Dawson County NeArchives History - Letters .....Plum Creek Information From Thomas Tipton December 28, 1871
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The Nebraska State Journal Thur Dec 28, 1871

      Correspondence.
   Plum Creek, Dawson Co., Neb.,
                Dec 19th, 1871
To Mr. R. Abbitt, Lincoln, Nebraska
    Dear Sir: This morning I received a letter signed
by you, asking me many questions about this county. As
for it's being the garden spot of Nebraska, is all folly,
from the fact that there has not been a crop of grain
of any kind grown here; the only thing as yet planted
being vegetables, and they grew in abundance. This is
a new county, just organised last spring, with about
one hundred and fifty families; some 40 in the town,
mostly section hands. There is a nice land that can
be taken as homesteads, close to the town (Plum Creek)
which at present has one eating house, depot, express
office, post office, small school house, no church, 
two dry goods and provision stores, and three carpenters.
This place (Plum Creek,) is located on the U.P.R. Road,
230 miles west from Omaha, and about 140 miles from
Lincoln. Household goods have to be bought at other
places, Omaha, Columbus or Grand Island. There is timber
20 miles south of here which would do to saw. The tiller
of the soil for the next year would have to decide 
whether he would need a threshing machine. This part
of the state has fine grazing lands, and I think will
make fine farming lands, which time will prove, for
there will be many a settler to try the reality of it
next spring. If there should come and industrious
population here it would do well; -- one of your 
party had better come and look before you leap. I will
do all in my power to have this part settle up with
industrious citizens. I send you a pamphlet with a
map that you may rely on, by which you can see where
Plum Creek is.
    I traveled over this state some nine hundred miles
before I, located of course, I chose this place. Water
in abundance by digging from 10 to 12 feet; wood is
brought from Buffalo Creek, making two loads per day,
while some buy R. R. ties at $1,00 a load. As I have
a great many letters to answer I have to be brief. I
give you the kind of business represented here, and
you can judge what we want. Town lotss will be in
market the coming spring.
                Respectfuly Yours,
                    Thomas Tipton

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