Dixon County NeArchives News.....Destructive Prairie Fire Sweeps Dixon County April 1889 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 April 28, 2018, 12:31 pm Lincoln Journal Star Thur Apr 4, 1889 April 1889 Ponca, Neb. April 4.--A terribly destructive prairie fire swept Dixon county from it's northern almost to it's southern limit, for a distance in width of from eight to ten miles, doing damage to property to the extent of $70,000 to $80,000. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dixon/newspapers/destruct4gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb