Platte County NeArchives Obituaries.....Stevens, Olive A. October 5, 1905
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The Columbus Telegram (Columbus, NE) Fri Oct 13, 1905 pg 1
--Word has been received this week of the recent
death of one of the earliest settlers of Columbus
and Platt county--Mrs. Olive A. Stevens, who
passed away Thursday of last week at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Amy Bison, residing at Merimar,
a small town near San Diego, California. The 
deceased was eighty-three years old. She was a
widow of the late George W. Stevens, who settled
in this county in the latter sixties, and was
prominently identified with its development
Mr. Stevens was the first school teacher in Platte
county, conducting school in a sod house with
thatched roof which stood near the present site
of the brewery. His wages were $1 per day. Many
of his pupils of that day still reside in Columbus,
and now have grandchildren. Mr. Stevens homesteaded
the form northwest of town, on which is located the
popular picnic ground known as Stevens" lake. He 
died fifteen years ago, and is buried in the
Columubus cemetery. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Stevens
resided at Fort Calhoun. She had made her home in
California for the past eighteen years.

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