Category: Biographies
Going and Settling of the Nebraska Mutual Aid Colony of Bradford, Pa., in Northern Nebraska--A Description of the Country in which they located, which embraces the Elkhorn, Niobrara and Keya Paha Valleys--Their First Summer's Work and Harvest.
Going and Settling of the Nebraska Mutual Aid Colony of Bradford, Pa., in Northern Nebraska--A Description of the Country in which they located, which embraces the Elkhorn, Niob...
2. CHAPTER II.I was advised to go to Valentine, the present terminus of the S.C. & P.R.R., and also to visit Fort Niobrara only a few miles from Valentine, as I would find much that was inter...
5. ill. When her station was reached, the brakeman very kindly helped herThe sun was very bright and warm, and to watch the country hurt my eyes, so I gave my attention to the passengers. Before me sat a perfect snapper of a miss, so cross looking, a...
3. CHAPTER III.I felt rather lonely after I had bid good-bye to my friends, but a depot is no place to stop and think, so I straightway attended to putting some unnecessary baggage in the care...
6. CHAPTER V.Nebraska is so named from the Nebraska, or Platte river. It is derived from the Indian _ne_ (water) and _bras_ (shallow), and means shallow water. In extent it is 425 miles from...
7. CHAPTER VI.Left Lincoln Monday morning, July 17, on the U.P.R.R. for Fremont. Passed fields of corn almost destroyed by the hail storm of last Friday. It is sad to see some of the farmers...
4. CHAPTER IV.We rested just one delightful week, talking the old days over, making point lace, stealing the first ripe cherries, and pulling grass for "Danger"--danger of it biting me or get...