What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Platte County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1915.
Past and Present
of
Platte County,
Nebraska
A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement
G.W. Phillips
Supervising Editor
ILLUSTRATED
Volume 1 and Volume 2
Chicago
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
1915
1060 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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Table of Contents
CHAPTER I - JEAN NICOLET AT GREEN BAY
CHAPTER II - THE PIONEERS
CHAPTER III - WHAT MANNER OF MEN THEY WERE
CHAPTER IV. - ORGANIZATION OF PLATTE COUNTY
CHAPTER V. - PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CHAPTER VI - THE COURTHOUSE AND OTHERS
CHAPTER VII - TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER VIII - RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
CHAPTER IX - EDUCATIONAL
CHAPTER X - THE PRESS
CHAPTER XI - BENCH AND BAR
CHAPTER XII - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XIII - THE SIMPLE LIFE
CHAPTER XIV - MILITARY HISTORY
CHAPTER XV - SCOUT, INDIAN FIGHTER AND PIONEER CITIZEN
CHAPTER XVI - REMINISCENCES
CHAPTER XVII - REMINISCENCES CONTINUED
CHAPTER XVII - REMINISCENCES CONTINUED
CHAPTER XIX - THIS CHAPTER A LITTLE HISTORY IN ITSELF
CHAPTER XX - COLUMBUS
CHAPTER XXI - COLUMBUS CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXII - EARLY COLUMBUS NOT DEVOID OF AMBITION
CHAPTER XXIII - SHELL CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIII - SHELL CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXV - GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVI - ST. BERNARD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVII - LOST CREEK TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVIII - CRESTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIX - BUTLER TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXX - BURROWS TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXI - MONROE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXII - GRAND PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIII - THE CAUSE OF TEMPERANCE
Volume 2
Biographical
Abart, Abts, Aerni, Ahrens, Albers, Albert, Alderson, Allenburger, Alpers, Anderson, Andreasen, Anson, Arndt, Asche, Aschler, Backes, Bakenhus, Baker, Barrett, Baumgart, Becher, Becker, Behle, Behlen, Belknap, Beller, Bender, Benham, Bennett, Benning, Bergman, Bering, Berney, Betterton, Bisson, Blaser, Boettcher, Boning, Borcher, Borer, Borg, Boyer, Braun, Brock, Brockhaus, Brown, Bruckner, Brugger, Buhl, Bunker, Burch, Burke, Burrows, Buss, Byrnes, Campbell, Carlson, Carrig, Carstenson, Chambers, Chapin, Cherry, Christensen, Clark, Clarke, Clayburn, Cloeters, Connelly, Cooney, Cossairt, Craig, Cronin, Cruickshank, Curtis, Dack, Dawson, Denninger, Deyke, Dicke, Dickey, Dickinson, Diers, Disterhaupt, Dixon, Dodds, Drinnin, Dunn, Dussell, Edwards, Eggers, Eisenmenger, Elias, Engelhorn, Evans Ewert, Ewing, Fairchild, Fangmann, Fellers, Fennel, Feye, Fifield, Fisher, Fleming, Flink, Foltz, Franklin, Frese, Frey, Fritz, Fuchs, Galley, Garlow, Gass, Gates, Gehr, Gerharz, German, Gerrard, Gertsch, Gibbon, Gietzen, Glodowski, Glur, Godhersen, Gorman, Grabe, Graf, Graham, Gray, Green, Greig, Greisen, Grotelueschen, Grotelueshen, Gruenther, Haferland, Hagel, Halm, Ham, Hanke, Harms, Hauser, Haverland,Hecker, Heesacker,Hefley, Hefti, Heibel, Heinen, Held, Hellbush, Helleberg, Hemmer, Herchenbach, Hener,Hickok, Higgins, Hill, Hill, Hobbensiefken, Hockenberger, Hoefelmann, Hollingshead, Holloran, Holm, Howard, Hugg, Huntemann, Hutmacher, Hydo, Imig, Jacobs, Jaeffi, James, Janicek, Jansen, Jarosz, Jaworski, Jenkinson, Jenny, Johnson, Jones, Jorgensen, Karges, Kavanaugh, Keeler, Kehoe, Kelley, Kelly, Klassen, Kluever, Klug, Knight, Kopietz, Kozlowski, Krebs, Kryeki, Kunnemann, Kurt, Kurtenbach, Kurth, Kurzer, Lachnit, Lammers, Lauesen, Laun, Leach, Lee, Leonard, Levager, Liebig, Lightner, Lips, Lobinski, Loeffler, Lohans, Long, Loseke, Louis, Luhischer, Luchsinger, Ludtke, Lueders, Luedtke, Luers, Lueschen, Luschen, Lund, Lusienski, McAllister, McCully, McDermott, McDonald, McElfresh, Madura, Maher, Maier, Marty, Martyn, Matson, Matzen, Melcher, Meyer, Micek, Michaelsen, Miessler, Miller, Moffett, Moore, Moran, Morris, Morrow, Mueller, Mueting, Muller, Murdock, Murie, Murray, Naumann, Nelson, Neumaerker, Neumarker, Newman, Nichols, Nicholson, Nissen, Noonan, North, Nunnally, Nyffeler, Olk, Olmer, Osten, Palmateer, Palmer, Parker, Parry, Pearson, Person, Petersen, Peterson, Phillips, Pinson, Plagemann, Poesch, Pohl, Politis, Pollard, Pollock, Post, Potter, Prieb, Ramackers, Ramaekers, Rambour, Rasmussen, Read, Reed, Reeder, Regan, Ripp, Robert, Rohde, Rosche, Rothleitner, Rozmarin, Runge, Salestrom, Sander, Schad, Schelp, Schmidt, Schmocker, Scholz, Schroeder, Schurr, Schwantje, Shaffer, Sheldon, Sissle, Sivers, Smeall, Smith, Sokol, Scrensen, Spriegel, Steffes, Stempel, Stempel, Stenger, Stires, Stone, Strother, Svoboda, Swason, Talbitzer, Taylor, Ternus, Terry, Thelen, Thomas, Thomazin, Trtojan, Tschudin, Umland, Va Ackeren, Veik, Viegutz, Vogel, Wagner, Walter, Walters, Webb, Weber, Weidner, Weiser, Welch,Wemhoff, Wenk, Whitmoyer, Wieser, Wiley, Wilken, Wille, Williams, Wilson, Windolph, Wittler, Wunderman, Zavadil, Zeller, Zuerlein, Zybach.
