Collection of Nebraska Pioneer ReminiscencesNEBRASKA SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONReading editionChapter navigation102 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNEBRASKA SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONFORETHOUGHTILLUSTRATIONSSOME FIRST THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTYEARLY EXPERIENCES IN ADAMS COUNTYFRONTIER TOWNSHISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOX BUTTE COUNTYA BROKEN AXLEA PIONEER NEBRASKA TEACHEREXPERIENCES OF A PIONEER WOMANRECOLLECTIONS OF WEEPING WATER, NEBRASKAINCIDENTS AT PLATTSMOUTHFIRST THINGS IN CLAY COUNTYREMINISCENCES OF CUSTER COUNTYAN EXPERIENCELEGEND OF CROW BUTTELIFE ON THE FRONTIERPLUM CREEK (LEXINGTON), NEBRASKAEARLY RECOLLECTIONSRECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF DAWSON COUNTYEARLY DAYS IN DAWSON COUNTYPIONEER JUSTICEA GOOD INDIANFROM MISSOURI TO DAWSON COUNTY IN 1872THE ERICKSON FAMILYTHE BEGINNINGS OF FREMONTA GRASSHOPPER STORYEARLY DAYS IN FREMONTPIONEER WOMEN OF OMAHAA PIONEER FAMILYTHE BADGER FAMILYFIRST WHITE SETTLER IN FILLMORE COUNTYPIONEERING IN FILLMORE COUNTYFILLMORE COUNTY IN THE SEVENTIESEARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKAREMINISCENCES OF GAGE COUNTYRANCHING IN GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIESEARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTYBIOGRAPHY OF FORD LEWISA BUFFALO HUNTA GRASSHOPPER RAIDEARLY DAYS IN PAWNEE COUNTYEARLY EVENTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTYEARLY DAYS OF FAIRBURY AND JEFFERSON COUNTYTHE EARLIEST ROMANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEBRASKAEXPERIENCES ON THE FRONTIERLOOKING BACKWARDTHE EASTER STORM OF 1873BEGINNINGS OF FAIRBURYEARLY EXPERIENCES IN NEBRASKAPERSONAL RECOLLECTIONSHOW THE SONS OF GEORGE WINSLOW FOUND THEIR FATHER'S GRAVEEARLY DAYS IN JEFFERSON COUNTYLOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT LINCOLNAN INCIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF LINCOLNLINCOLN IN THE EARLY SEVENTIESA PIONEER BABY SHOWMARKING THE SITE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNCIL AT FORT CALHOUNEARLY HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTYGRAY EAGLE, PAWNEE CHIEFLOVERS' LEAPEARLY INDIAN HISTORYTHE BLIZZARD OF 1888AN ACROSTICEARLY DAYS IN NANCE COUNTYTHE PAWNEE CHIEF'S FAREWELLMY TRIP WEST IN 1861STIRRING EVENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUEMY LAST BUFFALO HUNTHOW THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY CREATED THE MOST FAMOUS WESTERN ESTATEEARLY REMINISCENCES OF NEBRASKA CITYSOME PERSONAL INCIDENTSMAJOR NORTH'S BUFFALO HUNTPIONEER LIFEEARLY DAYS IN POLK COUNTYPERSONAL REMINISCENCESTWO SEWARD COUNTY CELEBRATIONSCompiled by Margaret Holmes Chapter D. A. R.PIONEERINGEARLY DAYS IN STANTON COUNTYFRED E. ROPER, PIONEERTHE LURE OF THE PRAIRIESSUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKAAN INDIAN RAIDREMINISCENCESREMINISCENCES OF FORT CALHOUNREMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTYREMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE AT FORT CALHOUNREMINISCENCES OF DE SOTO IN 1855REMINISCENCESFORT CALHOUN IN THE LATER FIFTIESSOME ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTYCOUNTY SEAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTYTHE STORY OF THE TOWN OF FONTENELLETHOMAS WILKINSON AND FAMILYNIKUMITHE HEROINE OF THE JULES-SLADE TRAGEDYTHE LAST ROMANTIC BUFFALO HUNT ON THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKAOUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONFINISINDEXPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →FORETHOUGHTAll chapters and sections (102)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNEBRASKA SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONFORETHOUGHTILLUSTRATIONSSOME FIRST THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTYEARLY EXPERIENCES IN ADAMS COUNTYFRONTIER TOWNSHISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOX BUTTE COUNTYA BROKEN AXLEA PIONEER NEBRASKA TEACHEREXPERIENCES OF A PIONEER WOMANRECOLLECTIONS OF WEEPING WATER, NEBRASKAINCIDENTS AT PLATTSMOUTHFIRST THINGS IN CLAY COUNTYREMINISCENCES OF CUSTER COUNTYAN EXPERIENCELEGEND OF CROW BUTTELIFE ON THE FRONTIERPLUM CREEK (LEXINGTON), NEBRASKAEARLY RECOLLECTIONSRECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF DAWSON COUNTYEARLY DAYS IN DAWSON COUNTYPIONEER JUSTICEA GOOD INDIANFROM MISSOURI TO DAWSON COUNTY IN 1872THE ERICKSON FAMILYTHE BEGINNINGS OF FREMONTA GRASSHOPPER STORYEARLY DAYS IN FREMONTPIONEER WOMEN OF OMAHAA PIONEER FAMILYTHE BADGER FAMILYFIRST WHITE SETTLER IN FILLMORE COUNTYPIONEERING IN FILLMORE COUNTYFILLMORE COUNTY IN THE SEVENTIESEARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKAREMINISCENCES OF GAGE COUNTYRANCHING IN GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIESEARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTYBIOGRAPHY OF FORD LEWISA BUFFALO HUNTA GRASSHOPPER RAIDEARLY DAYS IN PAWNEE COUNTYEARLY EVENTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTYEARLY DAYS OF FAIRBURY AND JEFFERSON COUNTYTHE EARLIEST ROMANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEBRASKAEXPERIENCES ON THE FRONTIERLOOKING BACKWARDTHE EASTER STORM OF 1873BEGINNINGS OF FAIRBURYEARLY EXPERIENCES IN NEBRASKAPERSONAL RECOLLECTIONSHOW THE SONS OF GEORGE WINSLOW FOUND THEIR FATHER'S GRAVEEARLY DAYS IN JEFFERSON COUNTYLOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT LINCOLNAN INCIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF LINCOLNLINCOLN IN THE EARLY SEVENTIESA PIONEER BABY SHOWMARKING THE SITE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNCIL AT FORT CALHOUNEARLY HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTYGRAY EAGLE, PAWNEE CHIEFLOVERS' LEAPEARLY INDIAN HISTORYTHE BLIZZARD OF 1888AN ACROSTICEARLY DAYS IN NANCE COUNTYTHE PAWNEE CHIEF'S FAREWELLMY TRIP WEST IN 1861STIRRING EVENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUEMY LAST BUFFALO HUNTHOW THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY CREATED THE MOST FAMOUS WESTERN ESTATEEARLY REMINISCENCES OF NEBRASKA CITYSOME PERSONAL INCIDENTSMAJOR NORTH'S BUFFALO HUNTPIONEER LIFEEARLY DAYS IN POLK COUNTYPERSONAL REMINISCENCESTWO SEWARD COUNTY CELEBRATIONSChapters500Other sectionsPIONEERINGEARLY DAYS IN STANTON COUNTYFRED E. ROPER, PIONEERTHE LURE OF THE PRAIRIESSUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKAAN INDIAN RAIDREMINISCENCESREMINISCENCES OF FORT CALHOUNREMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTYREMINISCENCES OF PIONEER LIFE AT FORT CALHOUNREMINISCENCES OF DE SOTO IN 1855REMINISCENCESFORT CALHOUN IN THE LATER FIFTIESSOME ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTYCOUNTY SEAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTYTHE STORY OF THE TOWN OF FONTENELLETHOMAS WILKINSON AND FAMILYNIKUMITHE HEROINE OF THE JULES-SLADE TRAGEDYTHE LAST ROMANTIC BUFFALO HUNT ON THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKAOUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONFINISINDEXNINETEEN SIXTEEN THE TORCH PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA◇← Front matterFORETHOUGHT →