Garfield County
A HISTORY OF OF GARFIELD COUNTY
FOR THE PEOPLE HERE NOW AND FOR THE
GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW US
This book was produced as a
Centennial project in 1984, to commemorate
the one Hundredth Anniversary of Burwell
and Garfield County
1884 - 1984
Compiled by
the Garfield County Historical Society
Burwell, Nebraska
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter | Pages | |
I | Beginnings | 9 |
II | Government | 31 |
III | Schools | 33 |
IV | Services | 39 |
V | Health Care | 44 |
VI | Churches | 53 |
VII | Civic Organizations | 62 |
VIII | Veteran's Organizations | 66 |
IX | Fraternal Organizations | 70 |
X | Extension Clubs and others | 75 |
XI | 4-H Clubs | 85 |
XII | Business | 96 |
XIII | Philanthropic Foundations | 129 |
XIV | Recreation | 130 |
XV | Memories of the Past | 134 |
XVI | Biographies | 141 |
XVII | Nebraska's Big Rodeo | 314 |