What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Custer County and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1919.

History of

Custer County,

Nebraska

A NARRATIVE OF THE PAST, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS UPON THE PIONEER PERIOD OF THE COUNTY'S  HISTORY, ITS SOCIAL, COMMERCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT FROM THE EARLY DAYS TO THE PRESENT TIME.

By

W.L. Gaston and A.R. Humphrey

Lincoln, Nebraska

Western Publishing and Engraving Company

1919

1175 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. These books, in most cases, are over one hundred years old.  The printed text may have faded to some degree but is legible and searchable.

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Contents

CHAPTER I — In the Beginning

CHAPTER II —Descriptions, Lines and Boundaries

CHAPTER III — In the Days of Cattle

CHAPTER IV — County Organization and Development

CHAPTER V — The Coming of the Settlers

CHAPTER VI — Old Settlers' Stories

CHAPTER VII — Hard Winters and Hard Times

CHAPTER VIII — A Chapter in Black

CHAPTER IX — Towns and Villages

CHAPTER X — The School System in Sod and Brick

CHAPTER XI — Churches and Sunday Schools

CHAPTER XII — Lodges and Social Organizations

CHAPTER XIII — Political and Partisan Activities

CHAPTER XIV — Legal and Other Professions

CHAPTER XV — Military and Patriotic Contributions

CHAPTER XVI — Custer County Literature

CHAPTER XVII — Agriculture and Industrial Development

CHAPTER XVIII — Present Day Wealth and Resources

CHAPTER XIX — Founders and Builders

Surnames in Index

Ackermas, Adams, Alexander, Allen, Allyn, Amos, Amsberry, Anderson, Andrews, Ankiney, Apperson, Armstrong, Arthur, Ash, Athey, Atkisson, Avis, Baalhorn, Backes, Bader, Bahr, Bailey, Baillie, Baker, Bangs, Barber, Barrett, Bartu, Bass, Bates, Bayne, Beal, Beardsley, Beckler, Bellis, Beltz, Bence, Benger, Bergman, Bentley, Bernert, Biggerstaff, Birnie, Black, Blakeman, Blankenship, Boblits, Boeking, Boots, Bowley, Bowman, Boyd, Brachear, Bradburn, Bragg, Bramer, Brand, Branstiter, Brass, Bray, Brega, Bridges, Bristol, Brittan, Brodine, Brown, Bryan, Buckner, Burdick, Burnham,  Burrow, Butcher, Butler, Byler, Cain, Calhoon, Callen, Cameron,  Camin, Carothers, Case, Cavenee, Chapin, Chase, Cherry, Chiles, Chrisman, Christen, Christesen, Clements, Cline, Clouse, Clow, Cochran, Coday, Coffman, Cole, Coltrane, Condon, Cornish, Cory, Couhig, Coulter, Cox, Cramer, Criss, Crosley, Cross, Cunningham, Currie, Dady, Daily, Daley, Davidson, Davis, Deal, Dean, De Losh, Devine, Dewey, Dickson, Dietz, Dinwiddle, Dobesh, Douglass, Downey, Downing, Dowse, Draper, Dresel, Duncan, Dworak, Eddy, Ellersick, Embree, Empfield, Evans, Exley, Fajmon, Facknitz, Fanta, Farley, Farritor, Fenstermacher, Fisher, Fleishman, Fleming, Flieder, Fodge, Foley, Foran, Ford, Forsyth, Fortik, Fraser, Fulton, Gadd, Gaines, Gandy, Garrison,  Gates, Geersen, Geiser, George, Giddings, Gilligan, Gilmore, Given, Glazier, Glover, Goodrich, Gorham, Govier, Granger, Griebel, Griffin, Grint, Gross, Gschwind, Gundy, Gustafson, Gustus, Guthrie, Haefele, Hall, Halouska, Hammond,  Hanna, Hanson, Hardin, Hargan, Harman, Harris, Harry, Hart, Hartley, Hartson, Haskell, Hauck, Hauenstine, Haumont, Hayes, Heaps, Helmuth, Hemphill, Hempstead, Henderson, Hendricks, Henry, Hermes, Hewett, Hickenbottom, Hickey, Hicks, Hill, Hillman, Himmelright, Hines, Hiser, Hoffman, Hogg, Holcomb, Holeman, Horn, Home, Hothem, Hough, Houghton, House, Housel, Howell, Huenefeld, Huffaker, Huffman, Hughes, Humphrey, Hunnell, Hunter, Hurst, Ihlow, Imboden, Ingram, Jackson, Jacobs, Jacobsen, Jacoby, Jacquot, Jaeger, James, Jarusek, Jelinek, Jennings, Jensen, Johnson, Jones, Juel, Juker, June,  Kaelin, Kalous, Kaupp, Kearney, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenyon,  Kepler, Keyes, Kiker, Kilfoil, Kilgore, Kimball, Kimberling, Kirkpatrick,  Klanecky, Klapal, Kingbeil, Klinkman, Klump, Kluna, Knapp, Knight, Knox, Kobl, Kolbo, Koozer, Kramer, Krbel, Krenz, Krikac, Kriss, Kriz, Kroeger, Kruser, Kulhanek, Lamb, Landis, Lang, Lange, Lanura, Larson, Lash, Laughran, Lauridson, Leach, Lee, Leech, Leininger, Lenstrom, Leo, Leonard, Leui, Lewis, Liehs, Liles, Lincoln, Linder, Lindly, Line, Livermore, Lomax, Long, Longfellow, Longmore,  Lovejoy, Lowry, Luce, Lund, Lundy, Lynch, McCandless, McCarthy, McCarty, McCormick, McCrea, McDonald, McEvoy, McGaughey, McGrath, McGraw, McGregor, McGugin, McGuire, Mclninch, McKenty, McKinney, McKnight, McRae, McWorthy, Mackey, Mackley, Malm, Mapel, Maroney, Marsh, Mary, Mason, Mathauser, Mathon,  Matz, Maxson,  Maze, Melham, Melville, Metcalf, Mevis,  Michele, Miller, Milligan, Mills, Minogue, Mohatt, Moomey, Moore, Moran, Moravec, Morgan, Moroney, Morris, Morrison, Morrow, Mossman, Mougey, Mourey, Mullen, Mullins, Mulvany, Murphy, Myers, Nansel, Narragon, Naylor, Nedbalek, Needham, Nelson, Neth, Neve, Newcomb, Newman, Nicholas, Nichelson, Nixon, Norbury, Norden, Oberg, O'Brien, Ohme, Olsen,  Orchard, Orvis, Ostrand,  Owen, Oxford, Paine, Palmer, Peale, Pearce, Pederson, Pelkey,  Penn, Pennington,  Pense, Perkins, Perrin, Pesek, Peterson, Pickett, Pierce, Pirnie, Pointer, Poland, Porath, Porter, Poston, Poulsom, Powers, Predmore, Preston, Probert, Purcell, Rapp, Rarden, Ray, Read,  Ream, Redmond, Reed, Reese, Reinhard, Rhodes, Rice, Richtmyer, Ridder, Riggle, Rimpley, Roath,  Robertson, Rockwell,  Roerick, Rohde, Ross, Rosso,  Rowan,  Rumery, Runyan, Russom, Sams, Samson, Samuelson, Sanders, Sanderson, Sargent, Sauter, Schaper, Schmid, Schimdt, Schmitz, Schreyer, Schuder, Schultze, Scott, Seaney, Seevers, Seiver, Sell, Sellon, Shafer, Shaw, Shepard, Sheppard, Sherman, Shively, Shoemaker, Shook, Shultz, Sims, Simmons, Skolil, Sloggett, Smith, Snyder, Sommer, Sorensen, Speer, Spencer,  Spratt, Spurgeon, Squires,  Staab, Stebbins,  Stedry, Steel, Stefka, Steiger,  Steinmeier, Sterner, Stevens, Stewart, Stockham, Stokes, Stone, Story, Stouffer, Stoufler, Stough, Stradley, Strieder, Struempler, Stupplebeen, Sullivan, Sutton, Swanson,  Sweeney, Swenson, Swick, Synder, Talbot, Tallin, Taylor, Teahon, Tennant, Thomas, Thompson,  Thostesen, Tietjens, Tobias,  Tomes, Tooley, Torgerson, Trueman, Tucker, Uhlman, Urban, Van Antwerp, Van Buskirk, Van Home, Varney, Visek, Vogler, Waddington, Wagner, Waldron, Walker, Wallace, Walsh, Walter,Wanke, Ward, Wardrobe, Warnemunde, Warrington, Waterbury, Waters, Watkins, Watts, Webb, Weesner, Weisenveder, Welch, Werber, Wescott, Westcott, Westman, Weverka, White, Whitehead, Whiteman, Whitney,  Wieland, Wilkerson, Williams, Wilson, Wolf, Wolniczek, Wolsleben, Wood, Woodruff, Woracek, Worrell, Yates,  Yohn, Young, Zachry, Zimmerman, Zoerb,