What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Hamilton and Clay Counties and their people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1921.

History

of

Hamilton and Clay Counties,

Nebraska

Supervising Editors

George L. Burr, Hamilton County

O.O. Buck, Clay County

ILLUSTRATED

Volume 1 and Volume 2

Chicago

The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company

1921

1500 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

(850 pages)

Table of Contents

Nebraska Overview

Hymn to Nebraska 
Chapter 1. Geology and natural resources of Nebraska 
Chapter II. The Nebraska Indians 
Chapter III. "The birth of a state" 
Chapter IV. The gradual settlement of the state 
Chapter V. Development of Nebraska - by counties 
Chapter VI. Territorial government 
Chapter VII. Nebraska's government as a state 
Chapter VIII. The railroads of Nebraska 
Chapter IX. Religious, educational and social development 
Chapter X. The press of Nebraska 
Chapter XI. Banking in Nebraska 
Chapter XII. The bench and bar of Nebraska 
Chapter XIII. Agricultural resources of Nebraska 
Chapter XIV. Manufacturing and commercial activities 
Chapter XV. Outline of authorities 

History of Hamilton County

CHAPTER I - THE SETTLEMENT OF HAMILTON COUNTY

CHAPTER II - EARLY SETTLEMENTS BY TOWNSHIPS

CHAPTER III - REMINISCENCES OF PIONEER SETTLERS

CHAPTER IV - GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY

CHAPTER V - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF HAMILTON COUNTY

CHAPTER VI - THE CITY OF AURORA

CHAPTER VII - OTHER TOWNS

CHAPTER VIII - SCHOOLS OF HAMILTON COUNTY

CHAPTER IX - CHURCHES OF AURORA

CHAPTER X - LODGES AND ORGANIZATIONS

CHAPTER XI - THE PRESS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER XII - HAMILTON COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR

History of Clay County 

CHAPTER I - THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF CLAY COUNTY

CHAPTER II - T. A. RARROUR'S HISTORY OF ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF CLAY COUNTY

CHAPTER III - EARLY DAYS IN CLAY COUNTY

CHAPTER IV - GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CLAY COUNTY

CHAPTER V - MODERN FARM ORGANIZATIONS

CHAPTER VI - SUTTON

CHAPTER VII - HARVARD

CHAPTER VIII - FAIRFIELD

CHAPTER IX - EDGAR

CHAPTER X - CLAY CENTER

CHAPTER XI- OTHER TOWNS

CHAPTER XII - THE PRESS AND PROFESSIONS

CHAPTER XIII - CLAY COUNTY IN THE WORLD WAR

Volume 2

(650 pages)

Biographical Index

Adams, Allbee, Andersen, Anderson, Armstrong, Ashby, Avery, Ayer, Babcock, Baeschlin, Bankson, Barrick, Barton, Bartz, Bates, Beacom, Beat, Belden, Bell, Bender, Bengtson, Bennett, Benson, Bergeson, Berggren, Bergmark, Bierbower, Bishoff, Boag, Boomer, Booth, Boyd, Brandt, Braustitre, Brehm, Breitenfeldt, Brenneman, Brock, Brodrick, Brown, Buck, Budler, Burlingame, Burnham, Burr, Burt, Bush, Butler, Cameron, Carlson, Case, Cass, Caulkins, Chada, Chaffee, Chapmen, Cherry, Clack, Clark, Cole, Coleman, Coon, Corey, Craft, Cundall, Curtis, Cutts, Darling, Davis, Dawson, Deines, De Maranville, Dobbs, Doremus, Dudgeon, Dulaigh, Dunphy, Eaton, Ebert, Edgerton, Eggerichs, Eggert, Elarton, Eller, Emrich, Epperson, Eskildsen, Evans, Fagan, Falmlen, Farley, Fenster, Ferree, Field, Figi, Fischer, Fisher, Fleming, Fletcher, Forst, Fox, Fraizer, Frank, Fredrickson, Fryar, Furer, Fye, Gaddis, Gallentine, George, Gimpel, Glass, Gordon, Gossard, Graham, Gray, Griess, Grosshans, Grosvenor, Gunnarson, Gustafson, Hageman, Hagemeister, Hager, Hagerman, Hagey, Haggard, Hainer, Halsted, Hansen, Hanson, Harris, Harrison, Hartquest, Haseloh, Hastings, Haughey, Hedblom, Hefty, Heinzman, Henninger, Hergenrother, Herzog, Higgins, Hill, Hilligas, Hixson, Hoegren, Hoffman, Holcomb, Holdgraf, Housel, Howard, Huenefeld, Huffman, Hultine, Iliff, Ingram, Isakson, Isaman, Jackett, Jacoby, James, Jeffers, Johnson, Jones, Juett, Keeney, Kempster, Kensinger, Kessler, Kirchner, Kissinger, Kline, Knutson, Koehler, Krabiel, Krell, Kreutz, Krintzfield, Kuehner, Kyne, Land, Lantzer, Latta, Lefever, Levee, Lewis, Lindgren, Ling, Littler, Logan, Lysinger, McClellan, McConaughey, McDannel, McDermott, McDougall, McFadden, McKee, McKelvie, McLaughlin, McReynolds, McVey, Mack, Madsen, Mapes, Martin, Marvel, Massie, Mather, Maupin, May, Megrue, Merrill, Meyer, Mideke, Miller, Milliken, Mills, Millsap, Minor, Moberg, Moger, Montgomery, Moses, Munn, Munson, Nall, Nelcon, Nettleton, Neumann, Newman, Newton, Nickalson, Nisely, Nissen, Nodland, Orendorff, Osborn, Otto, Overturf, Paben, Palmer, Patterson, Peard, Pearson, Peetzke, Pembrook, Perry, Petersen, Peterson, Pickard, Pierce, Pierson, Pillard, Pine, Potter, Potts, Pressler, Price, Prouty, Purdy, Quinn, Rader, Rath, Ray, Ready, Rediger, Reed, Refshauge, Reiser, Rhodes, Richardson, Roggy, Rollo, Ronan, Rosenbaum, Ross, Rundle, Rutherford, Salmon, Sandin, Sauls, Schliep, Schlieske, Schroeder, Schuck, Schuster, Schwab, Schwarz, Scott, Scovill, Siever, Shafer, Shaw, Shively, Sidders, Siefken, Silver, Sims, Sinner, Smith, Snider, Spatz, Specht, Spencer, Springer, Stahlnecker, Stanley, Steenburg, Stephens, Stephenson, Stewart, Sundermeier, Swanson, Swigart, Talich, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Timmons, Titman, Toof, Torgerson, Townsley, Travis, Turner, Van Deusen, Vickers, Voorhees, Wakelin, Wanek, Warren, Washburn, Weedin, Werner, Werth, Westering, Whitcomb, White, Whitesides, Whitney, Wilkins, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Williss, Wilson, Wolfe, Wolff, Wood, Woodard, Woods, Worthington, Wright, Wunderlich, Yost