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Title Page

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Forward

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Officers Cass County Historical Society

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Cass County in Past Ages and Pioneer Days

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Experiences and Work of an Early Nebraska Pioneer Minister

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History of Murdock and Its People

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Former Cass County Pioneer Tells of Early Life in Nebraska

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History of Pine School Dist. No. 50

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An Excursion by Mr. Frank Kendle in the Fall of 1855

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Definite Findings of Mass Indian Burial near Nehawka in Spring of 1938

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Some Beginnings--Pertaining to Weeping Water and the Schools

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Erected Early Buildings in Cass County

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History of Fairview School District

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History of an Early Day Seminary

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History of the Murray Post Office

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Pioneer Homes in Cass County and the Land Shark

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Biographical Sketch of James O'Neill a Cass County Pioneer

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Sketches from Pioneer Newspapers

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History of Elmwood Methodist Church

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History of the Schools of Plattsmouth

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Early Schools of Cass County

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Pioneer Days in Tipton Precinct

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Nebraska's Pioneer School System

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The Life of Amos and Orlando Tefft

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History of First Musical Organizations in Plattsmouth

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History of School District No. 70

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Thomas Patterson, Pioneer Cass County Surveyor, Settled Boundary Disputes

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Biography of Lawson Sheldon

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History of School District No. 80

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Pioneer Recalls Avoca as Wheat Field

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Interesting Historical Articles Clipped from Pioneer Newspapers

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Door from First Nebraska Capitol Now in Possession of Nehawka Men

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History of Murray United Presbyterian Church

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Data of Cross Roads--Now Murray

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Events of Cassville and Mount Pleasant, Facts Concerning Rev. W. D. Gage

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PHOTOS

Gage Cabin, Nehawka, NE

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Spriegel, Rev. Frederick

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Neitzel, L.

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Loughridge, William

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Church - Elmwood Methodist

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Wulf, Mrs. Henry (Cecelia Buck)

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Church - Murray United Presbyterian

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O'Neill, James

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