"NEBRASKA PIONEER REMINISCENCES" - collection issued by NEBRASKA D.A.R. in 1916. From the book, scanned and extracted by the submitters. Submitted to the USGenweb Nebraska Archives, September, 1998 by Ted & Carole Miller USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** NEBRASKA PIONEER REMINISCENCES TABLE OF CONTENTS SOME FIRST THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY 11 By GEORGE F. WORK EARLY EXPERIENCES IN ADAMS COUNTY 18 By GENERAL ALBERT V. COLE FRONTIER TOWNS . . . . . . . . 22 By FRANCIS M. BROOME HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOX BUTTE COUNTY 25 By IRA E. TASH BROKEN AXLE 27 By SAMUEL C. BASSETT PIONEER NEBRASKA TEACHER 30 By MRS. ISABEL ROSCOE EXPERIENCES OF A PIONEER WOMAN 32 By MRS. ELISE G. EVERETT RECOLLECTIONS OF WEEPING WATER 36 By I. N. HUNTER INCIDENTS AT PLATTSMOUTH 41 By ELLA POLLOCK MINOR FIRST THINGS IN CLAY COUNTY 43 By MRS. CHARLES M. BROWN REMINISCENCES OF CUSTER COUNTY 46 BY MRS. J. J. DOUGLAS AN EXPERIENCE 50 By MRS. HARMON BROSS LEGEND OF CROW BUTTE 51 By DR. ANNA ROBINSON CROSS LIFE ON THE FRONTIER 54 By JAMES AYRES PLUM CREEK (LEXINGTON) 57 By WILLIAM M. BANCROFT, M. D. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS 62 By C. CHABOT RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF DAWSON COUNTY 64 By MRS. DANIEL FREEMAN EARLY DAYS IN DAWSON COUNTY 67 By LUCY R. HEWITT PIONEER JUSTICE 72 By B. F. KRIER A GOOD INDIAN 74 By MRS. CLIFFORD WHITAKER FROM MISSOURI TO DAWSON COUNTY 75 By A. J. PORTER THE ERICKSON FAMILY 76 By MRS. W. M. STEBBINS THE BEGINNINGS OF FREMONT 78 By SADIE IRENE MOORE A GRASSHOPPER STORY 82 By MARGARET F. KELLY EARLY DAYS IN FREMONT 84 By MRS. THERON NYE PIONEER WOMEN OF OMAHA 90 By MRS. CHARLES H. FISETTE A PIONEER FAMILY 93 By EDITH ERMA PURVIANCE THE BADGER FAMILY 97 THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN FILLMORE COUNTY 102 PIONEERING IN FILLMORE COUNTY 107 By JOHN R. MCCASHLAND FILLMORE COUNTY IN THE SEVENTIES 109 By WILLIAM SPADE EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA 111 By J. A. CARPENTER REMINISCENCES OF GAGE COUNTY 112 By ALBERT L. GREEN RANCHING IN GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES 123 By PETER JANSEN EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTY 127 By MRS. E. JOHNSON BIOGRAPHY OF FORD LEWIS 129 By MRS. (D. S.) H. VIRGINIA LEWIS DALBEY A BUFFALO HUNT 131 By W. H. AVERY A GRASSHOPPER RAID 133 By EDNA M. BOYLE ALLEN EARLY DAYS IN PAWNEE COUNTY 135 By DANIEL B. CROPSEY EARLY EVENTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 137 By GEORGE CROSS EARLY DAYS OF FAIRBURY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY 139 By GEORGE W. HANSEN THE EARLIEST ROMANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 147 By GEORGE W. HANSEN EXPERIENCES ON THE FRONTIER 152 By FRANK HELVEY LOOKING BACKWARD 155 By GEORGE E. JENKINS THE EASTER STORM OF 1873 158 By CHARLES B. LETTON BEGINNINGS OF FAIRBURY 161 By JOSEPH B. McDOWELL EARLY EXPERIENCES IN NEBRASKA 163 By ELIZABETH PORTER SEYMOUR PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS 166 By MRS. C. F. STEELE HOW THE SONS OF GEORGE WINSLOW FOUND THEIR FATHER's GRAVE 168 Statement by Mrs. C. F. Steele 168 Statement by George W. Hansen 169 EARLY DAYS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 175 By MRS. M. H. WEEKS LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT LINCOLN 176 By JOHN H. AMES AN INCIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN 182 By ORTHA C. BELL LINCOLN IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES 184 By ORTHA C. BELL A PIONEER BABY SHOW 186 By MRS. FRANK I. RINGER MARKING THE SITE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNCIL AT FORT CALHOUN 187 By MRS. LAURA B. POUND EARLY HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY 190 By MAJOR LESTER WALKER GREY EAGLE, PAWNEE CHIEF 194 By MILLARD S. BINNEY LOVER'S LEAP (POEM) 196 By MRS. A. P. JARVIS EARLY INDIAN HISTORY 198 By MRS. SARAH CLAPP THE BLIZZARD OF 1888 203 By MINNIE FREEMAN PENNY AN ACROSTIC 204 By MRS. ELLIS EARLY DAYS IN NANCE COUNTY 206 By MRS. ELLEN SAUNDERS WALTON THE PAWNEE CHIEF's FAREWELL (POEM) 208 By CHAUNCEY LIVINGSTON WILTSE MY TRIP WEST IN 1861 211 By SARAH SCHOOLEY RANDALL STIRRING EVENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE 214 By CLARENDON E. ADAMS MY LAST BUFFALO HUNT 219 By J. STERLING MORTON HOW THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY CREATED THE MOST FAMOUS WESTERN ESTATE 235 By PAUL MORTON EARLY REMINISCENCES OF NEBRASKA CITY --- SOCIAL ASPECTS 240 By ELLEN KINNEY WARE SOME PERSONAL INCIDENTS 242 By W. A. McALLISTER A BUFFALO HUNT 244 By MINNIE FREEMAN PENNY PIONEER LIFE 246 By MRS. JAMES G. REEDER EARLY DAYS IN POLK COUNTY 248 By CALMAR McCUNE PERSONAL REMINISCENCES 252 By MRS. THYRZA REAVIS ROY TWO SEWARD COUNTY CELEBRATIONS 254 By MRS. S. C. LANGWORTHY SEWARD COUNTY REMINISCENCES 255 COMPILED BY MARGARET HOLMES CHAPTER D. A. R. PIONEERING 263 By GRANT LEE SHUMWAY EARLY DAYS IN STANTON COUNTY 266 By ANDREW J. BOTTORFF AND SVEN JOHANSON FRED E. ROPER, PIONEER 268 By ERNEST E. CORRELL THE LURE OF THE PRAIRIES 272 By LUCY L. CORRELL SUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKA 275 Statement by Mrs. Gertrude M. McDowell 275 Statement by Lucy L. Carrell 277 AN INDIAN RAID 279 By ERNEST E. CORRELL REMINISCENCES 281 By MRS. E. A. RUSSELL REMINISCENCES OF FORT CALHOUN 284 By W. H. ALLEN REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 286 By MRS. EMILY BOTTORFF ALLEN REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE AT FORT CALHOUN 288 By MRS. N. J. FRAZIER BROOKS REMINISCENCES OF DE SOTO 289 By OLIVER BOUVIER REMINISCENCES 290 By THOMAS M. CARTER FORT CALHOUN IN THE LATE FIFTIES 293 By MRS. E. H. CLARK SOME ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY 295 By MRS. MAY ALLEN LAZURE COUNTY-SEAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY 298 By FRANK McNEELY THE STORY OF THE TOWN OF FONTENELLE 299 By MRS. EDA MEAD THOMAS WILKINSON AND FAMILY 305 NIKUMI 307 By MRS. HARRIETT S. MACMURPHY THE HEROINE OF THE JULES SLADE TRAGEDY 322 By MRS. HARRIETT S. MACMURPHY THE LAST ROMANTIC BUFFALO HUNT ON THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA 326 By JOHN LEE WEBSTER OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, D.A. R. 333 By MRS. CHARLES H. AULL