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HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA & ITS PEOPLE

 

GRANT L. SHUMWAY
PUB. 1921

Western Publishing & Engraving Co., Lincoln, NE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

This project is just beginning: most Cheyenne County, and Box Butte County
photos are up, the
WW I veterans photos
and some of the school pictures
are available at this time.

Please check back for progress.

"Came from the Sea" ..................................................3
Robert Stuart's Winter Camp, 1812-13.................................11
Death of Hiram Scott.................................................14
Grave of Red Cloud's Daughter, Fort Laramie, Wyoming.................49
Camping Ground of the Hostiles.......................................64
Hostiles Coming in From the Bad Lands to Surrender...................66
Indians "Home Life"..................................................68
On the Range Near "Signal Buttes"....................................87
"Branding Calves"....................................................88
Cowboys Resting and Playing Mumblepeg................................88
Sidney R. Probst, Sr.................................................89
Four Old Time Cowpunchers............................................98
John Bratt..........................................................119
Long Horn's Fagin Ranch, Alliance...................................123
Hanging Reed by Vigilantes Committee................................152
 
(CHEYENNE CO)
First Cemetery, Sidney..............................................167
Fine Residence of Sidney............................................167
Sidney Short Route to Black Hills...................................168
Sidney in 1877......................................................169
Interior of Oberfelders Outfitting Store, 1877......................170
Overland Trail on the "Old Trails" Route for San Francisco..........170
Pony Express and Overland Mail Office, Fort Kearny..................170
An Old Prairie Schooner.............................................172
Old Court, Sheriff's Residence......................................177
Cheyenne County Court House, Sidney.................................178
New High School, Sidney.............................................180
Catholic Square, Sidney.............................................178
Birdseye View, Sidney...............................................181
Carnegie Library, Sidney............................................181
North Side of Shelden Street, Lodgepole.............................183
High School, Lodgepole, Nebr. (not in original index) ..............184
Blind Cannon Near Point of Rocks....................................186
Methodist Church, Sidney............................................194
"Samie Girls".......................................................197
 
(BOX BUTTE CO)
How the Court House was Moved, Hemingford...........................200
Box Butte County Court House, Alliance..............................201
Street Scene, Alliance..............................................204
High School, Alliance...............................................205
St. Agnes Parochial School, Alliance................................206
Oscar O'Bannon and S. Avery.........................................211
 
(DEUEL CO)
Deuel County Court House, Chappell..................................225
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Chappell in 1886....................................................229
Business House, Chappell............................................230
Street View, Chappell...............................................231
Western Lumber & Hardware Co., Chappell.............................232
Farmers Elevator, Chappell..........................................232
Street Corner, Chappell.............................................233
High School, Chappell...............................................234
Methodist Episcopal Church, Chappell................................236
Catholic Church, Chappell...........................................236
 
(GARDEN CO)
Christ Lake.........................................................246
Farm Home, at Ash Hollow............................................247
Rock at Ash Hollow, Near Spring.....................................248
Pulling Dead Cattle Out of Swan Lake After Blizzard of March, 1913..255
Old Hartman Store and Postoffice, 1892..............................256
First Schoolhouse, Oshkosh, 1898....................................257
First Store, Oshkosh................................................257
First Dwelling, Oshkosh.............................................257
Street Scene, Oshkosh...............................................258
Main Street, Lewellen...............................................259
First National Bank, Lewellen.......................................262
Street View, Lisco..................................................263
Residence of Mr. Myers, Lisco.......................................264
Schoolhouse, Lewellen.............................................. 265
Old Stone Schoolhouse, Oshkosh......................................265
Grade School, Oshkosh...............................................266
State Bank Building, Oshkosh........................................271
 
(SIOUX CO)
"Feeding Time", Nicholson Bros. Ranch...............................278
"Some Winter," April 17, 1920, Harrison.............................279
First House Erected in 1886.........................................280
Sioux County Court House, Harrison..................................282
Public School, Harrison.............................................285
Methodist Church and Parsonage, Harrison............................287
Catholic Church, Harrison...........................................287
Drilling for Oil at Agate...........................................291
New Road, Monroe Canyon, Near Harrison..............................293
"When the Boys Were Leaving".........................................297 
    "Haunted House," Near Harrison.......................................30-     
Coliseum Rocks, Near Harrison.......................................30-
 
(KIMBALL)
Street View, Bushnell...............................................302
High School, Bushnell...............................................303
(1) Residence of Isaac Roush (2) Residence of John I. Filer 
        (3) Some Early Settlers of Kimball 
        (4) Right, Residence of Henry Vogler; Left John Cambell.....305
Mrs. Lynch, First Settler, Born June 24, 1832.......................307
Kimball County Court House, Kimball.................................310
Wheat Spreading on the Ranch of T.L. Bogle..........................315
Branding Near Kimball...............................................316
Ranch Residence of Whitcomb Brothers, North of Dix..................316
 
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Birdseye View of Kimball in 1900................................... 326
Street Scene, Kimball...............................................326
Residence of Robert Garrard, Near Kimball...........................327
Kimball County High School, Kimball.................................328
Modern School Near Kimball Knows as "Pedrett" School................320
Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School........................330
Residence of John Ewbank, Near Kimball..............................331
Residence of Chas. E. Jacoby, Photographers, Kimball................334
High School, Dix....................................................335
Residence of Petrus Peterson, Dix...................................336
Residence of E.E. Goding, Dix.......................................336
Rural School, North of Dix..........................................336
Soldier Boys in World War.....................................339 - 341
 
(MORRILL CO)
Court House Rock, South of Bridgeport...............................356
Morrill County Court House, Bridgeporrt.............................357
Public School, Bridgeport...........................................382
 
(SHERIDAN CO)
Sheridan County Court House, Rushville..............................423
Western Potash Company, Antioch.....................................429
Street View of Antioch..............................................430
 
(SCOTTS BLUFF CO)
East Ward School, Scottsbluff.......................................444
"Where Purdy Primed the Pump With Milk".............................445
First Cabin, Gering, 1886...........................................449
Gering Courier, 1887................................................449
Street Scene, Gering................................................450
Public School, Gering...............................................451
Site of Roubidoux's First Blacksmith Shop...........................452
Site of Roubidoux's Second Blacksmith Shop..........................452
Homestead of Mrs. Elizabeth McClenahan, 1889........................454
Primitive Soddy, Scottsbluff........................................454
First Church, Scottsbluff...........................................455
Residence of T.C. Hally, Scottsbluff................................456
View From Depot, Scottsbluff........................................457
Broadway, Scottsbluff...............................................458
A.T. Crawford's Garage, Scottsbluff.................................460
Old Home Place of Jesse Pickering Near Minatare.....................470
Farm Ranch of J.A. Jones............................................473
Spillway Pathfinder Dam, Nebraska's Niagara.........................482
Rev. J.B. Currens...................................................500
Scotts Bluff Mountain...............................................502
Sugar Factory, Scottsbluff..........................................506
 
(BANNER CO)
Lover's Leap........................................................515
"Twin Sisters" Rock.................................................516
Smoke Stack Rock....................................................516
Early Schoolhouse...................................................519
Wheat Seeding.......................................................522
Marketing Potatoes..................................................523
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Hampton's Golden Wedding............................................528
 
(DAWES CO)
First House in Dawes County, Built in 1879..........................531
One Hill of Dawes County Spuds......................................535
Dawes County Trout Stream...........................................536
Superior Domino, 557924, Owned by Mrs. Wm. Braddock.................538
Braddock and Deffenbargh, Breeders of Registered Cattle.............539
Bordeau Ranch Owned by P.B. Nelson, Chadron.........................540
Dawes County Court House, Chadron...................................548
Crawford in 1886....................................................550
An Early Day Home, Chadron..........................................554
Street View, Chadron................................................559
Second Street, Chadron..............................................560
Jack Rabbit Roundup, Chadron........................................561
First Schoolhouse, Ten Miles South of Chadron.......................562
Public Library, Chadron.............................................566
Federal Building, Chadron...........................................567
C.T. Coffee, Chadron, on Tract in 1871..............................570
Methodist Church....................................................573
State Normal School, Chadron........................................574

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