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Garfield County

Garfield County
Roundup (Vol. I)

A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,
OF GARFIELD COUNTY, NEBRASKA

This book was produced as a centennial
project to commemorate Nebraska's
first one-hundred years as a state
1867 -- 1967

Compiled by
the Garfield County Historical Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One -- County History

Chapters		Pages
I	Garfield County	11
II	State Political Divisions and Officials	20
III	Polst Offices	23
IV	Schools	24
V	Railroad	31
VI	Bridges and Roads	33
VII	Wildlife	35
VIII	Cemeteries	39
IX	Telephones	41
X	Soil and Water Conservation	42
XI	Rural Electrification	43
XII	Topography and Agricultural Report	45
XIII	Did You Know	52

Part Two -- Burwell

I	History of Burwell	57
II	Streets and Utilities	70
III	Fire Department	74
IV	Newspapers	76
V	Banking	77
VI	Library	79
VII	Dentists	81
VIII	Doctors	82
IX	Airport	87
X	Hospital	89
XI	Swimming Pool	92

Part Three --Burwell Business and Businessmen

Burwell Businesses Through the Years

Part Four -- Orgainzations

I	Churches	129
II	Civic Organizations	140
III	Clubs	141
IV	Lodges	153
V	Veterans Organizations	156

Part Five -- Industries

I	Burwell Butter factory	161
II	Development of the cattle Industry in Garfield County	163
III	Garfield County's Business Ventures	179

Part Six -- Rodeo

I	Nebraska's Big rodeo	182
II	Rodeo Contestants of Garfield County	204

Part Seven -- Weather

I	Storms and weather Extremes in Garfield County	206
II	Tornado In Burwell --- 1905	220

Part Eight -- Rural Settlements

I	Pioneers Along the Loup	224
II	Willow Springs	261
III	Erina	262
IV	Dumas	280
V	Midvale	283
VI	Dry Cedar	288
VII	Ballagh	293
VIII	Rose Hill	306
IX	North Rockford Precinct -- Deverre and Gold Standard	322
X	Roosevelt Precinct -- Gables	330
XI	North on Highway 11-- Cedar Valley	333
XII	Free Silver -- The Conner Settlement	339
XIII	Blake	342
XIV	Beat flats	358
XV	Kinkaid	363

Part Nine -- These We Honor

I	Harold W. Foght	367
II	Doctor Smith's Last Speech	369
III	Golden Wedding Celebrants	370
IV	Garfield County's Casualties of World War II	376

Part Ten -- Pioneer Families

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please feel free to e-mail me Betty Aron Schneider, Garfield coordinator.
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