NSGS - Nebraska Ancestree, Vol. 19

Volume 19, No. 3

Winter 1997

DUST TO DUST-Ghost Towns of Eastern Nebraska by Lowell Greunke
Continued from Vol 19 # 2

ARAGO - Arago was situated on the bank of the Missouri River near the center of Richardson county from north to south. It was founded in 1858 by a colony of Germans from Buffalo, N.Y. and was named for a French astronomer. It was the first town incorporated in the county. Business establishments represented in Arago were three general assortment stores, one hardware store, one drug, one implement store, a hotel, coopersmith shop, three blacksmith shops, a wagon making shop, a pork packing plant, shingle manufacturer, tin shop, two harness shops, a shoe shop, a number of saloons, a furniture factory, a newspaper, etc. There were also several schoolhouses and churches. In addition there was a distillery and several saw and folour (sic) mills in Arago. At its height, the town had some fifteen hundred people living in it. Arago was one of several river towns which were ports of entrance for many of the pioneers who either remained here or made their way on west into the interior or to the mountains. Arago became quite a metropolis and was for a time a place of first importance in Richardson County. The building of the railroads spelled the end to the importance of river transport, and the end of Arago. (If you visit the site, Beware of rattlesnakes!)

ARCHER - This town was laid out in 1855 about two and one half miles northeast of Falls City. It was named for the first sheriff of Richardson County. Archer was designated the county seat of Richardson county by the territorial legislasture (sic). However it was found that part of Archer was in the half-breed territory, and the removal of that part of the town site doomed its future. Many of the buildings were then removed to Falls City and Archer practically disappeared. In a few years all that was left was the old Archer cemetery.

ST. STEPHENS - This was the first city in Richardson county. In 1861 it was the largest, most flourishing and only town of any consequence in the county. Today it is only a memory. It was laid out in the spring of 1855. During 1857-1859 the town grew rapidly, reaching the height of its glory in 1861. At this time it had two general stores, two saloons, a blacksmith shop, a ferry, a general land office, doctors, etc. (Again, if you visit this site Beware of rattlesnakes!)

WINNEBAGO - Winnebago was located about three miles south of Arago, but a mile or two back from the Missouri River. It was laid out on land belonging to a Joseph PIQUOIT, a halfbreed Indian. Winnebago at one time had two general stores, a saloon that did a thriving business, a blacksmith shop and a hotel or boarding house. This town was settled almost entirely by French, Indians, and half-breeds, but the dwelling houses, of which there were eighteen or twenty, were built here much better than the average of those of other towns.

PLEASANT HILL - This town, located near the center of the county, was founded in 1869. The beginning of the place was the starting of a store by William ENGLES, who also kept the post office. The town was located on Turkey Creek, which afforded excellent water power and a grist mill was completed in the spring of 1870. Nearby were ample linestone (sic) quarries. In 1871 it was made the county seat of Saline County and its growth was rapid until it reached a population of five hundred and had three good stores, two hotels, county government buildings, etc. The county seat was removed in 1878 to Wilbur and by 1882 it had declined to a population of 150. The by-passing of the railroad doomed Pleasant Hill. The post office was discontinued on Oct 31, 1912.

SWAN CITY - Swan City started as a town in 1865. Thomas FREEMAN opened a store there and William CRAIG set up a saw mill. William REMINGTON donated the land for the town. Swan City was officially platted in October 1866, located in the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 15. The geographical location of Swan City was five and one-half miles south of Wilbur. It was the first county seat of Saline County. Other early businesses were two saloons and a shoe repair shop, as well as a post office, a physician's office, attorney's office, livery stable, and a two-story hotel. After the county seat was removed to Pleasant Hill in 1871 and the railroad built elsewhere, the businessmen of Swan City decided to move to other locations - DeWitt, Wilbur, etc. The last building, the flour mill, burned in 1891.

GILMORE - Gilmore was a small town on the Union Pacific Railroad in the northeastern part of the county. The town was named for a Union Pacific official. It was the shipping and trading point of a well settled farming country.

PORTAL - Portal was a small town which was situated on Sections 16, 17, and 21 of Township 14, Range 12. It was founded in the late 1880's with three railroads surrounding the site. The post office was established April 23, 1887 and discontinued August 24, 1898. The town was platted by the Portal Land and Town Lot Company and it was possibly named for the portal of the western gateway. Portal's peak population was twenty-five in the 1890 census.

SARPY CENTER - This was a village situated near the geographical center of the county. The town site was surveyed and platted in 1875. It contained a hotel, two general merchandise stores, a drug store, harness shop, and a blacksmith shop.

CLEAR CREEK - Clear Creek was the first station on the Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad in Saunders County. The Platte River was two miles east of the village and Omaha was about 35 miles east. By 1880 Clear Creek had a population of 200 and various branches of mercantile business, grocery stores, dry goods stores, hardware store, millinery shop, and a hotel. Nearby were two mills. Clear Creek also had two churches and a schoolhouse.

CAMDEN - Camden was a small village located on the Big Blue River in the southeastern part of Seward County. It was settled in 1864. By 1880 a good flouring mill was in operation there. The post office was established September 8, 1862. It was discontinued October 29, 1900. The town was probably named for Camden, New Jersey.

MARYSVILLE - Marysville was the nucleus of a large German settlement that extended far up and down the Lincoln Creek. They had located a store here as well as a church with a schoolhouse. A large flouring mill was built in Marysville in 1870 along the Lincoln Creek. The town itself was settled about 1868. Even in 1905 the town was still a trading point for the surrounding area. The post office was established in April 1871 and discontinued in November 1903.

BEGA - Bega was located in the Spring Branch Precinct of Stanton County. Its peak population was sixty in the 1880 census. Bega's post office was begun in January 1879 and discontinued in January 1902. The town was named for a river in eastern Hungary.

CLINTON - Clinton was the first county seat of Stanton County and was located three miles east of Stanton. The first post office in the county was established here in October 1868 and discontinued in February 1875. The county's first schoolhouse was erected here, a log house, in 1867. The by-passing of the railroad sounded the death knell for Clinton.

FRIEDENSAN - Friedensan, situated near the Little Blue River, about eight miles northwest of Hebron, was the center of a large and flourishing German settlement. It had a post office, established in May 1878, a good schoolhouse, and a Lutheran church. By 1882 there were several shops and stores located in Friedensan for the patronage of the surrounding region. Its peak population was 30 in the 1910 census. The post office was discontinued in April 1903.

HARBINE - Harbine was a small town about eight miles west of Chester, on the Burlington & Missouri Railroad, half in Nebraska and half in Kansas. It was owned principally by the Lincoln Land Company and Colonel Thomas HARBINE of Fairbury for whom it was named.

ADMAH - This little village was situated in the northwest corner of Washington County. It was named after a Bible town by that name that was near Sodom. "Admah" is Hebrew for "fortress". G. PEGAN was the first settler and later postmaster. By 1882 it contained one general store, a post office, schoolhouse, a Presbyterian and Lutheran church, one doctor and about one hundred inhabitants.

CUMING CITY - Cuming City was founded in 1855 and named for Acting governor CUMING. A ferry charter was granted to P.G. COOPER in January 1856 and in January 1856 the territorial legislature incorporated Washington College in Cuming City. In 1857 the town had 53 dwellings, several businesses and one weekly newspaper. For a time Cuming City had two newspapers. The financial crash of 1857 gave the town a blow it never recovered from and soon Cuming City was abandoned entirely.

DESOTO - Desoto, named for the Spanish explorer, Hernando DESOTO, was laid out in 1854 and incorporated in March 1855. During the summer of 1855, thirty frame and log houses were built. The town flourished as a river boat town during the late 1850's. By 1857 Desoto had 15-20 businesses and 600-700 inhabitants. Three banks were founded in Desoto's early history. The town prospered until Pike's Peak excitement broke out in 1859. Then it was almost deserted. Desoto was the county seat of Washington County from 1858-1866. Blair, four miles to the northwest became more popular and Desoto gradually faded away. By 1880 it was only a village of a half dozen houses and about 20 inhabitants.

HILAND - This was a station on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, midway between Blair and Herman. It was formerly named Mead Station and was at one time an important cattle shipping point. The principal businesses were hay pressing and brick making. The town was founded in 1881.

DUNOP - This was primarily a post office, situated in the southwestern part of Wayne county on the Norfolk branch of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. The first settlement was made here in 1869. A church was built at Dunop in 1881 by German Reformed congregation.

LA PORTE - The town site of La Porte was laid out May 22, 1874 by Solon BEVINS who also built the first house and the first store in the town, during the following summer. La Porte was located on the high rolling prairie on the north side of the valley of Coon Creek. It was made the county seat of Wayne county in 1871 and a court house was built in the fall of 1874. At La Porte by 1882 was a schoolhouse, one general store, a hotel, two blacksmith shops, grain warehouses, lawyers, doctors, real estate offices, a weekly newspaper and about fifty inhabitants. La Porte was by-passed by the railroad, which in effect killed the town. The town's houses and stores were dismantled and moved to Wayne when that town was started. At its most flourishing period, La Porte numbered about 300 inhabitants (1874).

LESLIE - Leslie was a post office in the southeastern part of Wayne county, four miles southeast of La Porte. It was established in 1871. Joseph BOEKENHAUER was the postmaster. The post office was discontinued in 1876.

LOGAN CITY - Logan City was the name given to a settlement southeast of Wakefield on the CHILDS' place. The CHILDS family came here in 1880 when Mr. CHILDS and a Mr. LASH built a store on Logan Creek. A big grist mill and a blacksmith shop were also located there. The railroad grade was being run through the CHILDS' farm and the place had promises of developing into a thriving town. The railroad company building that line did not complete it and the road went farther north. Thus ended the history of Logan City and soon Mr. CHILDS moved his store to the new town of Wakefield which had before been nothing but prairie.

NORTHSIDE - Northside sprang up on the SMITH land in Hancock Precinct and bid fair to be quite a respectably-sized village. The original plan of the railroads in the area was to have all the towns eight miles apart. But it did not work out. Backers of a site called Winside won out in the agitation to move the Northside station and accordingly the little depot, post office, section house, and blacksmith shop were loaded up on flat cars and hoisted along eastward to Winside, so named because it had won.

TAFFE - Taffe, often called Taft, was a little settlement about a mile and a half southeast of the present site of Wakefield. Taffe was on the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of Section 4, Township 26, Range 5, east, and was located on the CRANE tree claim, now called the HEIKES estate. It was named for a state official. Wayne county's first post office was located at Taffe, July 1870, with 0 F CRANE postmaster and the office was discontinued when La Porte was established, July 1874. A bridge was built over Logan Creek at Taffe in the earliest settlement. Later this was called Black Bridge because it was painted black. Taffe was the first county seat of Wayne County. It lost the county seat in an election with La Porte and thus its future was clouded.

ARBORVILLE - Arborville was laid out as a town in 1874. It was situated on the north fork of the Blue River, in the northwestern part of York county. By 1882 it was a flourishing village of about one hundred inhabitants, with a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a post office. The post office was discontinued in 1943. The town was called Arborville because several species of trees were planted to form an arbor along the streets. However, the farmers' horses and grasshoppers ate or killed all the trees.

This concludes DUST TO DUST--Ghost Towns of Eastern Nebraska
By: Lowell Greunke.

Deposition of Beal TAYLOR taken in the State of Colorado, County of Denver on 7 October 1916.

1, Beal TAYLOR, being first duly sworn depose and say that 1 am 70 years of age and am a nephew of Lyman H. TAYLOR, deceased, who made a homestead filing in an early day upon 80 acres of land in Douglas County, Nebraska, the said land being the East half (1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4), of Section 22, Township 16 N., Range 9 E, which land was afterwards homesteaded by my brother, Isaac TAYLOR. I further state that he emmigrated from Ulster County, New York, to Douglas County, Nebraska in the year 1866 in company with my father, Eli TAYLOR, and other members of his family. After we came to Nebraska my uncle, Lyman H. TAYLOR boarded with my father, and in the winter of 1867 he went a few miles away on an island in the Platte River to visit some friends. A severe snow storm came up while he was there. He endeavored to return home on foot in said snow storm and became confused, lost his way and was frozen to death in said storm. The next day the whole neighborhood turned out to try to find him, and I, with my dog, found him buried in the snow. His body was buried in Elk City, Nebraska, there being no cemetery at Valley Junction, the nearest post-office.

I further state that he was survived by a widow, Maria TAYLOR, and three children, the names of said children being Edwin TAYLOR, Orville TAYLOR and Jennie TAYLOR. That his widow, the said Maria TAYLOR, died back in Ulster County, New York, a few years after the death of the said Lyman H. TAYLOR, the exact date of her death being unknown to me. That all of the said children surviving were over 21 years of age at the time of the death of the said Maria TAYLOR. That I am informed and believe that all three of the said children are now deceased, but that the said Orville TAYLOR is survived by two children viz. Eli TAYLOR of Guide Rock, Nebraska and Mrs. A. B. McCOY, formerly Mrs. MAGNER, now of Mitchell, Nebraska. That the two persons named above are the only descendants of the said Lyman H. TAYLOR of which this affiant has any knowledge.

I further state that I know of my own personal knowledge that the said Lyman H. TAYLOR was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in what was known as the 20th New York Militia, afterwards known as the 80th New York Volunteer Infantry. That he enlisted in Kingstown, New York, and served more than 90 days and was honorably discharged from said service. My residence and post-office address is 3200 West 26th Ave., Denver, Colorado.

Subscribed and sworn to before me by Beal TAYLOR. this 7th day of October, 1916. Robert A. HANDY, Notary Public.

*Apparently Lyman H. TAYLOR is buried in the 'original Elk City Cemetery', located on private land across a field from the present Elk City Cemetery. No known records exist for the 'original' cemetery.*

I am continuing in my endeaver to locate information with particular emphasis on the burials in the 'original cemetery' and those with no tombstones in the present Elk City Cemetery. Some of the information that I have gathered has been printed in past issues of "Nebraska Ancestree". I will be happy to assist an inquirer if a SASE is enclosed with the request.

Historical items for Western Douglas County abstracted from the WATERLOO WEEKLY GAZETTE. Plus additional information gleaned from "History Of The State Of Nebraska"; A. Andreas; 1882. Submitted by: Ralph Wilson, Waterloo and Georgene Morris Sones, Omaha.

Valley Pct. settled ca 1863, then part of Chicago Pct., east of Elkhorn River.
Land was first taken by Homestead & Pre-emption law.
Some early settlers were Eli JOHNSON, Isaac THOMPSON, W. A. DENTON, Wm. SHUT, FOUTS Bros. & others. Many are still here.
In the early days there were no railroads, no schools or churches and the nearest market was Omaha, 30 miles by wagon road. Church services were held in homesteaders cabins. Old gov't freight wagsons (sic) were drawn by 2 yoke of cattle with a large hay rack seating 20-40 people which hauled people to church.
House raisings were the order of the day and all attended.
The pct. contains 36,854 acres; population about 1500.
Value of the real estate from 1865 @ $1.25 an acre or about $46,000 with no personal property to about $387,319. in 15 years.

Douglas County Commissioners at last meeting: draw $12.04 & $3.85 from general fund & devote amount to payment of delinquent taxes of M. (Mark) J. BILLETER & R. (Richard) MORRIS for work on road. Many of the following accounts allowed were for road work.)
Other accounts allowed: Frank CAMPBELL $17.50, J. BURGMAN $30.15, Wm. REENER $3.00; Mark BILLETER $5.21; H. S. LUDINGTON $23.00; R. MORRIS .65; BILLETER & MORRIS $261.57; David REED $28.50; P. HELER $43.00; Peter CASS $18.00; R. H. RICHARD $18.; J. D. CROOK $38.75; D. P. REDMAN $17.25; O. F. ROYCE $13.50; M. MEKA $66.40; C. A. JENSEN $75.; Eli JOHNSON $200. (bridge); Geo. W.THOMAS $5.50; Perry MILLS $26. (bridge); John BARR $80.75; Luke McDERMOTT $175. for Cuming St. grade; W. W. WILSON ?$7.50; Henry TRULSEN $25.; J. A. HOWE $9.00; Fred DREXEL $35.00 & $90.50 for service as co. com; Frank F. MOORES $6.45 paupers; J. R. MANCHESTER $8.05; John S. CAINFIELD $1.80 stationery; D. A. PERCY $6.36; Gernard THOMSEN $12. care of paupers; Chicago Lumber $32.03; C. F. MANDERSON $4. witness fee; GIBSON, MILLER & RICHARDSON $30.40 books & blanks; BURR Implement Co. $89. scrapers; D. FITZPATRICK $24.90 repairs at jail; Geo. A. GUY, sheriff, board June prisoners $444.; W. S. STREET $45.23 coal; R. C. STEEL $22. grand juror; M. L. HALL, labor tax vs HALL rejected. Information from the "Omaha Bee".

First settlers to the Elkhorn Valley on 20 June 1863. They came to the western part of Douglas Co. between the Platte & Elkhorn rivers. Improvements made in 15 years:
   Wagon road built across the ElKhorn River.
   Union Pacific RR
   Population increased from 20 to about 1500.
   In May 1881 in the pct.: 700 horses, 5000 cattle, 3000 hogs; real estate value $200,000.; & still 1000's of unimproved land valued at $8. to $15. per acre.

   2 hotels & several boarding houses; 2 schools with about 100 pupils. Prof. G. G. BURTON.
   Presbyterian Church & site for new Christian Church
   2 general merchandise stores; 1 drugstore; 2 physicians; 2 ministers; 1 attorney; 1 dentist; 1 millinery store; 1 restaurant & confectionery; 1 hardware/tin store; 2 harness shops; 2 meat markets; 1 boot & shoe shop; 1 blacksmith; 1 broom factory; 1 fresh fish dealer; 1 barber; 1 painter; 8 carpenters; 3 masons & plasterers; 1 flour mill; 3 land agents; 1 loan agent; 2 insurance agents; 1 wheelwright; 1 green house & hot beds.
   Waterloo is on the west bank of the Elkhorn River on the UPRR west Omaha 31 miles by rail.
   Water power on the river owned by Elam CLARK & soils.
   Water power partially utilized in driving the Waterloo Mills.
  UP built depot Jan. 1876.
   400 inhabitants.
   Mr. C. P. COY raises & ships garden seeds.
   Ben. F. BELL, Ed. NELSON & H. YOUNG of Washington Co. NY also opened up garden seed enterprise in Nebr.
   In 1880 Mr. FELKEN & Mr. DAVIS & J. T. CLARKSON bailed & shipped large amounts of hay.
   J. R. TRABER grows trees for transplanting.
   W. C. B. ALLEN of Omaha is preparing for a park on the west edge of town.
   Town lots are selling from $25. to $50.
   Waterloo Bldg. & Loan inc. Sept. 1881 by W. H. CLARK, J. McLAUGHLIN, G. A. BRYANT.
   George CAMPBELL & S. A. KOPP are new residents.
   James G. HERRINGTON & Wm. R. HOLLIDAY have gen'l merchandise & employ Mr. J. R. TRABER & Mr. W. B. WORKMAN.
   Mr. M.W. E. PURCHASE & R.H. BARBER have gen'l merchandise store for 6 years. Also deal in cattle, hogs & agric. implements.
   Dr. R. H. HUGGLESTON has drug store; son Henry is clerk & bookkeeper.
   Waterloo Mills owned by Elam CLARK & Sons for 5 years; employ 11 men on average.
   Also have a grain business at Weston named Clarks, Eaton & Co.
   D. C. KERR has hardware
   S. M GILBERT groceries
   W. W. KING, harness & saddlery
   F. GOETZ,blacksmith & wagon maker
   T.D. TODD, Waterloo House hotel & livery
   John FLOOD has new Southside Hotel & feed store.
   Dr. James McLAUGHLIN, lumber, agric. implements, groceries
   G. G. BURTON, importer, breeder, shipper various breeds of hogs
   Wm FINNEY, broom factory
   L. W. DENTON, butcher & stock dealer
   Messrs. BARBER & YOUNG, butchers
   J. M. HOPPER, contractor & builder
   George JOHNSON, coal dealer
   J. R. WATTS, greenhouse & vegetable plants
   SUTTON & LYONS, masons & plasterers

   Dr. J. E. VERMJLYEA, dentist
   W. H. MCCURDY, painter
   E. S. STOUT, fine hogs & poultry
   Mrs. BRYANT, dressmaker

Building improvements in 1881
   John FLOOD Hotel & barn $2500
   S. M. GILBERTstore & residence $1000.
   G A BRYANT, residence & business $1250
   New school bldg. & public ball $1200.
   Presbyterian Church completed $2000
   John HOPPER residence $750.
   W H WINTER residence $700
   HERRINGTON & HOLIDAY barn $600.
   Elam CLARK & Sons improve mill $3000.
        "        " residence $250.; add to residence $500
   H. HAGENBUCK add to residence $350.
   F. GOETZ residence $400.
   G. G. BURTON, house & barn $450.
   W. R HOLLIDAY add to residence $450.
   George JOHNSON coal house & improve house $350.
   BARBER & YOUNG new meat market $200.
   H. G. BARBER residence $500.
   I. A. ARNOLD new barn $100.
   J. R. WATTS improvements $200.
   John CAMPBELL new house $150.
   I. A. McDOUGAL new barn $150.
   T. D. TODD new house & barn $400.
   R. H. HUDDLESTON new house & improvements $500.
   L. DENTON add to residence $250.
   A. ALLEN improvements to house $150.
   E. A. KELSEY improvements to house $200.
   George CAMPBELL new residence $450.
   S. A. KOPP add to residence $175.
   J. E. VERMILYEA improve dental office $75.
   BARBER & YOUNG new slaughter house $200.
   M. T. SWEET new house $350.
        Total during year 188l: $19,295.
A. LEE, station agent & agent for UPRR lands

"History Of The State Of Nebraska; A. T. Andreas; 1882.
Waterloo:
Town of Waterloo laid out 1871 upon lands of J. H. LOGAN & G. A. KELSEY. As early as 1862 LOGAN, William SHORT & others had taken homesteads. A post office was est. in 1864 with LOGAN as Postmaster and he continued until 1870. In 1870 E. A. KELSEY rec'd the post office appointment until 1875, when M. W. PURCHASE rec'd his commission. PURCHASE &

Miss H. H. THOMAS taught first school in Waterloo in 1865 with 6 scholars in a homesteader's sod house. In 1871 the present schoolhouse was erected. In the summer of 1881 a new school for the use of the primary dept was begun. In 1881 51 males & 56 females enrolled under the charge of Mr. G.G. BURTON & Mrs. E. J. BURTON, A third will be est. in 1882.

W. A. DENTON opened the first store in Waterloo proper in 1869. This store has been the seen of many business changes: DONAHUE Bros.; J.C. Weston, R. R. WATTS, L. B. WILLIAMS & Co.; PURCHASE & BARBER the present operators.

J. G. HERRINGTON started the second store in 1879. In March 1882, SMITH, THOMPSON & Co. started business.

In 1869 M. L. WEAVER began first blacksmith work. In 1876 C. H. CLARK started first drug store.

1880, John M. HOPPER started first carpenter shop. Physicians: J. W. AGEE in 1864 & still remains; J. McLAUGHLiN in 1875; 1876 C. H. CLARK; 1878 A. B. ELWOOD; 1879 R. H. HUDDLESTON. All bur Clark & Elwood are still residents. (See the Nebr. history for information on associations, the press, churches etc. and biog. sketches for: George A. BRYANT; G. G. BURTON; Elain CLARK & family; Elias A. KELSEY; J. H. LOGAN; M. W. E. PURCHASE; T. D. TODD.)

Valley is located in the extreme western part of the county and was laid out in 1864. First resident was Richard SELSOR in 1864 built & occupied a store until 1869 when William DENTON purchased it, followed by W. C. CARSON in 1870; then H. NEWMAN & Benjamin WHITE. White still owns the bldg. which he leased in Oct. 1880 to L. A. PUFFER who is still in business.

In 1870 THOMAS & SHORT had a genl. merchandise business for a time. The second & last store bldg. was erected by Charles H. HARRIER in the fall of 1880.

1869, A. D. BUTLER started first blacksmith shop and he removed in 1871 due to lack of business, however, in 1880 he returned.

In 1874 Benj. WHITE built the first hotel which adjoined his store. In 1880 he retired & Mrs. Mary OSTER carries on the business.

Miss Lizzie GRAHAM taught the first school in 1872 with 15 students. In 1882 - 60 students.

Town directory has 2 general stores, 2 hotels and 1 blacksmith. Mr. L. A. PUFFER handles grain shipments.

See the Nebr. history for biog. sketches of. J. M. ABRAHAM; Dr. James W. AGEE; S. W. BALLENGER; Edward BURKE; Harrel BYARS; C. E. CAMPBELL; Abraham DENNIS; Andrew S. EGBERT; Eleazer D. EVANS; George W. FOUTS; John FOUTS; Elias HARTFORD; Henry HARRIER; Eli JOHNSON; George McKNIGHT; Lars PETERSEN; John REID; B.H. SHINN; I.L. THOMAS; V. H. THOMAS; S. VAN SCYOC; William G. WHITE; WHITMORE Bros.; John M. WILLIAMS.

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DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH BULL JR OF DUHESS COUNTY NEW YORK 1738-1813 Volume II, donated by the author, Mary Lynch Young of Santa Rosa, CA, a 511 page hard bound book with index has 95 pages of additions and corrections to Volume I. The rest of the book is the Sixth Generation of the following families, sons, Stephen of NY, Amos, John, Josiah III of Canada and daughters, Matilda (Corey) Spencer, Maturah (Thomas) Bowerman, Ruth (William) Christy, Phebe (Amos) Hubbs, Mehetabel (John) Cooper, Abigail (William) Hubbs, Patience (William) Garratt and Content Ann (Stephen) Blount, all of Canada.

MEMORIES FROM OUT OF THE PAST--PIERCE, NEBRASKA 125 YEARS 1871-1996 is a 48 page soft cover book of historical articles, many taken from the early newspapers, The Pierce County Leader, a Democratic paper and the Pierce County Call, a Republican paper.

HISTORY OF CZECHS IN AMERICA a 582 page hard bound book with surname and geographical index was written in Czech in 1910 by a medical doctor in Chicago who traveled the U.S. extensively gathering information. The book was translated by a gentleman from the Czech Republic. The information is published by state and county of Czech immigrants, their history with many town of birth included. Included are maps, literature fraternal organizations and churches.

BARTLEY CEMETERY 1883-1996 in Red Willow County, is a 48 page spiral bound book with index. The first section has map and history, second section has names and dates by row, third section is index of names with dates, block, lot and page and fourth section has military burials by war showing military information, birth and death dates.

ORD WEEKLY QUIZ NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTIONS 1892, a 287 page spiral bound book with index, includes a list of rural school districts with map and all sorts of newspaper abstractions.

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Hogs	$3.60	Wheat	$1.10
Corn	.21	Oats	.25
Potatoes	.50	Eggs	.07
Butter	.10