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Story Of An Old Town, With Reminiscences Of Early Nebraska And Biographies Of Pioneers. A.P. DEMILT

Story Of An Old Town, With Reminiscences Of Early Nebraska And Biographies Of Pioneers.

A.P. DEMILT

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Publication: Douglas Printing Company, 1902, Omaha

First edition. Cloth, 173pp., 10 plates. "A Narrative of Truth Describing The Birth of Nebraska, And It's Progress, of Its Oldest Towns, And Its First Settlers." The author's account of the history of Nebraska with a focus on Decatur, Nebraska in the northeastern part of the state. Early days in Nebraska, with accounts of Quantrell, the James boys, their family, the Fords, and Henry Plummer...some accurate and others not. Chapters include: Lewis and Clark; Death of Blackbird and His Burial; Reaty of Omaha Indians; Indian Traders; Graphic Biographies of Decatur’s Earliest Settlers; The First Mayor; The First Village Election; The James Family; Nebraska Indian Scare; Organization of Masonic Lodge; Drowning of Owens, Blake, Mansfield, and Others; Robt. Moore and the Rise and Fall of Tievile; Romance of Kit Carson; Murder of French Desperado by the Indians; Coronado’s Invasion and the Seven Cities of Gold; Delong Expedition; Old Fort Atkinson and the Famous Council Bluffs; Emigration of the Mormons; Early Days of Omaha, and the Indian War; Burt County’s Pioneers; Settlement of Logan Valley; Biographies and the Murder of Munson; Nebraska’s First Railroad Survey; Reminiscences of Decatur; A Memoir of Sarpy, the Famous Pioneer; Destruction of the Brown Hotel; Erection of Decatur’s Brick School House; The Village Coal Mining Company; Shooting of Cargon; Organization of Secret Societies; Reminiscence of Vale, a Reformed Gambler; Old Settlers of Burt and Douglas Counties, etc. Bump to lower fore-corner, else bright, near fine copy of a rare work.

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