SOME FIRST THINGS IN THE HISTORY OF ADAMS COUNTY

11

By GEORGE F. WORK

EARLY EXPERIENCES IN ADAMS COUNTY

18

By GENERAL ALBERT V. COLE

FRONTIER TOWNS

22

By FRANCIS M. BROOME

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF BOX BUTTE COUNTY

25

BY IRA E. TASH

BROKEN AXLE

27

By SAMUEL C. BASSETT

PIONEER NEBRASKA TEACHER

30

By MRS. ISABEL ROSCOE

EXPERIENCES OF A PIONEER WOMAN

32

By MRS. ELISE G. EVERETT

RECOLLECTIONS OF WEEPING WATER

36

By I. N. HUNTER

INCIDENTS AT PLATTSMOUTH

41

By ELLA POLLOCK MINOR

FIRST THINGS IN CLAY COUNTY

43

By MRS. CHARLES M. BROWN

REMINISCENCES OF CUSTER COUNTY

46

BY MRS. J. J. DOUGLAS

AN EXPERIENCE

50

BY MRS. HARMON BROSS

LEGEND OF CROW BUTTE

51

BY DR. ANNA ROBINSON CROSS

LIFE ON THE FRONTIER

54

By JAMES AYRES

PLUM CREEK (LEXINGTON)

57

By WILLIAM M. BANCROFT, M. D.

EARLY RECOLLECTIONS

62

By C. CHABOT

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FIRST SETTLER OF DAWSON COUNTY

64

By MRS. DANIEL FREEMAN

EARLY DAYS IN DAWSON COUNTY

67

By LUCY R. HEWITT

PIONEER JUSTICE

72

BY B. F. KRIER

A GOOD INDIAN

74

BY MRS. CLIFFORD WHITAKER

4

FROM MISSOURI To DAWSON COUNTY

75

By A. J. PORTER

THE ERICKSON FAMILY

76

By MRS. W. M. STEBBINS

THE BEGINNINGS OF FREMONT

78

By SADIE IRENE MOORE

A GRASSHOPPER STORY

82

By MARGARET F. KELLY

EARLY DAYS IN FREMONT

84

By MRS. THERON NYE

PIONEER WOMEN OF OMAHA

90

By MRS. CHARLES H. FISETTE

A PIONEER FAMILY

93

By EDITH ERMA PURVIANCE

THE BADGER FAMILY

97

THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER IN FILLMORE COUNTY

102

PIONEERING IN FILLMORE COUNTY

107

By JOHN R. McCASHLAND

FILLMORE COUNTY IN THE SEVENTIES

109

By WILLIAM SPADE

EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA

111

By J. A. CARPENTER

REMINISCENCES OF GAGE COUNTY

112

By ALBERT L. GREEN

RANCHING IN GAGE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES

123

BY PETER JANSEN

EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTY

127

By MRS. E. JOHNSON

BIOGRAPHY OF FORD LEWIS

129

By MRS. (D. S.) H. VIRGINIA LEWIS DALBEY

A BUFFALO HUNT

131

By W. H. AVERY

A GRASSHOPPER RAID

133

By EDNA M. BOYLE ALLEN

EARLY DAYS IN PAWNEE COUNTY

135

By DANIEL B. CROPSEY

EARLY EVENTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

137

By GEORGE CROSS

EARLY DAYS OF FAIRBURY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY

139

By GEORGE W. HANSEN

THE EARLIEST ROMANCE OF JEFFERSON COUNTY

147

BY GEORGE W. HANSEN

EXPERIENCES ON THE FRONTIER

152

By FRANK HELVEY

LOOKING BACKWARD

155

By GEORGE E. JENKINS

5

THE EASTER STORM OF 1873

158

By CHARLES B. LETTON

BEGINNINGS OF FAIRBURY

161

By JOSEPH B. McDOWELL

EARLY EXPERIENCES IN NEBRASKA

163

By ELIZABETH PORTER SEYMOUR

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS

166

By MRS. C. F. STEELE

HOW THE SONS OF GEORGE WINSLOW FOUND THEIR FATHER's GRAVE

168

Statement by Mrs. C. F. Steele

168

Statement by George W. Hansen

169

EARLY DAYS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

175

By MRS. M. H. WEEKS

LOCATION OF THE CAPITAL AT LINCOLN

176

By JOHN H. AMES

AN INCIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF LINCOLN

182

By ORTHA C. BELL

LINCOLN IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES

184

BY ORTHA C. BELL

A PIONEER BABY SHOW

186

BY MRS. FRANK I. RINGER

MARKING THE SITE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNCIL AT FORT CALHOUN

187

BY MRS. LAURA B. POUND

EARLY HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY

190

By MAJOR LESTER WALKER

GREY EAGLE, PAWNEE CHIEF

194

By MILLARD S. BINNEY

LOVER'S LEAP (POEM)

196

By MRS. A. P. JARVIS

EARLY INDIAN HISTORY

198

By MRS. SARAH CLAPP

THE BLIZZARD OF 1888

203

By MINNIE FREEMAN PENNY

AN ACROSTIC

204

By MRS. ELLIS

EARLY DAYS IN NANCE COUNTY

206

By MRS. ELLEN SAUNDERS WALTON

THE PAWNEE CHIEF's FAREWELL (POEM)

208

By CHAUNCEY LIVINGSTON WILTSE

MY TRIP WEST IN 1861

211

By SARAH SCHOOLEY RANDALL

STIRRING EVENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE

214

By CLARENDON E. ADAMS

MY LAST BUFFALO HUNT

219

By J. STERLING MORTON

6

HOW THE FOUNDER OF ARBOR DAY CREATED THE MOST FAMOUS
   WESTERN ESTATE

235

By PAUL MORTON

EARLY REMINISCENCES OF NEBRASKA CITY --- SOCIAL ASPECTS

240

By ELLEN KINNEY WARE

SOME PERSONAL INCIDENTS

242

By W. A. McALLISTER

A BUFFALO HUNT

244

By MINNIE FREEMAN PENNY

PIONEER LIFE

246

By MRS. JAMES G. REEDER

EARLY DAYS IN POLK COUNTY

248

By CALMAR McCUNE

PERSONAL REMINISCENCES

252

By MRS. THYRZA REAVIS ROY

TWO SEWARD COUNTY CELEBRATIONS

254

By MRS. S. C. LANGWORTHY

SEWARD COUNTY REMINISCENCES

255

COMPILED BY MARGARET HOLMES CHAPTER D. A. R.

PIONEERING

263

By GRANT LEE SHUMWAY

EARLY DAYS IN STANTON COUNTY

266

By ANDREW J. BOTTORFF AND SVEN JOHANSON

FRED E. ROPER, PIONEER

268

By ERNEST E. CORRELL

THE LURE OF THE PRAIRIES

272

By Lucy L. CORRELL

SUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKA

275

Statement by Mrs. Gertrude M. McDowell

275

Statement by Lucy L. Correll

277

AN INDIAN RAID

279

By ERNEST E. CORRELL

REMINISCENCES

281

By MRS. E. A. RUSSELL

REMINISCENCES OF FORT CALHOUN

284

By W. H. ALLEN

REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY

286

By MRS. EMILY BOTTORFF ALLEN

REMINISCENCES or PIONEER LIFE AT FORT CALHOUN

288

By MRS. N. J. FRAZIER BROOKS

REMINISCENCES OF DE SOTO

289

By OLIVER BOUVIER

REMINISCENCES

290

By THOMAS M. CARTER

FORT CALHOUN IN THE LATE FIFTIES

293

By MRS. E. H. CLARK

7

SOME ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY

295

By MRS. MAY ALLEN LAZURE

COUNTY-SEAT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY

298

By FRANK McNEELY

THE STORY OF THE TOWN OF FONTENELLE

299

By MRS. EDA MEAD

THOMAS WILKINSON AND FAMILY

305

NIKUMI

307

By MRS. HARRIETT S. MACMURPHY

THE HEROINE OF THE JULES SLADE TRAGEDY

322

By MRS. HARRIETT S. MACMURPHY

THE LAST ROMANTIC BUFFALO HUNT ON THE PLAINS OF NEBRASKA

326

By JOHN LEE WEBSTER

OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, D.A. R.

333

By MRS. CHARLES H. AULL

MRS. LAURA B. POUND

Frontispiece

OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT NEAR LEROY, NEBRASKA .

18

OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT ON THE NEBRASKA-WYOMING STATE LINE

18

MRS. ANGIE F. NEWMAN

22

DEDICATION OF MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE OREGON TRAIL AT KEARNEY, NEBRASKA

27

MRS. ANDREW K. GAULT

50

MONUMENT MARKING THE OLD TRAILS, FREMONT, NEBRASKA

78

MRS. CHARLOTTE F. PALMER

90

MRS. FRANCES AVERY HAGGARD

127

OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT NEAR FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA

139

MRS. ELIZABETH C. LANGWORTHY

155

MRS. CHARLES B. LETTON

168

BOULDER AT FORT CALHOUN, COMMEMORATING THE COUNCIL OF LEWIS AND CLARK WITH
     THE OTOE AND MISSOURI INDIANS

187

MRS. OREAL S. WARD

203

OREGON TRAIL MONUMENT ON KANSAS-NEBRASKA STATE LINE

240

MRS. CHARLES OLIVER NORTON

252

OREGON TRAIN MONUMENT NEAR HEBRON, NEBRASKA

268

MRS. WARREN PERRY

305

MRS. CHARLES H. AULL

333

MONUMENT MARKING THE INITIAL POINT OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL, RIVERSIDE PARK, OMAHA

337

CALIFORNIA TRAIL MONUMENT, BEMIS PARK, OMAHA

337

MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, ANTELOPE PARK, LINCOLN .

326