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NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Journal of NSHS - 1918

Volume I - Table of Contents by issue.

Notes: Eight issues were published & are available on line for 1918.
None of the originals had a "Table of Contents"
Please, contact NSHS if you want a copy of the original article.

Vol. I. no. 1 - February 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Our New Publication: "Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days"

1

Prehistoric Indian Remains in Nebraska

1

Church Howe of Auburn, NE

1

Furnas-Maxwell-Chapman Papers (collections)

1

Farmer's Part in Nebraska History

1

NSHS, Historical Sketch

2

Nebraska in War Time (list of wars in which people of NE participated)

2

Historical Society Board, New Members of

2

Nebraska Press & the Historical Society

2

General John H. Pershing (middle initial should be "J.")

3

Nebraska History Publications

3, 6-7

The First War on the NE Frontier - 1823, Arikara Indian War

3

Hero of NE Frontier "Dutch Joe" - Joseph GREWE of Valentine, NE

4

Nebraska History Plays in NE (Education)

5-6

Nebraska History Publications - Pamphlets & Books (cont from page 3)

6-7

       Nebraska Constitutional Conventions

7

       Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau Bulletins

7

       Nebraska Academy of Sciences Bulletins

7

Sources of Nebraska People - Ethnic groups from 1910 census

8


Vol. I, no. 2 - March 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Sergeant Anderson, of Funston (photo ID of WW I pictures at NE & Camp Funston)

1

Frank Rosewater's "... Golden Age" (book donation)

1

History and Patriotism (in schools)

1

NE History in Nebraska Schools, Study of

1

Who started the War?

1

Present Day NE History

1

Burt County History (new courthouse, original blockhouse site of 1854 settlers from NY)

1

Historical Society: Field Work - survey of Pawnee & Richardson Counties

1

Fort Kearny Flagstaff (donation)

2

Nebraska and the Mexican War (incl history of Old Fort Kearny)

2

Gifts (Donations)

2

Letters of Appreciation (from members)

2-3

Thurston County History; Bit of (Formation of Farmers Wives Society)

3

NE House of Representatives Service Flag - representing members, & sons in service

4

Free Homestead Colony Reunion - group that settled near Gibbon, Buffalo Co in 1871

4

Platte River (Spanish, French, Indian and American names)

4

Douglas County Pioneers (group organized in 1906)

4

Howard County: Old Settlers Historical Society meeting

4


Vol. I, nos. 3 & 4 - April & May 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Poetry: Now & Then, June, and Pessimistic Muse

1

Nemaha County, Historical Material In (box found in basement)

1

Keeping the Pioneers with Us (movie film being shot by NSHS)

1

John Brown's Visits to Nebraska

1

Beatrice Newspaper, An Old - Blue Valley Record, 11 Nov 1868

1

Union Club - Civil War Substitute for "Council of Defense" - Brownville

2

The Historic Society in France - John Edward Hunt

3

Blockhouse at Tekamah (military organization in 1854-1855)

3

Episcopal Parish, Early - Nemaha City, 22 April 1867

3

Nemaha, Grand Ball at (Valentine's Day in Nemaha City, date unknown)

3

Death of Omaha's Oldest Pioneer - Samuel E. ROGERS

3

Stories of Early Nemaha County Pioneers

4

   Aspinwall & Nemaha City, F. L. Woodward Tells of

4

   A. M. Medley Came West, When (1855 to Peru)

4

   Daniel C. Cole & Peru (1858, Nemaha County)

4-5

Dr. Jetus Riggs Conkling - early resident of Burt Co. & Omaha, NE

5

John Q. Goss Passes on (Judge, lived at Bellevue)

5

U. P. Mileage Book, First

5

John Bratt, North Platte Pioneer

5

Mrs. Ada Buck Martin (daughter of Royal BUCK, pioneer of Red Willow Co.)

5

NE in 1864-67: Time of the Sioux Indian War & Building of UPRR

6

   Oak Grove Monument in Nuckolls County

6

   Mr. Sheldon's Address at dedication of Oak Grove monument

6

First Railroad Excursion to NE - 1866

6-7

Recent Exploration (Doniphan, Gibbon, Fort McPherson)

7

Old Station Agent - E. M. SEARLE Sr. of Alkali (Paxton) and Ogallala

7

Pioneers of Early Period - First Real Estate Agents' Union Prices

8

   Nebraska's First Educator - Dr. John M. McKENZIE of Pawnee City & Peru
      (died CA)

8

   Hon. Herbert P. Shumway (Lyons, NE)

8

   Tales of Strong Men and Women (publication notice from Lincoln Daily Star)

8

   William B. Lee, Pioneer (Fremont, NE in 1856)

8

   Nebraska History (publication notice from Clarkson Press)

8

   Red Willow Pioneer - John LONGNECKER will join NSHS

8

   Interesting Early History (publication notice from Albion News)

8

   Mary L. McKenzie Keyser (Pawnee City, & Peru) died in CA

8

   Richardson County, Pioneers of (Spring of 1866)

8

   Real Estaters Organized, Story of How the (1870)

8

   Sarpy County Reunion

8


Vol. I, no. 5, Sep. 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Logan Fontenelle, Tribal Relations of (Chief of Omaha Indians)

1

Indian Fight on the Little Blue (7 August 1864 at Oak Grove Station, Nuckolls Co.)

1-2

First Settlements in the Republican Valley (settlement date, excerpts from diary)

2

Newspaper Department, Reorganization of the

2

Ft. Calhoun, Notable Collection from (collection of W. H. Woods)

2

French In NE (earliest settlers)

2

Letters & announcements:

2

   Nebraska Reminiscences, Oregon Promises from Geo. H. Himes

2

   Gen. J. H. Culver plans military history of Troop A. N. N. G., and Troop K, Third U. S. Vol. Cavalry in the Spanish-American war.

2

   About Aspinwall, by R. S. Schofield of Shickley

2

   Dedication of the monument at Oak Grove, by Mrs. Eva M. Follmer, of Oak Grove, NE

2

   Articles being written about Nemaha Co. by J. M. Burress

2

   The Boone County Old Settlers Association Mtg held 16 Aug at Albion

2

   Comments of members regarding last issue

2

Membership (alphabetical list)

3-4


Vol. I, no. 6, Oct. 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Announcements: NSHS at State Fair; 1860 political medal; M.E. Smith & Co. 50th Anniv.

1

Broken Bow; Old Battlefield near (Custer Co)

1

Custer County Camp Site (Indian relics)

1

Grave of Settler on Oregon Trail - John HOLLMAN, d1853 near Oshkosh, Garden Co

2

Nebraska's Troubled Beginning, Reminder of (early financial scandel)

2

Passing of NE Pioneers (death notices since 15 Aug 1918)

2-3

   BALDWIN, John J. - Antelope & Pierce Counties

2

   MELCHER, John Michael - Cuming Co

2

   WITTWER, Mrs. David - Richardson Co

2

   WALKER, James Allison - Cass Co

3

   BANNING, W. H. - Cass Co

3

   ALLEN, Mary Ann - Saunders Co

3

   RICKLEY, Albert E. - Platte Co (died in OK)

3

   PEDERSEN, Peder - Douglas Co

3

   KLEIHAUER, Mrs. Frederica - Nemaha Co

3

   WHORTON, Susan Catherine - Cuming & Jefferson Counties

3

   CORBIN, Capt. Wm. Harrison - Red Willow & Box Butte Counties

3

   SORTER, Elijah - Seward Co

3

   NICHOL, Mrs. Sarah - Nemaha Co

3

   JOHNSTON, Ben - Pawnee Co

3

   BULL, Christian - Douglas Co

3

   OTTENS, Mrs. Mary - Nemaha Co

3

   SHOCKEY, Eli Davis - Richardson Co

3

   HANLON, James Sr. - Nemaha Co

3

   RICHARDSON, George W. - Burt Co

3

   BELL, Mrs. Elizabeth Reed - Otoe Co?

3

   GRAHAM, Mrs. Jeannette - Seward & Douglas Counties

3

Recent Acquisitions of NSHS (documents from St. Louis; SARPY family)

3-4

Early Fur Trader Dies - John B. DIDIER, Richardson Co.

4


Vol. I, no. 7, Nov. 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Secretary Sheldon in Europe (NSHS WW I collections)

1

Father Christian Hoecken (in Sarpy documents)

1

Original Owner of Gibbon Town Site Dies - GILMORE, Mrs. Jane Thorp

1

Charles McDonald, Nonagenarian Pioneer (birthday celebration at North Platte)

1

News Clippings: skeletons found at Alliance; triplets; Bayard Transcript 31st anniversary;

1

   WILLIAMS couple reunited after 40 years; birthday of F.X. DeLONE

French Settlement at Julian, Nemaha Co

2

     Tombstone Inscriptions at Julian, NE

2

News Clips: CARRE reunion at Beatrice; C.M. CHERRY's 50th anniv. at Weeping Water

2

Passing of NE Pioneers (since 2 Sep 1918)

3

   KENNEDY, John - Otoe Co

3

   BURNS, M.J. - Otoe Co

3

   HOSKINS, Alfred P. - Dodge Co

3

   GAWTHORNE, George - Otoe Co (died in TX)

3

   BANNING, William Henry - Otoe Co

3

   BARNICH, William - Douglas Co

3

   TEX, Mrs. Mary - Sarpy Co

3

   COOLIDGE, Henry P. - Platte Co

3

   THOMAS, James

3

   NOYES, Albert - Nemaha Co

3

   HALL, P.S. - Cass Co

3

   McAUSLAND, Miss Agnes - Douglas Co

3

   OSBORN, John Martin - Pawnee Co (died in CA)

3

   RIX, Nicholaus - Washington Co

3

   KRUEGER, Mrs. Bertha - Seward Co

3

   BLANKENSHIP, John - Nemaha Co

3

   SMITH, Henry W. - Colfax Co

3

   THIES, Mrs. Albert - Otoe Co

3

   STOLL, Mrs. Louisa - Cass Co

3

   TABER, Mrs. Calvin G. - Cass Co

3

   AIRD, Hugh - Otoe Co

3

   REED, Lewis S. - Douglas Co (died in Washington, DC)

3

   BARNARD, Mrs. Emma L. - Dodge Co (died in CA)

3

   BADER, Christopher - Otoe Co

3

   Death of Frank Helvey - Otoe Co

3

News Clip - HALFMANN's house torn down at Cook, Johnson Co

3

NE Public Schools in 1860-61

4

Anniversary of the "Stone Church" at Febing, Nemaha Co

4

News Clips - L.H. BADGER of Fillmore Co; Adams County Old Settlers Assoc.; arrowhead

Holt County's First Safe

4


Vol. I, no. 8, Dec. 1918

NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS

Announcements & News Clippings

1

   Annual Meeting postponed by influenza

   Last of early settlers in Adams Co, Inland Pct: ABLOT & LATHROP

   1857 Mormon Rebellion

Commerce Catches the Coyote - value of pelts

1

Legal Residence of Nebraska Governors - List of Governors & their counties of residence

1

Fort Mitchell Cemetery:
     Reinternment of soldiers originally buried there & at "Horse Creek Battleground"

2-3

Passing of NE Pioneers - Since 26 Oct 1918

3-4

   MORELL, Charles A. - Douglas, Burt & Dawson Counties

3

   HALL, Titus E. - Burt Co (died in CA)

3

   MURPHY, Mrs. Timothy - Dakota Co

3

   WOOD, Noah S. - Pawnee Co (died in MT)

3

   SWEESY, William F. - Douglas Co

3

   HUBBARD, Mrs. Henry - Cass Co

3

   HALL, J. W. - Johnson Co

3

   BOYD, James C. - Otoe Co

3

   GRIFFITH, David - Richardson Co

3

   McEVOY, Patrick - Douglas Co

3

   LATTA, Mrs. Mary A. - Burt Co

3

   HOLCOMB, Mrs. Silas - Custer Co

3

   DREXEL, George M. - Douglas Co

3

   CORNELIUS, Mrs. J. K. - Richardson Co

3

   GAPEN, Mrs. Joshua - Cass Co

3

   TEMPLIN, Charles Frederick Schafer - Otoe Co

3

   KRUNTORAD, Joseph - Boyd Co

3

   COX, William Asa - Richardson Co

3

   WIXSON, Harrison - Furnas Co

3

   GREEN, Mrs. Katherine Wolcott - Johnson Co

4

   REICHERT, Mrs. Katherine - Cass Co

4

   SCHWAB, George P. - Clay Co

4

   BOSLER, Frank C. - died in PA

4

Death of Notable Pioneer - FREEMAN, Eliza (Mrs. Daniel) Phelps & Dawson Counties

4

Thirteen Hours in a Nebraska Blizzard (1888) from letter of Dr. G.C. PAXTON

4

Red Cloud Agency Buildings (old photo was mis-identified)

4


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