What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Furnas County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1914.
Pioneer Stories
Of
Furnas County,
Nebraska
Compiled From the Files of the
Beaver City Times-Tribune
ILLUSTRATED
Claflin Printing Company
University Place, Nebraska
1914
210 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. Some scans are imperfect.
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Volume 1
Table of Contents
Chapter I. E. Crutcher, a pioneer of 1874, starts an interesting series of articles covering the early days of Furnas County
Chapter II. J. H. McKee, Beaver City's first postmaster, tells of the first days of the Furnas County Metropolis
Chapter III. C. A. Danforth, the first settler in the Beaver Valley, also had the first "House Raising."
Chapter IV. Hubert Pettijean's trilling experience in a blizzard of the early days
Chapter V. Jesse Hadley relates how he and his brothers failed as breeders of buffalo
Chapter VI. Mrs. N. M. Ayers relates interesting incidents in the life of a woman pioneer of Nebraska
Chapter VII. Mrs. M. A. Freas relates incidents of early days when snake, prairie fire and Indian scares abounded
Chapter IX. C. F. Wheeler admits coming too late for buffalo, but in time to resort to rabbit tracks for grub
Chapter X. Mrs. O. A. Harvey relates experiences in her pioneer days of thirty-five years ago
Chapter XI. John Keiser came in 1872 and has seen the Beaver Valley's growth--and has been a factor therein
Chapter XII. Byron F. Whitney, now of Ashland, was one of Beaver Valley's earliest pioneers, and writes of the old days
Chapter XIII. Rufus Trowbridge lost everything coming west in 1873, so traded buffalo meat for his filing papers
Chapter XIV. William T. McGuire was a boy when he sailed into the Beaver aboard a prairie schooner
Chapter XV. I. S. Meyers started out for "Nebraska or Bust," arrived safety and has not "Busted" up to date
Chapter XVI. Wood Rodents caused the pioneers great grief, and E. A. Smith says they were as greedy as grasshoppers
Chapter XVII. Mrs. John Harmon tells of many expedients resorted to by the pioneer woman of the Beaver Valley
Chapter XVIII. Hubert Pettijean and his honeymoon journey of a thousand miles in a prairie schooner--and a ruined shanty at the end
Chapter XIX. B. F. Goble came to the Beaver Valley in 1879, and even then there were some rattlesnakes in the land
Chapter XX. M. C. Perkins landed in the Beaver Valley in 1873, "Bled and Dried," won out, and now lives in the boyhood home in Maine
Chapter XXI. Frank Brouhard gives a number of thrilling reminiscences of early Furnas County experiences which have never before been published
Chapter XXII. J. W. Turner gives interesting account of his pioneer experiences, and tells of the first school held in Furnas County
Chapter XXIII. John T. Brown writes of his early days as a pioneer in the Beaver Valley--forty-two years in Nebraska
Chapter XXIV. Charles A. Clark was one of the first to sense the coming glories of Furnas County, and he tells of his pioneer days
Chapter XXV. When M. N. Jenkins first saw Beaver City it was inhabited by prairie dogs, rattlesnakes and buffalo. Now look at it!
Chapter XXVI. L. B. McComb tells the story of the founding of Lebanon, and relates incidents in the lives of the pioneers
Chapter XXVII. Mrs. E. J. McDonald, wife of a pioneer who homesteaded near Wilsonville, writes of stirring incidents in early days
Chapter XXVIII. Indian story. Mrs. McComb tells of a visit from a Pawnee hunting party
Chapter XXIX. Another early day settler takes his pen in hand
Chapter XXX. Mrs. Philip French, wife of a pioneer who has been called to the great beyond, adds some interesting incidents to the collection of reminiscences
Chapter XXXI. Mrs. W. H. Vining was a pioneer woman who endured the early day hardships with her husband, coming here with seventy-five cents in cash
Chapter XXXII. Nat M. Ayers was one of the first pioneers, and he is selected to close this volume of reminiscences