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

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1918.

History of

Gage 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

Hugh J. Dobbs

Lincoln, Nebraska

Western Publishing and Engraving Company

1918

1100 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.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

Contents

Chapter I. The discoveries 
Chapter II. Territory of Louisiana 
Chapter III. Nebraska up to 1866 
Chapter IV. Gage County 
Chapter V. Old Clay County 
Chapter VI. Topography of Gage County 
Chapter VII. Flora and Fauna 
Chapter VIII. The public domain 
Chapter IX. The pioneers 
Chapter X. "Have you an Eve." Poem by Edwin Ford Piper
Chapter XI. First actual settlers 
Chapter XII. Narrative of Major Albert Lamborn Green 
Chapter XIII. First white settlers 
Chapter XIV. Founding of Beatrice 
Chapter XV. Narrative of Mrs. Julia Beatrice (Kinney) Metcalf 
Chapter XVI. Founders of Beatrice 
Chapter XVII. A roll of honor 
Chapter XVIIII. Narrative of George Galf, with biographical sketch 
Chapter XIX. Growth of Beatrice from beginnings to1870 
Chapter XX. Beatrice continued 
Chapter XXI. Beatrice continued 
Chapter XXII. Beatrice continued 
Chapter XXIII. Blue Springs 
Chapter XXIV. Wymore 
Chapter XXV. Incorporated villages 
Chapter XXVI. Unincorporated villages 
Chapter XXVII. County offices and officials 
Chapter XXVIII. Hospitals 
Chapter XXIX. Military history of Gage County 
Chapter XX. The bench and the bar 
Chapter XXXI. People who have done their part in making Gage County 

Biographical Surnames

Ackerman, Acton, Adam, Adams, Aden, Albert, Albrecht, Andersen, Anderson, Anthony, Applebee, Armstrong, Ashby, Atkins, Austin, Ayres, Babcock, Baker, Balderson, Bardwell, Barmore, Barnard, Barnes, Barnum, Barratt, Bates, Bauman, Beam, Bednar, Benson, Beran, Beza, Bibb, Bigler, Bindernagel, Black, Blakely, Boesiger, Boggs, Bohnstedt, Bonebright, Bonham, Bourne, Bower, Boyd, Boyer, Braddock, Bradley, Brainard, Brewster, Bridenthal, Brodhead, Brown, Brubaker, Brugh, Bryson, Buhr, Bull, Burbank, Burch, Bures, Burger, Burgess, Burke, Burket, Burnham, Burroughs, Burrows, Busboom, Bush, Cacek, Callan, Calland, Campbell, Carpenter, Carsten, Carstens, Chamberlin, Champ, Chapman, Chittenden, Classen, Clancy, Clark, Clayton, Clough, Cobbey, Colby, Coleman, Colgrove, Collins, Cook, Cooper, Craig, Cramer, Crangle, Crawford, Cripe, Crocker, Crook, Cullen, Cummings, Curry, Dalbey, Damkroger, Darner, Darwin, Davis, Dawson, Day, Dean, De Bolt, De Buhr, Dell, Dewey, Dobbs, Dole, Dorn, Dorsey, Douglas, Drummond, Duis, Dvorak, Eastman, Eby, Ehman, Eggert, Eickmann, Elias, Ellis, Emery, Enlow, Epard, Erickson, Essam, Evans, Fall, Farlow, Faulder, Faxon, Feerhusen, Field, Filley, Fishbach, Fisher, Focken, Folkerts, Forbes, Fossler, Freel, Freeman, Frerichs, Frisbie, Fritz, Fritzen, Fry, Fuller, Fulton, Gafford, Gale, Galloway, Garrison, Gerdes, Gessell, Giddings, Giesmann, Gilmore, Gish, Goodban, Goodman, Graf, Graff, Graham, Grant, Gray, Grieser, Griffiths, Griggs, Grone, Gronewold, Gudtner, Hagerman, Hale, Hall, Hamm, Hardy, Harms, Harper, Harpster, Harrington, Harris, Hartzell, Hasenohr, Haupt, Haverland, Hawes, Hazen, Hazlett, Hebel, Heetlage, Heffelfinger, Helmke, Hemphill, Henteges, Hepperlen, Hereth, Hershey, Hevelone, Hewett, heyen, Hiatt, Hibbert, Higgins, Hilton, Hinds, Hite, Hitt, Hoffstaedt, Hollingworth, Holm, Hood, Horn, Horner, Horrum, Houghton, Howe, Howey, Hoyle, Hubka, Hughes, Hunkle, Hurtz, Hutchinson, Jack, Jackson, Jamison, Janzen, Jewell, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jurgens, Kasparek, Kelley, Kerk, Kidd, Kiler, Kilpatrick, King, Kinney, Kirby, Kivett, Klaus, Klein, Kloepper, Knochel, Knox, Koenig, Kors, Kracke, Kramer, Krapp, Krauter, Krebsbach, Kriter, Kroese, Kroos, Krotz, Krueger, Kuhlmann, Lacy, Laflin, La Forge, Lancaster, La Selle, Lawrence, Layton, Lee, Lefferdink, Leggett, Leners, Lenger, Le Poidevin, Lewis, Lillie, Lisec, Loemker, Long, Loomis, Lyndes, McCandless, McCann, McClung, McColl, McConihe, McGirr, McKeever, McKenna, McKinley, McKinney, McKissick, McLaughlin, McMichael, McMurray, McPheron, Magner, Mangus, Marples, Martin, Masek, mason, mayborn, Meints, Menke, Menter, Merchant, Merrick, Messmore, Meyer, Michael, Milburn, Miller, Milligan, Mitchell, Mittan, Montgomery, Moore, Moschel, Moseby, Moseley, Mowry, Mulligan, Mumford, Murdock, Murphy, Nelson, Neumann, Nicewonger, Nichols, Noble, Novotny, Ojers, Oltmans, Overbeck, Ozman, Paben, packer, Paddock, Palmer, Pape, Parde, Parker, Pearson, Pease, Pemberton, Pence, Penterman, Pethoud, Pfeffermann, Pheasant, Pickett, Pieper, Pike, Pitts, Plucknett, Poeverlein, Pothast, Prout, Pyle, Rains, Ramsey, Rathbun, Reed, Reedy, Reents, Reid, Reiff, Reimer, Remmers, Renard, Reuling, Revis, Reynolds, Rice, Richards, Riechers, Rife, Riggert, Rinaker, Robbins, Roe, Root, Roper, Rossiter, Roszell, Rothrock, Ruth, Rutherford, Ruyle, Ryan, Ryhd, Sabin, Sachtleben, Sackett, Saunders, Sausman, Savage, Schaefer, Scheideler, Scheve, Schiek, Schlosser, Schock, Schoen, Schowengerdt, Seymour, Shafer, Shalla, Shaw, Shelley, Sherwood, Sible, Siefkes, Siems, Singleton, Smethers, Smith, Snyder, Sonderegger, Spealman, Spellman, Spencer, Spiegel, Spilker, Sprowls, Stanek, Stanosheck, Starr, Steece, Steinmeyer, Stephenson, Strauch, Strough, Tart, Taylor, Theasmeyer, Thom, Thoman, Thornburg, Tilton, Tinkham, Tjaden, Towle, Townsend, Tracey, Troemper, Truxaw, Turner, Tyler, Ulrich, Van Boskirk, Van Horne, Van Liew, Vasey, Von Steen, Wallmann, Wandersee, Warford, Warren, Wayman, Webb, Weiner, Werner, Weston, Whalen, Whitton, Whyman, Wible, Wick, Wickham, Wiebe, Wiens, Wiese, Wieters, Will, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Winter, Wise, Wolken, Wollenburg, Woods, Wright, Wrightsman, Young, Yule, Zimmerman, Zuver