much importance but it furnishes the material for a most remarkable
contrast of development within a period of a generation. The wild
buffalo has gone. The aboriginal red man of the plains has disappeared.
The white man with the new civilization has stepped into their places.
It all seems to have been a part of Nature's great plan. Out of the
desolation of the past there has come the new life with the new
civilization, just as new worlds and their satellites have been created
out of the dust of dead worlds.
There was a glory of the wilderness but it has gone. There was a mystery
that haunted all those barren plains but that too has gone. Now there
are fields and houses and schools and groves of forest trees and
villages and towns, all prosperous under the same warm sunshine as of a
generation ago when the buffalo grazed on the meadow lands and the
aboriginal Indians hunted over the plains.
[Illustration: MRS. CHARLES H. AULL
Twelfth State Regent, Nebraska Society, Daughters of the American
Revolution. 1915-1916]
OUTLINE HISTORY OF THE NEBRASKA SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
BY MRS. CHARLES H. AULL, _State Regent_
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was
organized in Washington, District of Columbia, October 11, 1890, and
incorporated under the laws of Congress, June 8, 1891. Its charter
membership numbered 818. Its declared object was:
"To perpetuate the memory of the spirit of the men and women who
achieved American Independence by the acquisition and protection of
historical spots, and the erection of monuments; by the
encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolution
and the publication of its results; by the preservation of
documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services
of revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion of
celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries.
"To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address
to the American people, 'to promote, as an object of primary
importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,'
thus developing an enlightened public opinion, and affording to
young and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest
capacity for performing the duties of American citizens.
"To cherish, maintain, and extend the institutions of American
freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid
in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty."
Although there were previously some "members at large" in Nebraska, no
chapter had been organized until the formation of Deborah Avery chapter
in 1896. At present (1916) there are thirty-three chapters with a
membership of fifteen hundred, and a well organized state society
actively engaged in historical, educational, and patriotic work. Each
chapter pays to the state society a per capita tax of twenty-five cents.
A conference is held annually to plan the state work and promote the
purposes of the national society.
Mrs. Charlotte F. Palmer of Omaha was appointed by the national society
as organizing regent for Nebraska, June 7, 1894. She was reappointed in
February, 1895, and again in February, 1896.
No chapters were formed until in 1896, when Mary M. A. Stevens of
Lincoln was admitted to membership in the national society, January 8,
and was made organizing regent by Mrs. Philip Hichborn, vice-president
general in charge of organization. Under the direction of Miss Stevens,
Deborah Avery chapter was formed May 15, 1896, and chartered June 17
following.
In May, 1896, Mrs. Laura B. Pound of Lincoln was appointed state regent
to succeed Mrs. Palmer and the real work of organization was begun.
Omaha chapter was formed June 29, 1896, and approved by the national
society October 1, 1896. In December, 1896, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Langworthy
was appointed organizing regent at Seward but a chapter was not
completed there until nine years later. In February, 1897, Mary M. A.
Stevens of Deborah Avery chapter and Mrs. Henry L. Jaynes of Omaha
chapter were delegates to the continental congress at Washington. Miss
Stevens nominated Mrs. Pound for state regent and Mrs. Jaynes nominated
Mrs. John M. Thurston of Omaha for vice-president general from Nebraska.
Their election followed. Mrs. Thurston died March 14, 1898, and her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Angie Thurston Newman of Lincoln was elected at the
following congress to succeed her. No new chapters were perfected in
1897 but Minnie Shedd Cline of Minden and Mrs. Sarah G. Bates of
Valentine were appointed organizing regents.
Mrs. Frances Avery Haggard of Lincoln was elected state regent by the
continental congress in February, 1898. She devoted her energies to
raising money and supplies for the relief work undertaken by the
Daughters during the Spanish-American war. At the close of her first
term Mrs. Haggard declined a renomination.
The third state regent was Mrs. Elizabeth Towle of Omaha, who was first
elected in 1899 and reÎlected in 1900. Miss Anna Day of Beatrice was
appointed organizing regent by Mrs. Towle.
In 1901 Mrs. Laura B. Pound was again elected state regent and served
two terms. The national society having made provision for state
vice-regents, Mrs. Mildred L. Allee of Omaha was elected to that office.
Mrs. Annie Strickland Steele was appointed organizing regent at
Fairbury, Mrs. Janet K. Hollenbeck at Fremont, and Mrs. Olive A.
Haldeman at Ord. In her last report as state regent Mrs. Pound recorded
two new chapters, Quivira chapter at Fairbury, organized December 3,
1902, and Lewis-Clark chapter at Fremont, January 17, 1903, with
chapters at Beatrice and Ord in process of formation. Quivira chapter
was chartered February 3, 1903, and Lewis-Clark chapter was chartered
February 13, 1903.
The first state conference was called by Mrs. Pound in October, 1902,
and was held in Lincoln at the home of the late Mrs. Addison S.
Tibbetts. This conference was called to nominate a state regent and plan
for observing the centennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition. This
event was celebrated August 3, 1904, the anniversary of the council of
Lewis and Clark with the Otoe and Missouri Indians. On this date a
Nebraska boulder was dedicated at Fort Calhoun with appropriate
exercises, participated in by the Sons of the American Revolution and
the Nebraska State Historical Society. This was the first historical
event commemorated by the Daughters in Nebraska.
Mrs. Mildred L. Allee of Omaha was nominated for state regent at the
conference in 1902, and Mrs. Emma Kellogg of Lincoln for vice-regent.
These nominations were approved at the continental congress in 1903 and
both nominees were elected, and reÎlected in 1904.
Coronado chapter at Ord was organized January 25, 1904, and Elizabeth
Montague chapter at Beatrice June 17, 1904. The former was chartered
September 30, 1904, and the latter June 21, 1905.
On October 20, 1903, the second annual state conference was held in
Omaha. Mrs. Charles Warren Fairbanks, president general of the national
society, was the guest of honor and delivered an address upon the
subject, "The Mission of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
The third annual state conference assembled in Lincoln, October 19,
1904, for a two days' session. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Langworthy of Seward
was chosen for state regent and Mrs. Janet K. Hollenbeck of Fremont was
the choice of the conference for vice-regent. Both were elected, and
both were renominated at the fourth state conference held at Fairbury in
October, 1905. Mrs. Langworthy organized the Margaret Holmes chapter at
Seward April 10, 1905, and Nikumi chapter at Blair, February 23, 1906.
Lincoln entertained the fifth annual state conference October 29-30,
1906, Mrs. Donald McLean, president general, being the guest of honor.
At this conference a state organization was perfected and by-laws
adopted providing that nominations for state regent and vice-regent
should be made by the state board of management and submitted to the
continental congress for election. Other officers for the state
organization were to be elected at the annual conference. This system
was followed until 1910, when the by-laws of the national society were
changed to permit each state organization to elect its own regent and
vice-regent.
Mrs. Charles B. Letton of Quivira chapter, Fairbury, was nominated for
state regent and Mrs. Janet K. Hollenbeck for vice-regent at the meeting
of the board of management in the spring of 1907, and were elected at
the national congress immediately following. Mrs. Letton was reÎlected
in 1908 and Mrs. S. D. Barkalow of Omaha was elected vice-regent.
The sixth annual state conference was held in Omaha October 22-23, 1907.
Mrs. Letton appointed three organizing regents, one at Aurora, where no
chapter has yet been formed; Mrs. Arthur E. Allyn at Hastings, and Mrs.
Charles Oliver Norton at Kearney. On May 16, 1908, she organized the
Fort Kearney chapter at Kearney, which was chartered October 27, 1908,
with Mrs. Norton as its first regent.
Mrs. Richard C. Hoyt presented the following resolution to the sixth
annual conference and moved its adoption, the motion being seconded by
Mrs. Henrietta M. Rees:
"Therefore, be it resolved that the D. A. R. of Nebraska coˆperate with
the State Historical Society in taking some steps toward marking the old
Oregon trail in Nebraska and that a committee be appointed to act in
unison with the Historical Society."
The resolution was adopted. Members of the Omaha chapter who were
interested in this matter at the time, say that the idea was suggested
by Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha, then president of the State Historical
Society. In accordance with the foregoing resolution Mrs. Letton, state
regent, appointed the following committee: Mrs. John J. Stubbs,
Omaha; Mrs. George H. Brash, Beatrice; and Mrs. Stephen B. Pound,
Lincoln.
[Illustration: MONUMENT LOCATED IN BEMIS PARK, OMAHA, ON THE CALIFORNIA
TRAIL OR MILITARY ROAD
Erected by Omaha Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution]
[Illustration: MONUMENT IN RIVERSIDE PARK, OMAHA, MARKING THE INITIAL
POINT OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL
Erected by Omaha Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution]
The seventh annual conference was held at Fremont October 29-30, 1908.
At this conference Mrs. Letton urged that plans be made for marking the
Oregon trail across Nebraska, and called upon Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton
who had been appointed chairman of the Oregon trail committee to present
the subject to the conference.
In April, 1909, Mrs. Oreal S. Ward of Lincoln was elected state regent
and Mrs. S. D. Barkalow of Omaha was reÎlected vice-regent. In 1910 Mrs.
Ward was reÎlected state regent with Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton as
vice-regent.
The eighth state conference was held at Beatrice October 28-29, 1909. At
this conference it was voted to present two marble pedestals to Memorial
Continental Hall. It was resolved to vigorously prosecute the efforts to
secure an appropriation from the legislature for the marking of the
Oregon trail. Mrs. Charles B. Letton, during her last term as state
regent, had endeavored to have the legislature of 1909 appropriate money
for marking this trail, but no action was taken by that body until the
session of 1911, when, through the efforts of Mrs. Oreal S. Ward, who
had been elected state regent, $2,000 was appropriated "for the purpose
of assisting in the procuring of suitable monuments to mark the Oregon
trail in the state of Nebraska." This money was to be expended under the
direction of a commission composed of "the state surveyor of Nebraska,
the state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the
state of Nebraska, and the secretary of the Nebraska State Historical
Society." This act was approved April 7, 1911. On April 10th following,
the above-named commissioners met and organized as the "Oregon Trail
Memorial Commission," with Robert Harvey president, Mrs. Oreal S. Ward
vice-president, and Clarence S. Paine secretary-treasurer.
During Mrs. Ward's term as state regent she organized four chapters, St.
Leger Cowley chapter, Lincoln, December 3, 1909; Niobrara chapter,
Hastings, October 12, 1910; Otoe chapter, Nebraska City, February 15,
1911; Major Isaac Sadler chapter, Omaha, March 1, 1911.
The ninth annual state conference was held in Seward, October 19-20,
1910, and Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton of Kearney was elected state
regent, and Mrs. Warren Perry of Fairbury vice-regent. They were
reÎlected at the tenth state conference, held at Kearney, October 23-25,
1911. The following eleven chapters were organized during Mrs. Norton's
administration:
Platte chapter, Columbus, October 20, 1911.
Reavis-Ashley chapter, Falls City, January 5, 1912.
Superior chapter, Superior, January 12, 1912.
Thirty-seventh Star chapter, McCook, February 21, 1912.
David City chapter, David City, March 5, 1912.
Pawnee chapter, Fullerton, March 28, 1912.
David Conklin chapter, Callaway, February 22, 1913.
Josiah Everett chapter, Lyons, February 26, 1913.
Bonneville chapter, Lexington, February 26, 1913.
Nancy Gary chapter, Norfolk, February 27, 1913.
Stephen Bennett chapter, Fairmont, February 28, 1913.
Mrs. Norton attended the third meeting of the Oregon Trail Commission,
held May 2, 1911, and was elected vice-president in place of Mrs. Oreal
S. Ward whom she had succeeded as state regent. During her term Mrs.
Norton vigorously prosecuted the work of marking the Oregon trail, with
the assistance of Mrs. Charles B. Letton, whom she had appointed as
chairman of the Oregon trail committee. During her administration the
contract was made for regulation markers to be used in marking the
trail, and several were erected. There were also several special
monuments erected ranging in cost from $100 to $350. The first monument
to be planned for during this period was the one on the Kansas-Nebraska
state line, to cost $350, which, however, was not dedicated until later,
and the last monument to be dedicated during Mrs. Norton's term was the
one on the Nebraska-Wyoming line, costing $200, for which Mrs. Norton
raised the money from the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution
in Nebraska and Wyoming. During this time there was also a very careful
survey made of the trail and sites for monuments were selected.
In April, 1910, Mrs. Andrew K. Gault of Omaha was elected vice-president
general from Nebraska at the national congress and reÎlected in 1912,
serving, in all, four years.
The eleventh annual conference was held in Lincoln, October 22-24,
1912. Mrs. Mathew T. Scott, president general, was the honor guest.
Amendments to the by-laws were adopted in harmony with the by-laws of
the national organization and the date of the state conference was
changed from October to March. It was provided that all state officers
should serve for one term of two years, and the per capita tax was
raised from ten cents to twenty-five cents. Mrs. Warren Perry of
Fairbury was elected state regent and Mrs. Charles H. Aull of Omaha
vice-regent.
The twelfth annual state conference convened at Fairbury, March 17-19,
1914. During Mrs. Perry's term of office there were organized the
following chapters:
Oregon Trail chapter, Hebron, October 20, 1913.
Jonathan Cass chapter, Weeping Water, January 23, 1914.
Elijah Gove chapter, Stromsburg, February 16, 1914.
Fontenelle chapter, Plattsmouth, April 21, 1914.
Reverend Reuben Pickett chapter, Chadron, March 4, 1915.
At the close of her administration twelve organizing regents were at
work: Mrs. Eleanor Murphey Smith, Crete; Mrs. Capitola Skiles Tulley,
Alliance; Mrs. Mabel Raymond, Scottsbluff; Miss Jessie Kellogg, Red
Cloud; Mrs. Alice Dilworth, Holdrege; Mrs. Clara King Jones, Wayne; Mrs.
C. M. Wallace, Shelton; Mrs. Charles Brown, Sutton; Mrs. Margaret Orr,
Clay Center; Mrs. Viola Romigh, Gothenburg; Mrs. Leona A. Craft,
Morrill; Dr. Anna Cross, Crawford.
The most important work to engage the attention of the state society
during the administration of Mrs. Perry was the erection of monuments on
the Oregon trail, and the accumulation of material for the present
volume of reminiscences. A large number of the regulation markers on the
Oregon trail were erected during this time; several special monuments
dedicated and others arranged for.
The thirteenth state conference was held in Omaha, March 17-19, 1915.
Mrs. Charles H. Aull of Omaha was elected state regent, and Mrs. E. G.
Drake of Beatrice vice-regent. Three chapters have been organized under
the present administration:
Capt. Christopher Robinson chapter, Crawford, June 16, 1915.
Butler-Johnson chapter, Sutton, June 17, 1915.
Three Trails chapter, Gothenburg, December 31, 1915.
At the present time plans are being formulated for marking the
California trail from Omaha and Florence along the north side of the
Platte river to the Wyoming line. This work will be carried forward by
the Daughters, through the agency of the Nebraska Memorial Association
of which the state regent is vice-president.
FINIS
"The moving Finger writes, and having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it."
--_Omar Khayyam_
INDEX
Abel, Anton, 60
Adams, Anna Tribell, 189
Adams, Clarendon E., _Stirring Events along the Little Blue_, 214
Adams County _Gazette_, 17
Adams county, historical sketch of, 11, 18
Adriance, Rev. Jacob, 291
Akers, William H., 14
Ak-Sar-Ben, Knights of, 189
Alexander, Colonel, 219, 222, 229
Alexander, S. J., 144, 270
Alexander's ranch, 279
Alexandria, Nebraska, 139, 270
Alexis of Russia, Grand Duke, 327
Allee, Mildred L. (Mrs. Abraham), 189, 334, 335
Allen, Edna M. Boyle, _A Grasshopper Raid_, 133
Allen, Edwin M., 16
Allen, Mrs. Emily Bottorff, _Reminiscences of Washington County_, 286
Allen, Mr. and Mrs. John, 284
Allen, Pink, 284
Allen, Thomas, 284, 295
Allen, Thomas J., 299
Allen, William, 143
Allen, William Henry, _Reminiscences of Fort Calhoun_, 284, 287
Allen, Mrs. William Henry, 291
Alliance, Nebraska, 339
Allis, Samuel, 230
Allyn, Mrs. Arthur E., 336
American Baptist Publication Society, 281
American Fur Company, 312
American Monthly magazine, 189
American Woman's Suffrage Association, 278
Ames, John H., _Location of the Capital at Lincoln_, 176
Ames, Nebraska, 306
Ames, Oakes, 199
Anderson, Mrs. Sarah F., 255
Andrews, Dr. J. P., 287, 294
Anthony, Susan B., 276, 277
Arapahoe, Nebraska, 58, 60, 63
Arbor Lodge, 219, 231, 235, 239, 240
Arkeketah (Otoe chief), 120
Arlington, Nebraska, 300
Armstrong brothers, 162
Arnold, Mrs., 293
Arnold, Major, 293
Asche, Mrs. A. Dove Wiley, 96
Atkinson, Mrs., 213
Atkinson, General Henry, 314
Auburn, Nebraska, 212
Auger, General C. C., 193
Aull, Mrs. Charles H., _Outline History of the Nebraska Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution_, 333, 339
Aurora, Nebraska, 213
Austin, O. O., 192
Avery, W. H., _A Buffalo Hunt_, 131
Ayres, James, _Life on the Frontier_, 54
Babcock, ----, 124
Babcock, C. C., 17
Babcock, Russell D., 16, 17
Babcock, Titus, 16
Badger family, 97
Badger, Henry L., 97, 101, 104
Badger, Mrs. H. L., 101
Badger, Lewis H., 97
Badger, Mary A., 97
Bailey, Wesley, 141
Bainter, James, 11
Baker, Ben S., 275
Baker, Joe, 148
Baker, Wilton, 192
Bancroft, Dr. William M., 57, 67
Banking House of Thomas Harbine, 145
Barber, F. B., 30
Barkalow, Mrs. S. D., 336, 337
Barnard, E. H., 78
Barneby, Battiste, 118
Barnes, Mrs. P. S., 38
Barnston, Nebraska, 120, 127
Barr, P. F., 15
Barrett, Jay Amos, 189
Barrette, Rev. and Mrs., 211
Bartlett, Iowa, 31
Bassett, Samuel C., _A Broken Axle_, 27; _Dreamland Complete_ (poem), 28
Bates, Rev. Henry, 164
Bates, Mrs. Sarah G., 187, 334
Bauman, John, 294
Bay State Cattle Company, 26
Beatrice _Express_, 141
Beatrice, Nebraska, 111, 113, 117, 118, 122, 123, 127, 128, 133, 142,
149, 152, 161, 163, 166, 181, 187, 216, 270, 271, 275, 334, 335, 336,
337, 339
Beaver creek (Sandburr creek), 195
Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, 258, 259, 260, 261
Becksted, Addie, 323, 325
Becksted, Billy, 323
Becksted, Elton, 323
Bedford, Nebraska, 211
Beeson, Jane, 94
Bell creek, 30, 287, 297
Bell, James, 249
Bell, John T., 296
Bell, Ortha C., _An Incident in the History of Lincoln_, 182, 185
Bell, Mrs. Ortha C., _Lincoln in the Early Seventies_, 184-185
Bell, Ray Hiram, 185
Belleville, Kansas, 142
Bellevue, Nebraska, 236, 323, 325
Beltzer, John, 248
Beni, Jules, 323, 324, 325
Benkleman, Nebraska, 263
Bennett, Caroline Valentine, 254
Bennett, Jacob, 254
Berwyn, Nebraska, 46
Bethlehem, Iowa, 41
Betz, ----, 58
Bierstadt, Albert, 214, 215
Bifkin, Colonel, 105
Big Blue river, 123, 151, 173, 242
Big Sandy, 139, 140, 148, 152, 154, 245, 280
Binfield, S. B., 15
Binney, Millard S., _Gray Eagle, Pawnee Chief_, 194
Bittenbender, Mrs. Ada M., 275
Black, Gov. Samuel W., 240, 301
Black Hills, 25, 50, 52, 110
Blackbird creek, 30, 32
Blackwell, Lucy Stone, 277
Blaine, William H., 101
Blair, Grant, 139
Blair, James, 139
Blair, Nebraska, 287, 291, 294, 298, 336
Blizzards, 20, 59, 75, 99, 109, 125, 128, 158, 160, 203, 205, 244, 245,
249, 250, 261, 282, 300
Blue river, 111, 113, 121, 161, 261
Blue Springs, Nebraska, 112, 113, 122
Blue Vale, 102
_Blue Valley Record_, 111
Boggs, Dr., 128
Bohanan, Quinn, 182
Bonesteel, ----, 244, 245
Bonneville chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 338
Bookwalter, John W., 130
Boone, Mrs. William, 247
Bosler brothers, 26
Boston and Newton Joint Stock Association, 168, 170, 171
Bottorff, Andrew J., _Early Days in Stanton County_, 266
Boucha, Joseph, 289
Bouvier, Adeline, 289
Bouvier, Mother, 289
Bouvier, Oliver, _Reminiscences of De Soto in 1855_, 289
Bowen, Adna H., 16
Bowen, Judge, 287
Bower, Nebraska, 158
Box Butte county, _Historical sketch of_, 25, 26
Boyd, ----, 258
Boyd, James E., 189
Boyer and Roubidoux, 190
Boyer, J. P., 190, 191
Boyle, Judge, 133, 142
Bradley, Judge James, 91, 293
Brady, ----, 190
Brady Island, 61, 190
Brash, Mrs. George H., 336
Brass, Samuel L., 16
Brewster, Mrs. S. C., 91
Brickley, E. D., 166
Brigham, George A., 286
Brisbane, ----, 260
Broken Bow, Nebraska, 46, 48, 49
Brooks, Mrs. ----, 275
Brooks, Mrs. N. J. Frazier, _Reminiscences of Pioneer Life at Fort
Calhoun_, 288
Broome, Francis M., _Frontier towns_, 22
Bross, Rev. Harmon, 50
Bross, Mrs. Harmon, _An Experience_, 50
Brown, Mrs. Charles, 339
Brown, Mrs. Charles M., _First Things in Clay County_, 43
Brown, F. M., 43, 44
Brown, Hopkins, 244
Brown, John, 141
Brown, R. G., 44
Brownell hall, 96
Brownville & Fort Kearny railroad, 137
Brownville, Nebraska, 31, 111, 116, 142, 161, 211, 212
Buchanan, a frontier town, 22
Buck surveying party, 243
Buffalo, 18, 19, 27, 59, 60, 64, 71, 76, 99, 103, 104-106, 111, 117,
119, 131, 142, 153, 154, 164, 175, 214, 216, 219, 234, 242, 243, 289,
326, 332
Buffalo county, 29, 61, 223
Buffalo creek, 58, 60
Burgess, Frank, 248
Burke, Mrs. ----, 190
Burlington and Missouri R. R. Co., 15, 16, 18, 43, 66, 122, 128, 136,
137, 188, 254
Burt, Mr. ----, 174
Bush, Lieutenant ----, 222, 223, 226, 229
Bussard, Kate, 103
Bussard, William, 109
Buswell, Judson, 19
Butler, ----, 217
Butler, Gov. David, 99, 136
Butler Johnson chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 339
Byers, Mr. and Mrs. William N., 91
Cabney, Antoine, 189
Caldwell, Mrs. A. J., 275
California trail, 88, 339
Callaway, Nebraska, 49, 338
Cameron, L. D., 291
Camp, William M., 16
Campbell, Alexander, 43
Capital hotel, Lincoln, 135
Captain Christopher Robinson chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, 339
Carney family, 75
Carpenter, J. A., _Early Days in Nebraska_, 111
Carr, Gen. E. A., 193
Carson family, 213
Carter, Alex., 290, 291
Carter, "Billy," 24
Carter, Jacob, 291
Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. R., 14
Carter, Thomas M., _Reminiscences_, 290
Cass county, Nebraska, 37, 94
Cedar creek (Willow creek), 195
Central City, Nebraska, 244
Chabot, C., _Early Recollections_, 62
Chadron, Nebraska, 24, 50, 339
Champlin and McDowell, 156
Champlin, L. C., 175
Chandler, John S., 16, 19
Chapman, Nebraska, 213
Chapman, P. L., 143
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 282