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Nebraska Counties and Towns

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The following list shows the COUNTY with the towns in each county listed.  All of the towns listed may not be in existence today.  The county seated is in CAPITAL letters.

ADAMS Co.     Ayr     Brickton     Hansen     HASTINGS     Holstein     Ingleside   Juniata  Kenesaw     Pauline    Prosser      Roseland

ANTELOPE Co.    Brunswick    Burnett    Clearwater     Copenhagen     Elgin   Frenchtown     Glenalpine      Hord Siding     Jessup     NELIGH     Oakdale   Orchard  Royal     Saint Clair     Tilden      Vim

ARTHUR Co.    ARTHUR    Braden   Carman   Collins   Cullinan   Lena   Read   Rice

BANNER Co.  Ashford   Bighorn    Epworth    Flowerfield    Freeport     Gary HARRISBURG     Heath    Hillside    Hull     Kirk       Loraine     Van

BLAINE Co.    BREWSTER     Cooper    Dunning    Edith   Lucy   Purdum   Scheding

BOONE Co.    ALBION    Boone      Bradish     Cedar Rapids    Loretto             Petersburg          Primrose          Raeville          Saint Edward

BOX BUTTE Co.     ALLIANCE    Berea    Birdsell     Burbank     Burns    Carpenter           Girard     Hashman   Hemingford     Letan     Nonpareil     Nye      Willey   Yale

BOYD Co.     Alford    Anoka    Baker    Bristow     BUTTE     Gross   Lynch    Mankat  Marple     Monowi       Naper     Rosedale      Spencer

BROWN Co.    AINSWORTH    Alkali    Altai    Beardwell    Enderslake    Giles   Huffman    Johnstown     Lakewood      Long Pine      Mary   Midvale     Pike      Raven     Sunnyside   Spragg     Winfield

BUFFALO Co.     Amherst     Buda     Denman    Elm Creek     Gibbon                  Glenwood Park      KEARNEY    Luce     Majors    Miller     Nantasket    Odessa       Optic     Peak     Pleasanton    Poole     Ravenna     Riverdale     Saint Michael     Sartoria       Shelton     Sweetwater     Watertown

BURT Co.      Argo    Basford    Bertha   Craig   Decatur      Golden Spring       Lyons  Oakland      Peak     TEKAMAH      Zion

BUTLER Co.    Abie    Bellwood    Brainard     Bruno     DAVID CITY     Dwight     Garrison      Linwood     Loma     Millerton      Octavia     Rising City      Surprise    Ulysses

CASS Co.     Alvo     Avoca     Cedar Creek     Eagle     Elmwood    Greenwood    Louisville      Manley    Murdock     Murray    Mynard    Nehawka    PLATTSMOUTH   Rockbluff      South Bend     Union      Wabash     Weeping Water

CEDAR Co.        Aten       Belden       Bow Valley      Coleridge      Constance  Fordyce         HARTINGTON       Laurel        Magnet       Menominee      Obert          Randolph      Saint James          Saint Peter           St. Helena          Wareham            Wynot

CHASE Co.     Best      Champion     Chase    Enders   IMPERIAL    Lamar    Wauneta

CHERRY Co.       Arabia       Banner       Big Creek       Brownlee       Burge                  Calf Creek        Capwell         Cascade       Cashswan       Cherry        Chesterfield      Cody        Crookston        Curlew       Eli         Elsmere        Elizabeth      Enlow      Erik         Ethel        Fern         Gilaspie       Harmony     Hire      Irwin     Kennedy      Kilgore      King        Kinneyville      Lackey       Lake       Lavaca       Lewanna     Lund        Martindale        Merriman        Middle Prong        Nenzel        Newton       Oasis       Prentice       Pullman       Reeves      Riege         Rita Park        Rolf       Roxby      Simeon        Soudan     Sparks     Survey      Thatcher      Trouble      VALENTINE     Vian         Wood Lake       Wells

CHEYENNE Co.     Brownson     Clara     Colton     Dalton     Dye      Henry     Herndon  Higgins   Ickes    Leafdale     Lodgepole    Lorenzo    Margate   Potter     Sextorp  SIDNEY  Sunol     Weyerts

CLAY Co.     CLAY CENTER     Deweese      Edgar     Eldorado     Fairfield        Glenvil     Harvard     Inland      Ong      Saronville     Springranch     Sutton   Trumbull      Verona

COLFAX Co.   Clarkson   Howell     Leigh    Praha    Richland    Rogers   SCHUYLER

CUMING Co.    Aloys    Bancroft    Beemer     Bismarck    Cuming     Germanville  Monterey     WEST POINT     Wisner

CUSTER Co.     Anselmo      Ansley     Arnold      Berwyn     BROKEN BOW        Callaway      Climax     Comstock       Cumro       Dale      Elton     Etna       Gates     Huxley      Lillian      Lodi     Lomax     Mason City      Merna     Milburn     Milldale     Oconto     Ortello      Sargent    Walworth     Weissert      Westerville      Yucahill

DAKOTA Co.        Covington     DAKOTA CITY     Goodwin     Homer       Hubbard    Jackson       Nacora        Sioux

DAWES Co.     Antelope     Belmont     Bordeaux    CHADRON     Crawford          Dakota Junction        Dunlap        Esther      Fort Robinson      Hough      Ida      Manchester      Marsland      Pine Ridge      Vista      Wayside       Whitney

DAWSON Co.      Buffalo      Buzzards Roost        Cozad       Darr     Doss       Eddyville      Farnam      Gothenburg      Josselyn     LEXINGTON      Overton     Simonds     Sumner      Willow Island

DEUEL Co.     Barton      Bigspring    CHAPPELL     Day     Froid     Perdu      Ralton

DIXON Co.       Allen       Concord         Dixon      Emerson       Ionia        Limegrove        Martinsburg      Maskell        Newcastle        PONCA        Wakefield        Waterbury

DODGE Co.       Ames        Crowell       Dodge        Everett      FREMONT       Hooper      Ihno        Leavitt        Mapleville        Nickerson        North Bend                  Pleasant Valley     Rawhide        Ridgeley      Scribner        Snyder         Uehling              Winslow

DOUGLAS Co.        Bennington        Benson       Dodge        Elk City         Elkhorn      Florence           Irvington          Lane         Mercer         Millard        OMAHA       Ralston       Sarpy          Seymour        Valley         Waterloo

DUNDY Co.    BENKELMAN     Calvert    Haigler    Hiawatha     Max     Parks    Sanborn

FILLMORE Co.    Burress     Carlisle    Exeter     Fairmont      GENEVA      Grafton  Milligan     Ohiowa      Sawyer      Schickley      Strang

FRANKLIN Co.     Bloomington     Campbell      FRANKLIN     Hildreth     Macon  Naponee     Riverton     Upland

FRONTIER Co.    Centerpoint       Colebank      Curtis     Earl      Eustis      Freedom  Havana      Hunt      Maywood       Moorefield       Orafino     Osborn     Quick     Saint Ann    Stevens     STOCKVILLE

FURNAS Co.     Arapahoe     BEAVER CITY     Cambridge      Edison     Hendley Holbrook      Hollinger       Oxford        Wilsonville

GAGE Co.        Adams       Barneston       BEATRICE       Blue Springs     Clatonia    Cortland      Cropsey       Ellis       Filley         Freeman       Grandview       Hanover      Hoag       Holmesville         Kinney       Krider        Lanham      Liberty      Odell      Pickrell      Rockford      Townsend       Virginia       Wymore

GARDEN Co.        Hartman      Hutchinson      Kowanda        Lewellen        Lisco     Lutherville      Moffitt       Mumper      Orlando      OSHKOSH      Pawlett         Rackett

GARFIELD Co.      Ballagh       Blake      BURWELL       Deverre       Dumas             Erina       Gables         Rosevale         Sheridan

GOSPER Co.       Ceryl      ELWOOD      Gosper       Smithfield

GRANT Co.   Ashby    Duluth    Elva     HYANNIS    Lucky    Valley      Whitman

GREELEY Co.    Belfast      Brayton     GREELEY CENTER      Homestead      Horace    Parnell      Scotia     Spalding      Wolbach

HALL Co.      Abbott      Alda      Cairo     Doniphan    GRAND ISLAND     Spencer  Schauppsville      Underwood      Wood River

HAMILTON Co.     AURORA      Giltner      Hampton     Hordville     Marquette            Orville City         Phillips         Stockham

HARLAN Co.      ALMA       Carter        Huntley       Mascot        Orleans                       Oxford Junction         Republican City          Stamford

HAYES Co.       Hamlet     HAYES CENTER    Marengo      Norris     Rain      Robert  Strickland      Thornburg        White

HITCHCOCK Co.     Beverly     Cornell     Culbertson      Meeker     Palisade     Poe  Rupert       Stratton      TRENTON

HOLT Co.        Agee        Amelia        Anncar        Atkinson       Badger        Biscuit     Blackbird        Bliss        Brodie        Catalpa       Celia        Chambers         Chelsea    Cleveland         Deloit        Dorsey      Doty        Dustin       Emmet        Emporia       Ewing       Grand Rapids       Gravel Pit         Greenvalley      Hainesville       Harold         Hay Point         Inez         Inglis        Inman       Josie       Joy       Kola        Laura      Lavinia        Leonie        Little        Lucerne        Maple Grove          Martha         Meek      Middlebranch        Mineola        O’NEILL       Opportunity       Paddock        Page        Phoenix        Ray       Redbird       Saratoga        Scottville        Stafford         Star      Stuart         Swan        Tonawanda       Tonic      Turner

HOOKER Co.     Donald      Dunwell     Eclipse     Hecla     Kelso       Moore         MULLEN         Weir

HOWARD Co.      Boelus       Coatesfield       Cushing        Dannebrog        Elba      Farwell        Nysted         Saint Libory         SAINT PAUL

JEFFERSON Co.       Daykin       Diller       Endicott        FAIRBURY         Gladstone    Harbine      Helvey        Jansen       Kesterson       Meridian       Plymouth      Powell       Reynolds         Steele City       Thompson

JOHNSON Co.      Cook      Crab Orchard       Elk Creek       Graf     Saint Mary      Sterling      TECUMSEH      Vesta

JOHNSON Co.      Cook      Crab Orchard       Elk Creek       Graf     Saint Mary      Sterling      TECUMSEH      Vesta

KEITH Co.      Belmar      Bertha       Brule      Keystone      Lemoyne     OGALLALA    Oren        Paxton      Roscoe      Sarben

KEYA PAHA Co.        Brocksburg        Burton        Carns         Eclipse         Enterprise    Jamison       Marlbank         Meadville        Mills         Norden        Pinecamp        Riverview       Simpson         SPRINGVIEW

KIMBALL Co.      Beacon      Bethel       Bushnell     Crossbar      Dix      Gifford    Hodges          Kauffman      KIMBALL     Oliver     Owasco     Parker   Smeed     Troy

KNOX Co.         Bazile Mills        Bloomfield        Blyville         CENTER         Creighton       Crofton        Jelen       Knoxville        Le Blanc         Millerboro       Niobrara         Pishelville         Reidsville         Santee        Sparta          Venus            Verdel     Verdigre        Walnut        Wausa         Winnetoon

LANCASTER Co.       Agnew        Arbor       Belmont       Bennett       Berks        Bethany      Burnham       Cheney        Cobb         College View       Cushman        Davey       Denton      Emerald        Firth        Hallam        Havelock       Hickman        Holland         Jamaica      Kramer       Lancaster       LINCOLN      Malcolm      Martel         Normal        Panama     Prairie Home        Pecks Grove        Pella       Princeton        Raymond         Roca       Rokeby         Saltillo          Sprague          Summit          University Place         Walton      Waverly       West Lincoln

LINCOLN Co.       Arna        Bignell        Birdwood        Brady       Denmark      Dexter     Dickens       Echo       Gannett        Garfield        Hershey       Hindrey        Ingham     Maxwell       Myrtle       Nichols       NORTH PLATTE      O’Fallons           Somerset      Spannuth        Spear        Sutherland      Vroman        Wallace       Wellfleet       Whittier       Willard

LOGAN Co.       Ford      Gandy      Gem    Hoagland      Kirsch      Logan      STAPLETON         Wagner

LOUP Co.     Almeria     Calamus      Ferguson      Gracie      Moulton      Ovitt       TAYLOR       Valleyview

MADISON Co.     Battle Creek     Burnett     Emerick    Enola    Hope    Kalamazoo       Kent Siding     MADISON     Meadow Grove      Newman Grove    Norfolk               South Norfolk        Tilden       Warnerville

MC PHERSON Co.        Brighton     Chandler    Flats     Forks      Lemley       Lilac  Mayflower      Nesbit       Ney      Omega     Ringgold    Summit    TRYON      Valyrang

MERRICK Co.       Archer      CENTRAL CITY      Chapman      Clarks      Elvira     Palmer      Silver Creek         Sunrise        Worms

MORRILL Co.       Angora         Atkins      Bayard       Bonner         BRIDGEPORT     Broadwater      Chimney Rock      Cleman         Colyer          Goodstreak        Guthrie        Lynn         Northport       Redington       Silverthorn         Simla

NANCE Co.    Belgrade    FULLERTON    Genoa     Kent    Merchiston    Northstar

NEMAHA Co.       Aspinwall       AUBURN      Brock      Brownville      Glen Rock       Howe       Johnson       Julian        Nemaha        Peru        Saint Deroin

NUCKOLLS Co.      Abdal      Angus     Bostwick      Cadams      Hardy     Lawrence      Mount Clare      NELSON      Nora     Oak       Ruskin     Sedan     Smyrna     Superior

OTOE Co.        Burr        Douglas        Dunbar        Lorton        Minersville         NEBRASKA CITY        Otoe         Palmyra         Paul         Syracuse        Talmage         Unadilla            Wyoming

PAWNEE Co.      Armour     Bookwalter      Burchard       Du Bois       Lewiston      Mayberry        PAWNEE CITY     Steinauer      Table Rock      Tate       Violet

PERKINS Co.      Brandon    Elsie    GRANT     Madrid     Pearl     Phebe     Venango

PHELPS Co.      Atlanta     Bertrand      Funk     Haydon     Holcomb       HOLDREGE    Loomis      Sacramento    Westmark        Williamsburg

PIERCE Co.     Breslau     Hadar     Lucas Siding     McLean    Osmond     PIERCE    Plainview

PLATTE Co.    COLUMBUS     Cornlea    Creston     Duncan     Humphrey   Lindsay  Monroe      Oconee     Platte Center      Tarnov

POLK Co.     OSCEOLA       Polk      Shelby      Stromsburg        Swedehome

RED WILLOW Co.      Banksville      Bartley      Boxelder      Danbury      Indianola  Lebanon      Marion      MCCOOK      Perry      Red Willow        Shippee

RICHARDSON Co.        Arago        Archer      Barada         Dawson                       FALLS CITY      Fargo      Humboldt           Middleburg       Nims        Preston       Rulo        Salem      Shubert       Stella       Straussville         Verdon

ROCK Co.       BASSETT         Buell         Butka        Cuba       Duff         Hammond      Horsefoot            Kirkwood           Malvern      Mariaville       Newport        Perch             Pony Lake       Rock         Rose        Selden          Shebesta         Sybrant        Thurman

SALINE Co.      Crete     DeWitt      Dorchester      Friend      Plato      Pleasanthill  Shestak       Swanton       Tobias        Western        WILBER

SARPY Co.      Bellevue     Chalco    Fort Crook     Gilmore    Gretna     La Platte  Meadow      Melia      PAPILLION     Richfield       Springfield

SAUNDERS Co.         Ashland        Cedar Bluffs       Ceresco        Colon        Ithaca     Leshara         Malmo       Mead        Memphis         Morse Bluff             Plasi                  Platte River           Pohocco         Prague       Rescue          Sand Creek     Swedeburg     Touhy        Valparaiso         WAHOO       Wann         Weston       Woodcliff         Yutan

SCOTTS BLUFF Co.        Bradley        Brockhoff        Caldwell       Covert       Dorrington        GERING         Haig          Henry         Heyward          Hope        Larissa        McGrew       Melbeta       Minatare         Mitchell         Morrill          Roubedeau          Scottsbluff       Sedan          Snell        Toohey         Woodrow

SEWARD Co.       Beaver Crossing        Bee        Cordova       Garland        Goehner    Milford      Pleasant Dale      SEWARD        Staplehurst         Tamora         Utica

SHERIDAN Co.         Adaton        Albany        Antioch        Bingham        Clinton      Ellsworth      Gordon     Grayson       Hay Springs       Hilton        Hunter      Lakeside     Long Lake       Marple       Mirage         Moomaw       Peters     RUSHVILLE      Schill    Spade       Strasburger       Whiteclay

SHERMAN Co.        Ashton        Austin       Hazard        Litchfield         LOUP CITY      Rockville        Schaupps

SIOUX Co.           Agate          Andrews          Ashbrook           Bodarc                         Coffee Siding           Curly           Glen           HARRISON            Kelley                  Malinda            Montrose           Mud Springs       Orella           Story           Unit

STANTON Co.     Bega     Haymow     Pilger      STANTON

THAYER Co.     Alexandria    Belvidere     Bruning     Byron     Carleton    Chester Davenport     Deshler      Friedensau      Gilead    HEBRON      Hubbell     Kiowa  Stoddard       Williams

THOMAS Co.       Halsey     Natic     Norway     Seneca      THEDFORD

THURSTON Co.     Macy    PENDER    Rosalie    Thurston     Walthill      Winnebago

VALLEY Co.     Alta      Arcadia     Elyria      Geranium     Lee Park     Miracreek            North Loup      ORD

WASHINGTON Co.       Admah        BLAIR         Bowen        Coffman                  Cuming City          Dale        De Soto        Fontanelle        Fort Calhoun     Herman       Kennard          Washington

WAYNE Co.    Altona     Apex     Carroll     Hoskins    Sholes     WAYNE     Winside

WEBSTER Co.     Bladen      Bluehill      Cowles     Guide Rock      Inavale                    RED CLOUD         Rosemont

WHEELER Co.     Arden     BARTLETT     Cumminsville     Ericson      Francis  Headquarters      Lisle       Newboro      Pibel        Sheridan        Wheeler

YORK Co.      Arborville     Benedict     Bradshaw     Charlestown     Gresham   Henderson       Houston     Lushton      McCool Junction      Thayer     Waco    YORK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Durham Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

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The Durham Museum’s Photo Archive contains over 700,000 images spanning from the 1860s to the 1990s. They document the fascinating history of Omaha from its early days as a young frontier town to a unique and sophisticated city.

To view this collection and other information that is available you can go to this website.

http://www.durhammuseum.org/experience/photo-archive.aspx

 

Norfolk Mill Company

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The Norfolk Mill Company has decided to put the new roller machinery into their mill. Mr. Cotton informs us that it will consist of four sets of rollers. They will also put in new purifiers, new bolting arrangements, new elevators and make it the best mill in Northern Nebraska. They will begin the work about the middle of July and expect to have it completed by the 1st of September. The probable cost of the improvements will be in the neighborhood of $7,000.

Source: Norfolk Journal, Friday June 8, 1883, page 3.

Madison Co. list The Nebraska Graybook 1935

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The Nebraska Graybook for 1935

A Survey of Dentists, Physicians and Druggists of Nebraska

Population of Madison County   26,037

Dentists   21   DDS .— Doctors   32   MD — Druggists   20   PFC, PFG, REG

Surname       Degree    Yr. Gr.  Exp.   Location            

 

Baker, E. E.    PHC  1927  10  Tilden

Barber, T. M.    MD  1927  7  Norfolk

Barr, C. C.    MD  1907  27  Tilden

Barry, A. C.    MD  1915  19  Norfolk

Braasch, W. A.  REG  1932  4  Norfolk

Brauer, S. H.    MD  1926  8  Norfolk

Brush, E. L.    MD  1906  28  Norfolk

Bullis, O. E.    PHG  1905  29  Norfolk

Bush, C. E.    DDS  1931  3  Tilden

Campbell, S. A.  MD  1898  36  Norfolk

Carter, J. R.    PHC  1900  35  Norfolk

Charlton, Geo. E.  MD  1907  27  Norfolk

Conwell, G. D.   MD  1926  8  Norfolk

Crane, W. E.    DDS  1908  26  Norfolk

Davault, W. W.  MD  1912  22  Norfolk

Drummond, C. C.  MD  1896  38  Norfolk

Eaton, W. H.    DDS  1915  19  Norfolk

Farner, B. R.    MD  1925  9  Norfolk

Fleming, C. J.   REG  1902  36  Norfolk

Frink, F. L.    MD  1891  43  Newman Grove

Gadbois, E. A.   MD  1903  31  Norfolk

Geist, O. E.    PHG  1917  20  Norfolk

Griffin, F. J.    DDS  1925  9  Tilden

Grothe, Fred    PHG  1929  9  Norfolk

Hale, V. G.    PHG  1925  14  Norfolk

Hall, W. R.    DDS  1909  25  Norfolk

Hamilton, T. A.  DDS  1927  7  Norfolk

Hansen, Bruno  PFG  1914  27  Tilden

Hansen, C. F.   DDS  1907  27  Norfolk

Hastings, W. C.  DDS  1903  31  Newman Grove

Healey, Frank   PHG  1931  6  Norfolk

Heeren-Morris, Edna  MD  1911  23  Norfolk

Henning, G. G.  MD  1929  5  Norfolk

Herbst, A. P.    DDS  1926  8  Norfolk

Herrington, Grace   REG  N1907   31  Newman Grove

Herrington, N. W. PHG   1902     35  Newman Grove

Hoopman, E. J.   DDS   1908    26   Norfolk

Howley, A. N.       MD    1907    27   Norfolk

Jensen, Frank      MD    1903    31   Newman Grove

Loder, L. L.       MD    1933      1  Tilden

McDonald, H. C.  PHG   1906   28  Newman Grove

McVaney, E. D.   DDS    1925     9  Norfolk

Mielenz, D. L.       DDS   1931     3  Norfolk

Miner, W. H.       DDS   1915   19  Norfolk

Morrow, James K.MD     1930     4  Norfolk

Mullong, C. R.      MD     1909   25  Norfolk

Pilger, Walter       MD      1905   29  Norfolk

Pollack, F. A.       MD      1917  17  Norfolk

Porter, Harve       PHG    1913   24  Norfolk

Saeger, W. H.      DDS    1914   20  Norfolk

Salter, Geo. B.     MD      1931    3  Norfolk

Salter, P. H.       MD       1885   29  Norfolk

Schreiner, O. C.   DDS    1932     2  Norfolk

Seymour, J. B.     PHG    1923   18  Norfolk

Shelton, S. W.      MD      1928     6  Norfolk

Siman, V. L.       MD      1913    21  Norfolk

Stark, L.       MD      1903   31  Norfolk

Tanner, Richard   MD      1909   25  Norfolk

Verges, C. J.       MD      1908   26  Norfolk

Wary, N. M.       DDS     1930     4  Newman Grove

Waters, T. H.       MD      1901   33  Norfolk

Weber, W. A.       DDS    1922   12  Norfolk

Winkle, V. M.       MD      1929     5  Norfolk

Young, G. A.       MD      1900   34  Norfolk

Madison Butter Factory

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List of Subscribers to the Madison Butter Factory

Source:  The Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, February 28, 1929, pages 5, 6.

Adams, J. J.                                 Adams, Martha                         Adelman, Albert

Altschuler, Henry                         Altschuler, Chas.

Baltzell, S. L.                               Best, L. L.                                         Bintz, A. B.

Boysen, August                         Bender & Smith                                Brown, E. E.

Bruhn, Mike                             Burris, E. E.

Collins, Ray                           Conley, F. D.                                       Conway, T. A.

Dover, Ralph                         Dover, Earl                                 Dieter, George

Demmel, Henry                   Davis, Fred                                 Davies, M. A.

Dowling, W. L.

Elley, Walter                       Elley, C. E.                               Elley, August

Fricke, Ed.                        Field, W. H.                              Frisch, Joe

Freudenburg, R. H.           Freudenburg, Ernest               Freudenburg, Arthur

Freudenburg, Arnold       Freudenburg, Eric

Gabelman, Frank            Gabelman, Jacob                    Gabelman, Alfred

Gansko, G. A.                Goldren Rule Store                   Gustafson, Henry

Hahn, Elmer                  Harms, R.                                Hartner, Dr. Chas.

Hegr, Frank                  Helmberger, Adam                   Henry, A. S.

Hetzel, Harry                Hintz, Emil                               Hoesly, Sam

Hoesly, Pete M.

Jantzen, Arthur             Jenkins, Lee                       Jurgens, Ernest

Johnson, Mrs. Wm. R.

Kafitz, Herman             Kaufman, Julius                  Knauberm, Matt

Klawonn, Fred            Klawonn, Frank                   Kline, D. W.

Konicek, Emil

LaFleur, R. A.            Leffler, T. M.                        Lich, Jacobi

Loonan Lumber Co.       Lewis, Clarence           Long, Dr. F. A.

Maurer, Fritz              Maurer, Alfred                   Marr, Ray

Miller, J.                    Mortimer, R. H.                     Metschke, O. F.

Malone, Joe            Meyer, Fred                          Mohr, J. A.

Moyer, Earl J.          Moyer, George H.

Nebr. Fur Farms, Inc.

Ochsner, Honor          Oeltjen, John

Palmer, P. S.             Pospisil, Joe                         Purdy, Herbert

Purdy, Walter            Plugge, Adolph                    Pruess, Wm.

Pruess, Ed.             Pruess, Henry                      Peterson, F. A.

Reeker, E. L.          Rowlett, Ed.                       Reeg, Philip

Reeves, Chas. C.        Reeves, Joe               Reeves, Jess

Reinhart, Frank          Reinhart, Albert             Rottler, Wm.

Resseguie, E. D.         Reed, Willis E.           Rakowsky, Gust

Schmitt, W. A.             Schmidt, A. C.            Smith, C. S.

Smutny, Prokop           Sunderman, O. A.        Star-Mail Pub. Co.

Storek, John F.            Sohl, Henry, Sr.            Schmidt, Art

Schmitt, Wm.             Stevens, Ed.                Spence, Perry

Stanke, Wm.             Shank, Fred                  Sunderman, Henry

Thenke, Fred            Trine, J. O.                    Tousignant, Geo.

Vilmur, George          Voss, John D.              Voss, C. J.

Wonderohe, Wm.         Warden, A. R.         Wehenkle, Wm.

Wegner, Theodore       White, F. C., Jr.       White, F. H.

Zessin, Fred               Zaura, Ralph

The beginnings of Newman Grove, Nebraska

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(Source: Excerpted from Tri-County Pioneers by H. Halderson)

 John W. Bloomfield

The beginnings of Newman Grove started in 1867. The first homesteader in Shell Creek precinct, Madison County, Nebraska, was John W. Bloomfield, popularly known as .Johnny Smoker.. His homestead entry for the S ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 28, Township 21 North, Range 4 West of 6th P. M. was made on May 17, 1867. It was claimed that this was the first homestead entry in Madison county, but on examination of the records it was found that William Boche had filed on a homestead northeast of Madison on May 14, 1867, three days prior. Bloomfield then obtained a Government Patent on November 20, 1874. Johnny Smoker was unmarried and lived a secluded life on this land for several years until it was sold to Syver Neilson (Field). Few facts are known about him as it seems he was more friendly with the Indians than with the white settlers. He lived in a dugout on the south bank of Shell Creek running through his land and another dugout was for his pony.

In 1873, Johnny Smoker asked Ole Texley to look after the pony while he went to Battle Creek for a short visit. While Johnny was gone, the highest flood in Shell Creek history came. While the water was rising, Ole Texley came across the dugout and saved the pony. Johnny agreed to sell some 160 acres of land to Syver Nelson (Field), and on February 7, 1876, Johnny, Syver Nelson (Field), and Gundeer Hamre went to Norfolk where the deed was delivered, and Bloomfield received $800.00 in currency. The deed was acknowledged by Geo. B. Fletcher, a notary public, and witnessed by Geo. B. Fletcher and John Sonbessen. It is said that Bloomfield gave the money to a friend to keep for a day or so; that he went there one dark stormy night about ten or eleven o.clock, received the money from the custodian and walked on into the night alone. His disappearance has never been satisfactorily explained. Wm. Bickley headed a group of men who made an unsuccessful search in the Shell Creek region in an attempt to solve the mystery.

Lewis Warren and Newman Warren

Lewis Warren was one of the first three settlers in Shell Creek precinct.  Johnny W. Bloomfield was most likely the first one. Lewis Warren and Geo. A. Whitcher came about the same time about a year after Bloomfield.   Lewis Warren filed Agricultural Script location No. 1673 for the S ½ of NE ¼ Section 33, Township 21 North, Range 4 West [City park location in 1949] for his minor son Newman Warren and filed No. 1674 for the N ½ of the NE ¼ of Section 33, Township 21 North, Range 4 West for himself. Both tracts were patented July 1, 1871. Lewis Warren was born in Killingsley County, Connecticut. He was married in West Day or Westdale, New York and came west to Red Oak, Iowa, where they lived until after the Civil War. He had enlisted in the Union Army, Company K, 15th Iowa Infantry, and served to the end of the war, after which he was awarded a pension for a service connected disability. About 1866, he arrived in an area east of Schuyler, NE. with some livestock, farm tools and $1.50 in his pocket. Then he moved to the Shell Creek location and built the first log home on the corner where the Lars Olson filling station is located [as of 1949].

The following is a quote from the book, Tri-County Pioneers.  “Mr. Warren took an intense interest in the affairs of this pioneer settlement, and being a man of means furnished work for, and helped many of the new settlers to make a living. In 1871, Geo. A. Whitcher and Lewis Warren established the wagon road route from Newman Grove to Cedar Creek near Oakdale to the intersection of the Elkhorn Valley road leading to Wisner. They stopped at the dugout of F. L. Putney.s father, three miles south and one mile west of Oakdale. Warren marked the course of the road by plowing one furrow with a breaking plow. While living here, Warren’s son, Newman Warren, a very fine young man died at about the age of 20/21 years, (about 1873), leaving his father his homestead and other property. The town of Newman Grove was named after Newman Warren. The word ‘Grove’ was added because there was a beautiful grove on Newman’s homestead.”

The Old Town was located on his timber clad land, and in commemoration of this young pioneer this town was named “Newman’s Grove”.  The log house built by Lewis Warren was used, rent free, as a schoolhouse for the purpose of the first term of school under the public school system in Shell Creek precinct. E. M. Squire was the teacher. Hellick G. Texley and E. G. Squire and five or six others were the pupils enrolled at that term.

Another quote from Tri-County Pioneers, “He (Lewis Warren) is described as a big man of fine appearance, energetic and versatile in business matters, surveyor, railroad contractor and lawyer. He was admitted to the bar, presumably in Columbus, removed from Newman Grove about 1879, practiced law in Oakdale and Neligh in partnership with G. G. Sparks, later with Tom O.Day, moved on to Bassett, and finally settled in Kent, Kings County, Washington, where he died on May 18, 1901.”

In another article from the book, Lewis Warren was very versatile, energetic, and had considerable financial means—a good farmer, surveyor, lay lawyer, and horse doctor. Mr. Warren served in Co. K, 15th Iowa and in Co. B, 13th Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.

Austania Warren

Austania Warren was about seven years old when her father homesteaded in Shell Creek. She planted the cottonwood trees north of the Hauges Church, some of them now [as of 1949] measuring 16 feet around.  Lewis Warren plowed furrows with an ox team while she planted the saplings as instructed by her father. In an article in the book Tri-County Pioneers about Mrs. Austania (Tania Warren) Shephard is the following information: “The giant cottonwood trees north of the Shell Creek church were planted by Tania Warren in about 1868 when she was eleven years old,” and “Some years later the walnut trees west of the church were planted by Chris Simonson who was employed by Lewis Warren.”  The exact birthplace of Tania Warren is not known, but she was born someplace in Missouri in 1857. Her father moved from there to Red Oak, Iowa, when she was three years old. The next move the family made was to a farm located a few miles east of Schuyler, NE. in 1866. Then about 1868 they moved to Shell Creek precinct.

Tania was of school age when her father married for the second time. She went to Columbus and found work and attended public school there.  A Rev. Reed helped her while she was in Columbus. He secured a railroad pass for her to go to Hartford, Connecticut, where she visited her father.s birthplace and his relatives [year not listed]. Later she went to Saratoga County, New York, where she visited with the relatives of her deceased mother. It was while there she married A. D. Shepard, on March 11, 1878, and lived in Saratoga County, New York for fourteen years. The family then moved to Woodbine, Iowa. On February 22, 1908, Mr. Shepard was killed in an accident. The widow and children continued their residence at Woodbine, Iowa. After she left for Columbus in about 1870, Tania was separated from the Warren family and from the strange events that subsequently occurred. The whereabouts of Austania was unknown to the Warren family. From all the information available all of the children of Warren’s second marriage passed away and Austania was the only known survivor of the Warren family.

There is another story in Tri-County Pioneers that talks about the killing of cattle and the end result that finally took place to locate Mrs. Austania Shepard and give her $152. This was the sum she received after expenses were paid from the settlement of $190. This settlement was made 43 years after the claim was filed, 28 years after it was allowed and 65 years after the date of the killing of the cattle that belonged to Lewis Warren.

George A. Whitcher

Our third resident in Shell Creek precinct was most likely George A. Whitcher. He was born January 22, 1844, in White County, Indiana, where he lived until he volunteered to join the Union Army. In 1862, at the age of eighteen he enlisted in Company A, Regiment 46, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served faithfully and was honorably discharged at the close of the war in 1865. He then returned to his original home in Indiana where he remained for a brief time. In 1867 he departed for the frontier of the Middle West. He related to the author of Tri-County Pioneers that he traveled through the Shell Creek region in 1867, but it seems he went on to other parts, looking for land and employment, and did not decide to locate here permanently until two or three years later.

On September 29, 1870, he made a homestead entry for the SE ¼ of Section 28, Township 21 North, Range 4 West and was issued a patent on June 30, 1876. It is said he was living in the neighborhood for a time prior to his homestead entry. The dugout was built on the west bank of Shell Creek on the southwest forty of the quarter now owned by H. Halderson, author of Tri-County Pioneers in 1949. Mr. Whitcher’s nearest neighbor was John W. Bloomfield “Johnnie Smoker,”  about 80 rods west on the Sever S. Field land. Both of them were unmarried, and they spent a great deal of time together in hunting, fishing and visiting each other in the evenings. Mr. Whitcher was not satisfied with life in a dug out and made plans early to build a log house on higher ground. The location that was selected was on an elevation north of the barn and windmill on the present [as of 1949] Halderson land. Some timber workers were employed to speed construction of the house, but he attended to the main part of it himself. This was a large house and it had a real board floor in it. When completed, he gave a general and public invitation to a dance.the first dance in Shell Creek, 1872.

He was married to Betsy Jackson in October, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Whitcher were active in promoting the interests of church and school in the pioneer settlement. Their children were: Edith, Claude, Myrtle, Rose, Georgia, Grace and Willie. They all grew to adulthood in Newman Grove. Mr. Whitcher was clerk at the first election held in Shell Creek and was the school district officer at various times. He was also a bondsman. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. They moved from the farm to Newman Grove and later moved to Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Whitcher lived in Wichita until his death on March 4, 1920. From the author H. Halderson, about Mr. Whitcher, “He had the spirit to defend the constitution in war and to live and exemplify its principles in peace, leaving to his children and succeeding generations a fine example of life and service”.

The following is from: Newman Grove, Nebraska 1888-1988 Centennial book.

Builders of homes and business

Builders of homes and business also played a role in the growth of Newman Grove and the area. N. A. Hagenstein was a carpenter in 1886.   A. T. Rodman was also a carpenter and a Justice of the Peace in the area in 1886.   E. J. Crockett and Wm. Hartwick arrived in 1887. Mr. Hartwick was a plasterer and mason until 1899.

S. August Johnson, arriving in 1909, built most of the concrete sidewalks in Newman Grove. Gust Brinell worked with Mr. Johnson. Mr. Sjoberg opened a carpenter repair shop in 1909 on Hale Street. Then in 1910, C. R. Vail started a cement block business west of the Opera House. Zieg Brothers purchased it in 1912 and then it was sold to Chris Knudson in 1914. Gunder Thompson had a brickyard in northeast Newman Grove around the time of 1914.

Newman Grove Milling Company, owners C. R. and Lex Gustafson and Joseph Johnson, put in a lumberyard and began as contractors in 1911. Lex Gustafson sold his share and went into the hardware business in 1918. Between 1911–1919 the milling company built the following business places in Newman Grove:

W. E. Harvey Garage                     C. J. From Furniture                       Farmers Union

Marians Meat Market                     First National Bank                Newman Grove Post Office

Sophia Linderholm Bldg.              E. W. Hallgren Store             F. L. Widergren Garage

Bruenig Building                        Newman Grove State Bank            City Cafe

Loup Power building

The residences built in town and the surrounding area by the Newman Grove Milling Company were:

E. H. Gerhart                             W. E. Harvey                            C. J. From

Lew Jacobs                             Dr. W. C. Hastings                    Dr. Frank Jensen

Gus Nelson                            Dr. Adamson                            Ted Jacobson

Lex Gustafson                      Joe Johnson                              Fred Mellberg

George Gutru                       C. E. Barrett                              Henry Jacobson

Carl Olson                          Matt Froistad                             John E. Johnson

Theo Happ                        Otto Eucker                              Wm. Hodges

J. Kuchar                          Fred Satler                               Zakarius Nelson

Victor Nelson                  J. V. Nelson                                Albert Flood

Hans Lee                       Pete Bruland                              Alvin Johnson

Alfred Olson                 Henry Knope                           Charley Schmadeke

Leu Kvam                   Joseph Nelson                         Charley Swanson

S. August Johnson

C. Sundell, a builder, and W. S. King, housemover, bricklayer and carpenter arrived in 1916. They were joined in 1919 by E. E. Anderson and Mr. Vallerstet.

E. E. Anderson sold Kragstone Stucco.

A look at Newman Grove

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All of the items below were taken from Newman Grove, Nebraska 1888–1988 Centennial book.

First Ordinances       The newspaper, the New Era, published March 12, 1888, the first ordinances. Some that were listed were: A dog license tax was made. The duties of the Marshall were laid out.   E. J. Crockett was appointed Village Marshall. Every male 21-50 is required to work or get a substitute for two days labor on the streets, alleys and highways. Failure to do so carried a fine. A prison was to be built at a cost of no more than $100. Also the Plat fixing the territory of Newman Grove.

The Early School Years      The first frame school was built in 1899, replaced with a brick structure by 1907-08. A new grade school was built in 1919-20.

Population Census           A look at the population showed that in 1888 it was 200-300. In 1900 it was 696. Then in 1910 it showed it to be 850. The highest it reached was in 1920 with a population of 1260. 

The Businesses in 1902        3 Doctors         1 Dentist            1 Lawyer

3 Real Estate Firms          3 Blacksmith Shops       3 Livery Barns

2 Newspapers                  8 General Stores            3 Hardware Stores

2 Drug Stores                  3 Elevators                       1 Flouring Mill

2 Saloons                      1 Shoe Shop                      1 Tailor

2 Barber Shops              2 Millinery Stores               2 Meat Markets

2 Banks                           2 Dressmaking Stores       4 Livestock Buyers

1 Photo Studio                 1 Auctioneer                      1 Hotel

3 Restaurants                   1 Creamery                   1 Jewelry Store

3 Confectionery Stores     2 Harness Shops          4 Implement Houses

1 Carpet Factory             1 Butter and Egg Store      1 Veterinary Surgeon

4 Carpenters and Builders                                        1 Manufacturing Company

Gas Lights       In December 1905, Newman Grove received gas for gaslights for stores and streets. The Gas Company closed in the late teens, when electricity came.

Herman Quelvog did electrical wiring in 1918.

In 1887, Monroe Smith and Fuller sold lumber in “Old Town,” then joined Herman Saare in a new location. Thomas Ostergard established a Grain, Lumber and Coal Business in the town’s early days. He with Wm. Fried of Fremont built the largest elevator in 1887. Mr. Ostergaard died in 1899. After Mr. Ostergaard death, George Johnson took over the business. John Sanderson assisted with the elevator and grain, and Andrew Anderson was in charge of the lumberyard. Mr. Johnson came from Fremont and had been with the Citizen’s State Bank. He was public spirited in helping the community to grow.

Furniture Store      It is reported that Charles Bosler operated a furniture store in 1887. Canute John From established a furniture store in 1889 and operated until his death in 1947. Ted Jacobson began working in the furniture store in 1919.  He assumed management upon Mr. From’s death and became owner upon Mrs. From’s death in 1952.

Early in Newman Grove history        Gunder Thompson had an ice business.  He had large quantities to be sold to residents during the summer months. In June 1911 he sold his ice business to F. L. Widergren and Son but took it over in 1917. Ralph Cain purchased the business from Gunder Thompson when he had a restaurant and bakery in the late teens.

A news item from the Newman Grove Era in 1892:     The ice harvest on Shell Creek commenced the week of January 20th. It was of extra good quality about 16 inches in thickness and was shipped to neighboring towns.  

 

Norfolk, NE.

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The building on upper Main Street belonging to B. Grant, and occupied in the lower story by a milliner store, was struck by lightning Sunday morning about three o’clock. The building was not set on fire, however. The lightning struck on the west side of the building about the center of it near the top, and tore a hole about six feet square, at the same time breaking the panes out of a window in a bed room occupied by Jerry Freeman, the colored bartender in Hopper & Co’s saloon. The head of Jerry’s bedstead was also torn and he slightly shocked.

There was considerable excitement in Norfolk last Sunday evening over the mysterious disappearance of little Johnny Parke and his cousin from Ponca, who was visiting him. They started down town on an errand about one o’clock and not returning to dinner the suspicions of their parents were naturally aroused. Hoping, however, that they would return soon no search was instituted by Mr. Parke until about 5 o’clock, when he took a circle of the town and inquired diligently of everyone he met, but his efforts seemed to avail him but little. One small boy had seen them going toward the river on the St. Paul railroad track, another had seen them at the Union Depot, &c. Their going toward the river was enough to excite apprehension for their safety and cause the suspicion that the little fellows might have ventured too near the water and been drowned. At this juncture neighbors were invited to participate in the search and a general reconnoiter of the surrounding country was commenced. The river was examined for straw hats or any other evidence of the whereabouts of the urchins. The railroad track was traveled for several miles, the sloughs south of town were carefully explored, farmers were awakened from their dreamy slumbers (for by this time nature had mantled herself in her black nightgown) and interviewed, the grave yard was visited and the quiet communion of the spooks and spirits disturbed. But, alas! The unsympathetic waters refused to breed straw hats, the railroad track furnished no satisfactory evidence of the truants, the sloughs knew no small boys, the farmers had seen nothing of them and the silent precincts of the departed proffered no encouragement to the searching friends. Tired feet and fallen spirits compelled searchers to return to town to find that in the meantime the boys had come home by way of the St. Paul road which they had been excursing over a foot-back to Hoskins. It was quite a picnic.

Source: Norfolk Journal, Friday June 29, 1883, page 3.

Battle Creek, NE. Business 1896

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Battle Creek, Nebraska Business Directory 1896

Compiled by Richard R. Strenge

 

The following is written as shown in the Battle Creek Enterprise Friday, Jan. 31, 1896, on page 7.  The spellings are copied as found in the paper.

Avery, J. L., real estate

Baker, L. B., lumber, grain, elevator,   coal

Barnes, Wm. A., dry goods, groceries, etc.

Bates & Maas, (Wm. Bates, Otto H. Maas), real estate

Battle Creek Creamery and Live Stock Co., officers mentioned elsewhere

Battle Creek Enterprise,  R. D. Scott, pub.

Battle Creek House, D. L. Best, prop.

Battle Creek Republican, O. F. Montross, pub.

Battle Creek Sugar Beet Co., officers mentioned elsewhere

Beck, Phil, constable

Blohm, Henry, beekeeper

Braisher, J. S., harness maker

Brechler & Merz, hardware, prop  mentioned elsewhere

Clark & Kent, (Miss Daisie Clark, Miss Agnes Kent), dressmakers

Claus, Herman, shoemaker

Curas, Thomas, janitor public school bldgs.

Craig, W. W., carpenter

Connelly, M. J., carpenter

Daniel, I. J., physician

Day, W. C., station tel and ex agt.

Dennis, E. G., justice of the peace

Dittrick, Joseph, blacksmith and wagon shop

Doering, M. G., Prof, teacher Lutheran school

Dugher, Thomas, dry goods, groceries

Dufphy, J. H., livery barn

Edens, Henry, carpenter

Flood, Jennie Miss, milliner

Fuerst, W. B., groceries

Gardels, J. R., constable and well digger

Giblin, C. R., city marshall

Hale, F. J., live stock shipper

Hedman, Charles A., hardware

Hichborn, Charles, watchmaker

Hoffman, J., Rev., Pastor Lutheran Church

Hoover, W. _, house painter and decorator

Ingoldsby & Co., (P. H. Ingoldsby, P. Brecheisen), liquor dealers

Inkley, S. C., breeder of hogs and horses

Jardee, John, carpenter

Kilburn, Hiram H., attorney

Klindt & Gosch, (Wm. Klindt, Chris Gosch), liquor dealers

Knesel, J. L., real estate

Knesel, M. E., Mrs., milliner

Livingston, Chris, barber

Maas & Haman, (Otto H. Maas, Chas. T. Haman), drugs

Maher, W. J., barber

Martin, S. E., Mrs., grocery, restaurant

Miller, Howard Co., lumber, coal, grain

McFarland, A. M., Rev., Pastor Baptist Church

Moyer, A. G., mayor, meat market

Neagele & Zimann, meat market

Neely & Eaton, roller mills

Reavis, W. F., agricultural implements

Reif, Henry, Mrs., milliner

Rhynn, F. F., mail carrier

Scott, R. D., postmaster

Shown, Thomas L., restaurant

Steffen, August, furniture, undertaker

Schocker, John, brickmason

St. Lawrence, Father Rev., Pastor Roman Catholic Church

Taylor, W. R., deputy postmaster

Tanner, Edward, physician

Thomsen, M. L., dry goods, groceries

Venable, Geo. S., collection agent

Venable, W. A., brickmason

Walker, J. N., livery stable

White Drug Co., T. L. White, prop.

Wilcox, J. H., Rev., Pastor M. E. Church

Werner, Herman, carpenter

Wink, Henry, carpenter

Young, Wm., harness maker

Zimmerman, Geo., agricultural implements