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of time in Colorado, the Jackson Hole Country in Wyoming, and at Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Plageman is a harness maker by trade. He also conducted a furniture business in Creston.

On September 9, 1903, at Madison, Nebraska, he was married to Miss Fannie Elva Wells, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wells of Madison, Nebraska. John Wells was born June 11, 1844, in Ohio, and died November 17, 1930, at Madison. Mrs. Wells was born July 26, 1846, in Wales, and died at Madison, October 1, 1906. Mrs. Plageman had four brothers and one sister: Dolson, deceased; Owen; J. Thomas; Clifford; and Orpha, Mrs. Vickers.

Theodore and Fannie Elva Wells Plageman had two children. A son, born in October, 1906, died in infancy. Velma, who married Newell Westcott of Creston, attended the Creston grade school and was graduated from Creston High School and the University of Omaha. She taught school in Creston.

Theodore F. Plageman served as a member of the Village Board of Creston, Nebraska, more than twenty years, and was on the School Board for more than a quarter of a century. He was chief of the Creston Fire Department for twenty years. He also served three years in the National Guard.

Mr. Plageman holds membership in the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Plageman are members of the Presbtyerian (sic) Church.

WILLIAM H. POESCH

William H. Poesch, prominent Columbus businessman, was born July 10, 1874, in Postville, Iowa, and died in September, 1926, in Columbus.

Mr. Poesch was educated in the Omaha schools. At the age of sixteen, he learned the confectioner's trade.

He was twenty-four when he came to Columbus, where he established a bakery and confectionery store on Twenty-seventh Avenue, South. He later moved into a building at the northeast corner of Thirteenth Street and Twenty-sixth Avenue. There, in 1911, he erected the three-story brick block which now occupies that site, using the first floor as a retail sales room and confectionery parlor and the two upper floors as his bakery and candy factory.

William Poesch retained ownership of the building on his retirement in 1919. In the 1920's, the building was occupied by Suder and Son as a restaurant. For a brief time, Jap Nichols had his cafe there. The building now belongs to Paul Abegglen, and in 1948 was completely remodeled.

In 1897, William H. Poesch was married to Miss Minnie Scheuman, who died May 1, 1918. They had three daughters and two sons: William, Jr.; Lester; Lydia, Mrs. F. H. Bailey, of Casper, Wyoming; Vernetta, Mrs. Arthur Wolf, of Rockwell, Iowa; and Stella, Mrs. Paul Abegglen, of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Abegglen had two sons: Paul, Jr., of Columbus, and Gene, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Abegglen died in March, 1941. William Poesch, Jr., who was married to Lydia Hild, and was a salesman in North Platte, died in 1947; they had one son, Billy Lee. Lester Poesch, who was married to Hazel G. Garrett, and was manager of the Biltmore Hotel at Oklahoma City, died in November, 1948.

EMIL POHL

Emil Pohl was born in Germany, March 24, 1833. He was educated in the Catholic schools of his native country. He was eighteen when he enlisted in the German army, serving for eight years as a band master. At that time, Germany was at war with Austria and Schleswig-Holstein.

In 1867, Mr. Pohl immigrated to the United States. He went to Calumet, Wisconsin, working in a store there while learning the English language and customs. He later engaged in the implement business at Holstein, Wisconsin.

In 1870, he came to Platte County, locating at Columbus, where he formed a partnership with Gerhard Schutte in the implement business. Around 1880, he formed a partnership with Gustav Schroeder in the hardware business on Eleventh Street. In 1883, Gustav Schroeder sold his interest in the store. Around 1885, August Boettcher bought the interest of Emil Pohl.

Mr. Pohl then entered the grocery business, which he conducted until 1896. He served two years as clerk of the District Court of Platte County.

In 1872, he was married to Miss Anna Hoppe, daughter of Henry Hoppe, a native of Germany. Emil and Anna Hoppe Pohl had five children: Otto; Arthur; Emil; Meta, Mrs. Frank Wurdeman, of Sherman Township; and Elsie, Mrs. Walter A. Boettcher, of Columbus.

In the early 1870's, Mr. Pohl built a house for his family at 2104 Eleventh Street.

He died in 1900. Anna Hoppe Pohl died in 1947.

JUDGE ALFRED M. POST

Judge Alfred M. Post, son of William E. and Sarah Wallace Post, was born August 10, 1849, in Greenfield, Pennsylvania. His father, a minister of the Presbyterian faith, was of English ancestry. He devoted his life to his calling, and died in 1870. Mrs. Post, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, died in 1877. Both of his parents were natives of Pennsylvania.

Alfred Post, at an early age, moved with his parents to Cumberland, Ohio, and later attended the public schools in Hubbardsville and Athens, Ohio. In 1868, he was graduated from the law school of the University of Ohio. He then moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, to join his parents, who established a home there in 1862.

While waiting to be admitted to the Bar, Alfred M. Post taught school. After his admittance to the Iowa State Bar, in 1870, he opened a law office at Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, where he practiced for four years, until December, 1874.

In 1874, President Grant appointed him consul to the Cape Verde Islands. He spent two-and-a-half years in the consular service, but not all of that time in the

Islands. Upon returning to the States at the end of his appointment, he located at Columbus, Nebraska, arriving here on Christmas Day, 1876.

In Columbus, he took up practice immediately as a member of the pioneer law firm of. Whitmoyer, Gerrard and Post.

The first winter in Columbus, Judge Post and his family occupied a little home a half block south of the extreme west end of Thirteenth Street, later the home of the Dan Condon family. Columbus was then a village of only a few hundred inhabitants, and there was not a building of any description between his home and his office, which was on Platte Street near Twelfth Street, later the site of the Speice-Bower Wholesale House. In the summer of 1877, Mr. Post erected a residence at 3104 Fourteenth Street, which was the Post family home for more than forty-six years.

The landmarks seen in the distance from the Post home in 1876 included a grove of trees near the Bucher Beer Garden on Eleventh Street, the Clother House on the corner of Twelfth and Platte Streets, and the old Hammond House (now the Meridian Hotel).

Alfred M. Post was a good lawyer. He was endowed with qualities indispensable to the lawyer --- a keen, rapid, logical mind, plus the business sense and a ready capacity for hard work. He brought to the starting point of his legal career certain rare gifts: eloquence of language and a strong personality; an excellence of presence; and an earnest, dignified manner; marked strength of character; a thorough grasp of the law, and the ability to accurately apply its principles.

His ability brought him into public notice. In 1883, he was appointed judge of the Fourth District. He was elected to that position in 1883 and in 1887, and he served upon the bench of the district for eight years, until the fall of 1891, when he was elected a judge of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, a position he held until January, 1898.

In 1898, he was appointed by President McKinley as one of the United States District Attorneys for Alaska. After spending a year in that wilderness country, he resigned and returned to Columbus to again take up the practice of law.

In 1911, he was called upon to take the chairmanship of the special commission created by legislative act to revise and codify the statutes of Nebraska.

In the winter of 1919, Judge Post was appointed to the District Bench by Governor McKelvie, following the resignation of Judge George A. Thomas. He was elected to succeed himself in the fall of 1920, and was serving the third year of his four-year term when he died, on August 26, 1923.

The decisions of Judge Post on the bench indicated strong mentality, careful analysis, and unbiased judgment, making him one of the most capable jurists who have ever graced the high court.

On October 6, 1873, in Monroe County, Iowa, Judge Alfred M. Post was married to Ella Munsell, the daughter of Edward and Cynthia Devereaux Munsell.

Judge and Mrs. Post had nine children: Nelly, Mrs. Howard A. Clark; Georgia S., who was married to Dr. C. R. G. Forrester, of Chicago; Martha, Mrs. Hoffman; Alberta, deceased; Alfreda, who lives in Columbus in the Post home; William Edward, "Ned," married to Lillian Adams, lives in Los Angeles; Dorothy, Mrs. Gustavus Becher; Alfred M., Jr., was a major in the Army during World War II. He was married, but his wife is deceased; and Ella Post, deceased. Ned and Ella Post were twins.

Martha Post Hoffman's daughter, Ann Post Hoffman, was graduated from the Kramer High School in Columbus, and the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where she was affiliated with the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority. She is now Mrs. J. B. Nichols, of Kansas City, Missouri.

Judge Alfred M. Post and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church.

CHARLES WALTER PRENTICE

C. Walter Prentice was born July 15, 1906, at Newell, Iowa. His parents were Charles Edgar and Gertrude Williams Prentice. Charles Prentice was born at Fairview, South Dakota, August 2, 1873, and died August 7, 1938, in Columbus. Gertrude Prentice was born at Charlotte, Iowa, November 16, 1876. C. Walter had two brothers and one sister: Harold, a high school instructor; Donald and Doris, deceased.

Mr. Prentice received his early education at Sheldon, Iowa, and in the rural schools at Sheldon. Later, he attended York College and Huron College at Huron, South Dakota.

In March, 1930, he came to Columbus from Huron, South Dakota, and engaged in the plumbing, heating and sheet metal business. He later entered the employ of Consumers Public Power District.

On June 12, 1938, he was married to Miss Marian Reeder, daughter of George S. and Hazel Perrin Reeder.

Mr. and Mrs. Prentice had two daughters and three sons: Ann, born January 31, 1940; Evelyn, born March 29, 1942; Charles and George, born July 30, 1944, and James Robert, born August 28, 1947. All were born in Columbus.

Mr. Prentice is a member of the B.P.O.E., the Lions International, the Wayside Country Club, and is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Prentice are members of the Federated Church in Columbus.

JAMES RICHARD PREST

James Richard Prest, representative for the General Food Sales Company in the Columbus territory since 1929, was born July 29, 1891, in York County, Nebraska. He is the son of J. E. and Clara Smith Prest, and spent his boyhood on the family farm near McCool Junction, Nebraska.

On December 24, 1912, he was married to Miss Zella S. Foster, daughter of James B. and Ida Geutzler Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Prest farmed the home place several years before moving to McCool junction, where Mr. Prest purchased a general merchandise store. A few years later, the store was sold and the family moved to Hartington, Nebraska, where Mr. Prest, with his brother-in-law, operated a similar store. The Prests moved to Columbus in 1929.

Mr. and Mrs. Prest had three children: Zella, Margaret, and James Richard, Jr.

Zella Elizabeth, born at McCool Junction, July 2, 1915, died there September 18, 1918.

Margaret Frances, Mrs. Axel C. Bundgaard, born at McCool junction, is a graduate of Kramer High School and Doane College at Crete, Nebraska. Before her marriage, she taught in the Wayne High School. Mr. and Mrs. Bundgaard had one daughter, Elizabeth Mary, born May 11, 1946, and one son, Eric Carl, born October 14, 1948. They live in Waverly, Iowa.

James Richard, Jr., born May 3, 1922, at McCool junction, was graduated from Kramer High School. During World War II, he was with the United States Army A.S.T.P. program at Camp Barkley, Texas, Stanford University at Palo Alto, California, and the Creighton University of Omaha. He is a graduate of the Creighton University College of Medicine, and is married to Elizabeth Ann Evans of Olympia, Washington. They had one son, Thomas Richard, born January 1, 1947.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Prest are members of the Methodist church of Columbus and hold membership in the Wayside Country Club.

V. T. PRICE

V. T. Price was born on September 29, 1852, in Utica, New York. He came to Columbus in 1877, and for one year, until 1878, worked for parties engaged in the grain business.

He then became associated with Gustavus Becher in the insurance business, and this continued until 1882.

On January 1, 1881, Mr. Price and Mr. Hulst bought out the firm of Hunneman and Tolman, who were then dealing in grain. This company became known as the Columbus, Nebraska Lumber and Grain Company, in which Mr. Price was active for many years.

In September, 1880, in Columbus, V. T. Price was married to Josie M. Goodale. Mrs. Price was born in Geneseo, Illinois.

V. T. Price was a member of the Lebanon Lodge 58, of the A.F.& A.M.

JAMES HENRY PROKUPEK

James Henry Prokupek, co-owner of the Politis-Prokupek Shoe Repair Shop, came to Columbus from Schuyler, Nebraska, December 19, 1943. He was born in Schuyler July 15, 1919, son of James and Amelia Caufal Prokupek. James Prokupek, Sr. was born in Czechoslovakia in 1896. Amelia Prokupek was born at Heum, Nebraska, May 24, 1896. James, Jr. had three brothers and one sister: Florence, Stanley, Charles and Clair.

Mr. Prokupek received his early education in the Schuyler grade schools and was graduated from the Schuyler High School. He then learned the shoemaking trade and has since been in the shoe and shoe-repair business.

In World World (sic) II, he enlisted in the United States Armed Forces and was stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren at Cheyenne, Wyoming, for fourteen months.

On October 8, 1940, Mr. Prokupek was married to Miss Marcella Marie Hogel, daughter of William and Marie Stastny Hogel, at Schuyler. They had two sons: Darryl, born March 24, 1943; and William, born July 8, 1945.

Mr. J. H. Prokupek is a member of the American Legion, the Izaak Walton League, and is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Prokupek are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church in Columbus.

L. A. PROSKOVEC, D.D.S.

Doctor L. A. Proskovec, the son of Vaclav A. and Elizabeth Hlavac Proskovec, was born at Bruno, Butler County, Nebraska, on January 18, 1893. His father, a grain and lumber dealer, was born in 1855, at Prague, Czechoslovakia. His mother was born in 1862, at Pilzen, Czechoslovakia.

Doctor Proskovec attended the Bruno public school and was graduated from the Fremont High School. He enrolled at the University of Nebraska, where he received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree.

During World War I, he served with the Emergency Medical Relief Corps at Lincoln, Nebraska.

On September 9, 1916, at Fremont, Nebraska, Doctor L. A. Proskovec was married to Ema. J. Suchy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Suchy. Mr. Suchy was in business in Prague, Nebraska, where he was a manufacturer of soft drinks.

Doctor and Mrs. Proskovec have two daughters: Marcella, born at Prague, Nebraska, on August 8, 1919; and Gloria, born at Schuyler, Nebraska, on July 4, 1926. Marcella attended the Columbus High School, the University of Nebraska, and the Creighton University School of Nursing. She took her nurse's training at St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha. She is the wife of Doctor Leo Kowalski, of Columbus.

Gloria attended the Columbus High School; McMurray College, in Jacksonville, Illinois; and the University of Colorado, at Boulder. She is married to Adrian Ewert, of Columbus.

Doctor L. A. Proskovec moved to Columbus in 1934, where he established a dental practice.

He holds memberships in the American Dental As-

sociation, the Columbus Dental Society, the Chicago Dental Society, the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and the B.P.O. Elks. Politically, he is affiliated with the Republican Party.

Doctor and Mrs. Proskovec are members of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church, in Columbus.

JOHN PURTZER

John Purtzer, harness maker in Lindsay, Nebraska, twenty-four years, and Madison, Nebraska, twenty-eight years, was born June 17, 1865, at Evanston, Indiana. On January 20, 1890, after his education in the Lutheran School at Evanston, he came to Platte County.

On October 12, 1893, he was married to Miss Mary Born at St. Bernard, Nebraska. Ten children were born of this union Gustave, a veteran of the first World War, is in the tire business at Corvalis, Oregon; he is married and has four children. Walter G., a veteran of World War I, has been clerk of the District Court at Madison, Nebraska, for twenty years; he is married and has three sons. Doctor Oscar Purtzer, an osteopath at New Ulm, Minnesota, and a veteran of World War I, is married and has two children. Stanley, who is associated with the Bankers Life Insurance Company of Lincoln, Nebraska, is married and has two children. Dr. Earl Purtzer, an osteopath at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, is married and has three children. Mrs. Viola May is a registered nurse of San Diego, California, and has one child. Dr. Evelyn Lovejoy is an osteopath at Jacksonville, Florida. Mrs. Laverna Bucknell, a resident of Encanto, California, is the mother of three children. Edward, who has been in the United States Navy for thirteen years, lives at San Diego, California; he is married and has one son. Mrs. Anna Marie Neerman is a resident of Kansas City, Kansas.

While living at Lindsay, John Purtzer was active in community affairs. He served as postmaster at Lindsay for four years, and was a member of the Lindsay School Board for fifteen years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, and was a Republican.

He died February 10, 1943, at Norfolk, Nebraska. Mrs. Purtzer died October 2, 1915, at Madison.

ROBERT ANDREW QUICK

Robert Andrew Quick, the son of Alfred John and Rose Romsdal Quick, was born March 11, 1902, in York, Lockridge Township, Nebraska. His grandparents came from Norway and Sweden, and were early pioneers and homesteaders in York County, His father, a farmer, was born January 4, 1870, in Sweden, and died on September 10, 1940, in York. His mother was born August 4, 1872, in York, Nebraska. He has two sisters and two brothers: Hazel Ruth, Mrs. Comstock; Alfred John, Jr., a farmer; Rachel Valura, deceased; and Edwin Randolph, a farmer.

Robert Quick was reared on a farm near York. He was enrolled at the Rural District 1 School and the York High School, from which he was graduated in 1920. He attended the Peru State Teachers College in 1921; the York College in the summers of 1922 and 1923; the State Teachers College at Gunnison, Colorado, during the summers of 1924 and 1925, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1931, and his Master of Arts degree from the same university in 1939.

On June 30, 1932, in Lincoln, Nebraska, Robert Andrew Quick was married to Adeline Clarice Calloway, the daughter of Edward and Anna Calloway. Mrs. Quick has one sister, Ruth, Mrs. May.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Quick have two children: Robert Eugene, Jr., born December 27, 1933, in Lincoln; and Gerald Donald, born September 14, 1938, in Thedford, Nebraska. They attended the schools in Thedford, Duncan, and Columbus, and both have worked on paper routes. They are active with the Boy Scouts. Their hobbies are music and athletics.

Robert A. Quick taught in the rural schools for two years, in a town grade school for one year, and was a high school principal for three years. He was superintendent of the Duncan schools until 1945, when he became county superintendent of Platte County schools.

He is a member of the National Education Association, the Nebraska State Education Association, the Platte County Educators' Association, the Nebraska County Superintendents Association, and Phi Delta Kappa. He has been chairman of the Red Cross. He is a member of the Lions Club.

Since 1945, Mr. Quick has introduced Educational Film Visual Instruction Programs in all the rural schools equipped with electricity in Platte County.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Quick are members of the Federated Church in Columbus.

CHARLES AND MICHAEL QUINN

The Quinn family arrived in Nebraska in the fall of 1856, and remained in Omaha. There were three sisters, Mrs. Andrew Dunlap, Mrs. John Haney, and Mrs. Phillip Goodwin; and three brothers, Charles, Michael and Barney, who was the youngest. They later settled on farms east of Columbus.

Charles and Michael were bachelors and lived in a log cabin about seven miles east of Columbus. They were frequently molested by Indians who stole their corn and other provisions which were stored in a small granary, a short distance from the house. The Indians were Pawnees, who trapped along the river. One day, just at dusk, Charles Quinn saw two young Indians sneaking up to his place. He saw them enter the granary, and got his gun and waited for them to come out. As they were leaving, he stood in the cabin door and fired. One of the Indians fell dead, and the other one fled.

Charles then went to the home of his neighbor, James Haney, and told him that he had just shot an Indian who was stealing sugar. Mr. Haney told him he had better clear out, because the Indians would most certainly come back and get him. Not only that, but they might even kill the other white settlers in the vicinity.

James and John Haney then proceeded to bury the Indian. They made a coffin out of boards, and when it was finished, it was too short. They had to double the

Indian's legs back under him to get him into the box. They then dug a grave on a small hillside, just west of Quinn's place. This land was later acquired by James Haney, and is now the north pasture of Haney's farm.

The Indians at that time were in camp just east of Grand Island. Apparently the one who escaped ran all night to reach his friends. The next evening, a band of Indians in paint and feathers came on horseback and surrounded Quinn's place. Quinn had left his house, and was hiding in some brush along Lost Creek. Finding no one at home, the Indians then rode up to James Haney's house and asked where Quinn was. Mr. Haney told them that Charles Quinn had gone, and showed them where the dead Indian was buried. He offered to settle with them, and after some discussion among themselves, they offered to settle for a horse and a sack of flour. This Mr. Haney gave them. He also added a sack of sugar, and the Indians mounted their ponies and rode away, much to everyone's relief.

Shortly after this, the Quinn brothers left Nebraska. They went to Butte, Montana, where they became wealthy. Mr. Haney bought some of their land, which is part of the Patrick Haney farm.

RHINE RADE

Rhine Rade was born on December 24, 1869, in the province of West Preusen, Germany, and died November 27, 1937, in Columbus, Nebraska. His parents were both natives of Germany. He was baptized at the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Osche, and attended the Village School.

When he was fifteen, he and his mother came to the United States. They located at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, in 1884.

Rhine Rade worked on the farm in Richardson County, where he met his future wife. On December 27, 1896, at Falls City, Rhine Rade married Martha Brandt, the daughter of Henry Brandt, Sr. Mrs. Rade has a sister, Sophia, and a brother, Carl, who live at Platte Center, Nebraska.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Rade lived on a farm in Richardson County for five years. In 1901 they moved to Platte County and located on a farm in Joliet Township, which Mr. Rade had bought.

Mr. Rade was interested in politics and was a staunch Democrat. He served as Township Clerk in Joliet Township for a two-year term and as Township Assessor for five years. He was treasurer of the Looking Glass Lutheran Church for ten years.

Rhine and Martha Brandt Rade had two children: Doris was born at Lindsay, Nebraska, attended School District 51, and was graduated from Columbus High School. She was Deputy County Treasurer of Platte County until 1938. Since 1939 she has been associated with the Central National Bank in Columbus as bank teller. Arthur Rade was born December 31, 1898, at Falls City, Nebraska. He is married to Ella Loseke of Columbus.

Rhine Rade retired from the farm in Joliet Township in 1925, and moved his family to Columbus. He was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

ARTHUR RADE

Arthur Rade, son of Rhine and Martha Brandt Rade, was born December 31, 1898, at Falls City, Nebraska.

He attended School District 51, and after finishing high school, was associated with his father on their farm in Joliet Township. In 1925 he took over the Standard Oil Bulk Agency, and later became the bulk agent for the Socony Vacuum Oil Company in Columbus. He is now with the Telegram Express Agency there.

On October 6, 1929, Arthur Rade married Ella Loseke, the daughter of Gus and Matilda Rosche Loseke. Gus Loseke was born in Platte County in 1870 and died in Columbus in August, 1946. Matilda Rosche Loseke was born in Platte County on January 8, 1879, and lives in Columbus.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rade are members of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Columbus.

HENRY RAGATZ

Henry Ragatz was born in Sauk County, Wisconsin, on October 14, 1854. His first home there was in a log house on a farm. He grew up and attended school there. As a young man, he learned the grocery business by clerking in a store in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, from 1874 to 1879.

In February, 1879, he came to Columbus, formed a partnership with a former Wisconsin friend and started a grocery store under the firm name of Ragatz and Hatz. In April of that year, he went to Chicago, where he married Mrs. Margaret Ragatz, the widow of Julius Ragatz, and they established their home in Columbus. A few months later, he bought Mr. Hatz' interest in the grocery and thereafter operated the business under his own name, as the Henry Ragatz Grocery Store. It occupied a frame building on the site where the Hinkelman Store was located, at 2412 Eleventh Street, now the Kavich Furniture Store. In 1891 Israel Gluck erected a new brick building for him on the same site. He continued in business there until 1901 when he sold out to Hulst and Adams.

Mr. Ragatz then bought the present site of the J. C. Penney Company store at 2609 Thirteenth Street, erected a double front brick block, and the same year opened a new grocery store. He sold the business to Homer Robinson in December, 1908, and the building to

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