S.D. Butcher's Pioneer History of Custer ...

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By Solomon Devore
Butcher

Published 1901
[Merchants Pub. Co.]

403 pages

Original from Harvard University

Digitized Sep 15, 2006

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Some of the sketches contributed by various authors. Cf. pref.

Contents

Dedication	2
custer, schreyer, stuckey
Cattle Industry in Ranch Days	17
ranchman, loup, callaway
Old Settlers Story	31
merna, ketchum, gillan
Blazing a Pathway and Personal Pioneer Experiences	81
gatlin, julesburg, nolan
Judge William Caslin	108
gatch, kearney, ponies
The Coyote	133
wabel, knocker, rached

The Killing of Two Cowboys at Anselmo	154
anselmo, cowboys, frischauf
A Cowboys Story	167
chumbley, sweely, ranch
Freezing of Trapper in Powell Canon	182
townsite, gandy, eleck
Shooting of John Sanderson	208
westerville, westervelt, ansley
Lynching of Kid Wade in	221
roath, pulliam, vigilantes
Douglass Grove Township	232
caple, eubank, postoffice
West Union Precinct	246
cosier, hamer, wabel
Mike ORafferty as a Cowboy	263
merna, ansley, hagin
Ansley	285
vansant, hagin, flouring
Sargent	295
creamery, sargent, dierks
Pioneer Settlement of Sargent	301
lindley, semler, groff
Killing of Arnold and Capture of Bohannan	311
vigilantes, curbing, revolver
Redfern Table	317
crewdson, redfern, campau
Early Settlers West of Broken Bow	323
dady, jeffords, benger
Arnold	335
jephcott, oconto, forney
Settlement of Dale Valley	342
haley, brookman, fleischman
Lone Star Sunday School	357
epley, pittaway, algernon
Lillian Township	365
goheen, gwinn, conly
Hogs on the Ranch	371
rankin, billie, gibbon
Settlement of Georgetown	379
mauk, dugout, thurber
Methodist Church Calloway	387
wescott, elison, oxley
The Dairying Industry	394
bordman, herefords, shorthorn

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Westerville - Page 342
where we found the beginning of a rising young town, it being one and a half miles up Clear creek from the present town of Westerville. ...
more pages: 193 215 216 217 218 291 360 367 383 387

Omaha - Page 113
From Omaha we proceeded to Kearney, and thence to Loup City. At this place we hired an outfit for the purpose of exploring the unorganized territory ...
more pages: 54 110 176 233 234 273 364 369 375 395

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Garfield, Nebraska; TA Moss, Amelia, Nebraska; IH Russel, McKinley. Nebraska; Eli Stark, Berwyn. Nebraska; WH Ward. Berwyn, Nebraska; DB Zook, Crete, ...

Crete, Nebraska - Page 307
The first elevator was put up in the fall of 1887 by White & Glade of Crete, Nebraska, and Harvey Said was manager. ...
more pages: 353

Pleasanton - Page 277
The grade is still there, from Pleasanton to Callaway, but no iron has ever been laid on it. The Wood river line was graded soon after, but it was not ...
more pages: 375

Cheyenne - Page 61
After killing Nutt he left almost immediately for Cheyenne, where he assumed the name of Stevens and worked for a cattle man named Carny. ...
more pages: 60 111 112

Gates, Neb - Page 143
doing justice to posterity, to whom, perhaps, every circumstance that occurred in the early settlement of Custer county may be TJ BUTCHER, Gates, Neb. ...

Buffalo - Page 375
Gibbon was at that time an ideal western town, being the county seat of Buffalo county and surrounded by as fine land for homesteaders as the most ...
more pages: 44 47 53 64 85 86 188 300 347 377

Winterset, Iowa - Page 379
He is now located at Winterset, Iowa. While here he discovered upon this ranch a very peculiar cave, which has been a great mystery to people who have ...

Milford, Neb - Page 155
He is now Commander at the Soldier's Home at Milford, Neb. shooting, but apparently tried to keep his companion within bounds. ...

Georgetown - Page 379
mill on the South Loup river at Georgetown, and other interests in the same locality, which are to be enlarged aud improved as the country advances. ...
more pages: 367

St. Paul, Nebraska - Page 274
Xeedham, a capitalist from St. Paul, Nebraska, also took an interest in the townsite company, and the work of platting was commenced at once. ...

Galveston - Page 58
After the exchange of prisoners was effected he returned to duty and with his regiment was detailed to garrison duty at Galveston and there remained ...

Kansas City - Page 395
The cattle man of the olden times gathered his beeves from the plains and shipped them in large numbers to the market in Chicago or Kansas City. ...
more pages: 86

Merna, Neb - Page 71
CP Footi-'s OKI Pioneer House at Merna, Neb. Mr. Foote, at this time, was Sheriff of Custer County. Later, a- blacksmith shop, a frame hotel, ...

Sioux City - Page 36
long and nine feet wide, into which they loaded their furs, which they took down to Yankton and Sioux City and disposed of for the snug sum of $1000.

Valentine, Nebraska - Page 225
Shores, whose husband is now a retired cattle man and ex-senator, and who has a beautiful home at Valentine, Nebraska. ...

Chicago - Page 395
The cattle man of the olden times gathered his beeves from the plains and shipped them in large numbers to the market in Chicago or Kansas City. ...
more pages: 25 200 277

Vicksburg - Page 58
Afterwards he drove a mule team v,ith the army until the fight before Vicksburg, where he was captured and shortly paroled. ...

York, Nebraska - Page 81
In The fall of 1876, in company with Charles Penn, I left York, Nebraska, and came up into Custer county on a hunt. ...

Chandler - Page 288
Chandler was sent to the Ansley work. Rev. Chandler was a most successful man in mauy ways, building up the church in ways that it had not before been ...

Laramie - Page 326
The jurisdiction of the Flattc was abolished and the jurisdiction of Laramie took its place in 1898. Services were held at first once a month, ...

Salem, Massachusetts - Page 375
with his father, mother, brother and four sisters, bade adieu to his New England home and friends near the old witch town of Salem, Massachusetts, ...

Anselmo, Neb - Page 156
Anselmo, Neb., April 1, 1887. Sheriff Custer County. Broken Bow, Neb.: Cowboys are terrorizing the citizens of Anselmo, and one man has been shot ...

Lostant, Illinois - Page 145
March 9, 1880, saw two covered wagons slowly wending their way west-ward from Lostant, Illinois, with 700 long miles ahead of them. ...

Clyde, Ohio - Page 145
I learned the photograph business in 1874, but was taking a vacation and was engaged in traveling for a firm at Clyde, Ohio. ...

Pueblo - Page 406
Every tourist should make it a point to stop off and inspect these works, which have given to Pueblo the name of the "Pittsburg of the West. ...
more pages: 405

Detroit, Michigan - Page 244
He at once commenced raising seeds for DM Ferry & Co., of Detroit, Michigan. Hie two brothers, FE Delano and Milton Delano, shortly afterwards entered ...
more pages: 322

Alliance, Nebraska - Page 347
The Alliance Times, published at Alliance, Nebraska, has the following to say of this well-known priest : "Rev. Thomas P. ...

Berwyn, Nebraska - Page 353
Berwyn, Nebraska; DB Zook, Crete, Nebraska; EJ Thomas, Broken Bow. Nebraska; Sister AE Sharp, Courtland. Nebraska; Elder FA Sharp, Fairfax. ...

Colorado Springs - Page 405
Manitou is but h've miles distant from Colorado Springs, being connected by both railroad and electric lines. Of all nature's lovely spots, ...

Barada, Nebraska - Page 353
Barada, Nebraska; EM Hickman, Garber, Oklahoma; CS Kilmer, Table, Nebraska; A. Marks. Garfield, Nebraska; TA Moss, Amelia, Nebraska; IH Russel, ...

Broken Bow, Neb - Page 156
Broken Bow, Neb.: Cowboys are terrorizing the citizens of Anselmo, and one man has been shot through the foot. We ask your protection. ...

Minneapolis - Page 150
to unfit me for living contentedly in the East, and after passing the winter of 1881 and the spring of 1882 in the medical college at Minneapolis. ...

Orlando - Page 226
"Isn't this the place Orlando described to us, below the mouth of Steer creek, and east of the falls a few miles, Axtell? ...

Sidney, Nebraska - Page 121
It is on one of the return trips of this freighting outfit, at Sidney, Nebraska, that the career of this man, as an outlaw, begins. ...

Milwaukee - Page 150
I remained in Nebraska this year just two weeks, relinquished my claim back to the government, and went to Milwaukee. ...

Lincoln, Neb - Page 11
Governor Garber, Lincoln, Neb.: Sir—I am acquainted with a great many of the residents of Custer county Hnd they all are very anxious to be in running ...

Denver - Page 405
This beautiful sheet of water is located about midway between Denver and Pueblo, upon what is called "The Divide. ...

Garber, Oklahoma - Page 353
Barada, Nebraska; EM Hickman, Garber, Oklahoma; CS Kilmer, Table, Nebraska; A. Marks. Garfield, Nebraska; TA Moss, Amelia, Nebraska; IH Russel, ...

Madison - Page 254
They went to Arnold, changed teams, and drove down the South Loup river to near Madison, where Haunstine hired out to husk corn. ...

Kearney, Nebraska - Page 37
They landed at Kearney, Nebraska, on July 4th, having made the trip in about forty-eight days. They went into camp near Brady Island, cut and put up ...

New York - Page 393
VS \Vescott was born in Wethersfield, Wyoming county, New York, in 1828, and immigrated with his parents to Wisconsin in 1843 when a boy of fifteen. ...
more pages: 297 325

Clinton, Iowa - Page 248
George Cummings, William Cummings, Samuel Aber- nathy and Aleck Nelson moved from Clinton, Iowa, and located in the heart of this park, hence the name ...

Washington, DC - Page 400
200 head; cuts 400 tons of hay; seven miles of fence; is correspondent for the division of botany, Washington, DC; has forty acres of red top; ...

Brooklyn - Page 327
The Sunday school library was donated by parties in Elizabeth, New Jer- si-_\. and Brooklyn. New York. About half came from Miss Nellie Allan, ...

Greeley, Colorado - Page 92
In 1878 the Utes were camped thirty-five miles south of the Platte river and eighty miles from Greeley, Colorado. ...

Cleveland - Page 235
John Stewart, the Stevens family, Cleveland family, W. Hudson, Dewitt Comstock, WS House, HH Mclntosh, HG Stockes, JA Kenyon, GE Whit- r-omb. ...

Cincinnati - Page 327
About half came from Miss Nellie Allan, Cincinnati, a former teacher in the Sunday school. XDasmi Qltfy. M. <'. NVarrington. ...

Koath - Page 222
When he left the stranger told young I'ulliam that he was going to Jack Roath's, about six miles distant, to collect some money that Koath owed him ...

Augusta - Page 109
Being without money he taught in the graded schools of Augusta, continuing the study of law during the spare time he had. hiring a house and moving ...

York - Page 301
Groff came from York county in the spring of 1876. He and three of his sons entered land adjoining. In less than four years Mr. ...
more pages: 363 364

Oxford - Page 356
on Clear creek near Myrtle and Lee Park; on the Muddy near Algernon and Mason City; on the Middle Loup at Sargent, West Union, Oxford school house, ...

Plymouth - Page 244
of the park and named it "Pleasant Hill Stock Farm,'' where he had choice specimens of Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China hogs, and Plymouth rock fowls. ...

Cambridge - Page 363
Chapman, two practical young newspaper men who came from Cambridge. Illinois. The name of the paper was changed to the Ansley Chronicle, ...

Florence - Page 406
At Pueblo a turn to the westward is made, and in a short time the thriving commercial town of Florence appears, with its numerous derricks, ...