreword | *** | |
| Preface | *** | |
| Acknowledgments | *** | |
| What Is a Pioneer? | *** | |
| Introduction | *** | |
| Native Inhabitants | 13 | |
| Open Range Days and the Settlement of Cherry County | 17 | |
| Fort Niobrara | 23 | |
| Other Settlers | 27 | |
| Honor Roll | 37 | |
| Organization of Cherry County | 39 | |
| The Coming of the Railroad | 42 | |
| Pioneers - A Poem | 44 | |
| Native Grasses | 45 | |
| Valentine Dune Sand Areas | 46 | |
| Improvements | 48 | |
| U. S. Government Agencies | 62 | |
| Live Stock Industry | 67 | |
| Valentine National Wildlife Refuge | 79 | |
| Communities | Part One: Wood Lake Community; Goose Creek Community; Cascade Community; Purdum Community; Brownlee Community; Colored Settlement; Virginia Settlement; Arabia Community; Thacher Community | 81 |
| Part Two: Simeon Community; Kennedy Community; Snake River Community; | 102 | |
| Part Three: Valentine Community; Sparks Community; Kewanee Community | 118 | |
| Part Four: North Table Community; Crookston Community; German Settlement; Kilgore Community; Nenzel Community; Cody Community | 136 | |
| Part Five: Eli Community;
Merriman Community; Irwin Community; Lavaca Community; Southwest Cherry County |
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| Cherry County in the Wars | 167 | |
| Our Native Wildlife | 169 | |
| Cherry County Citizens | 170 | |
| The Call of the West | 172 | |
| Sawyer Library Fund | 173 | |
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