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In the foreground of this shot we can
see newly cut sod, soon to be used for repairs--probably on the collapsed
building--more visible in the large view on the right. The curtains tell
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Note the sod roof on Jacob Cover's homestead
between Mason City and Ansley. These roofs held out most of the rain, at
least during the storm. The dripping continued sometimes two days after
a good rain had stopped. In July 1913 the Mason City Transcript reported
that Jacob, who had been a member of Company E, Twenty-first Pennsylvania
Cavalry, "heard the Rebel yell, . . . heard President Wilson's address.
. .and shook hands with him" at the July 4th Gettysburg "big reunion of
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Reverend E. Eubank (seated) of Douglas
Grove is said to have preached the first Christian sermon in Custer County.
The family also figured prominently in the school system--he was the first
County Superintendent of Schools, and his wife was among the county's first
teachers. This photograph is included through the generosity of the Nebraska
State Historical Society's Curator of Photographs, Mr. John Carter. The
other samples of Solomon Butcher's work in our gallery were reproduced
from prints owned by CCHS. |
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