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Sylvester Rawding's house near Sargent,
Nebraska as it appeared in 1886. A dark spot above Rawding's right eye,
visible in the larger view, was a wound he got fighting with the Union
Army in the Civil War. Eventually Rawding's stepson was deeded the homestead
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Art Pulliam of the Sargent area in Custer
County not only had a newer rifle than his neighbors, he was a better shot
(in the larger view it's clear that those are two coyotes slung across
his saddle). Coyotes are among the most difficult animals to hit, and although
the predators were plentiful at the turn of the century, bagging two in
a day was especially noteworthy and would no doubt be the topic of conversation
around pot bellied stoves for several weeks. |
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Mrs. David Hilton from near Weissert was
so embarrassed that they still lived in a sod house that in spite of Solomon
Butcher's arguments she refused to have the family pose in front of the
soddie. Still, as was the custom, she wanted the family to pose in front
of their proudest possessions--so she made the men carry her heavy pump
organ out into the yard for the shooting. |
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