Frank
Nicholas,
1st
Native
Son
1
Indian
massacre
of
1864
2
Laura
Roper
rescued
3
William
Plucknett's
cattle
4
Wild
turkeys
along
the
Blue
5
George
Hunt
and
John
Barratt
in
Indian
Raid
6
The
Van
Cleve's
arrived
in
1859
7
Families
harassed
by
Indians
8
Wild
Bill
Hickock
on
the
scene
9
Wild
Bill,
rough
and
ready
10
Wild
Bill
and
Mr.
Wickam
11
Mr.
Snell
and
Mr.
Nicholas
bought
1st
corn
planter
12
Prairie
fire
13
Fearful
blizzard
of
1874
13
Oxen
and
early
cattle
industry
14
C.
B.
Q.
stockyards
at
DeWitt
15
1st
threshing
machine
15
1st
self
binder
16
Prof.
and
Mrs.
Blake
conduct
DeWitt
school
16
1st
Dropper
owned
by
George
Grant
Sr.
17
First
white
person
buried
in
DeWitt
Oak
Grove
Cemetery
17
Mr.
Grant
made
black
walnut
coffins
17
Emigrants
arrived
from
Benton
County,
Iowa
18
Alfred
Snell
and
his
trials
to
earn
a
bride
18
Worst
Hail
Storm
20
Grasshopper
visitation,
July,
1874
21
Cattle
stampede
22
Robert
Plucknett
Sr.
experience
in
the
stampede
23
Wild
game
of
the
period
24
Barrel
of
wood
ashes
used
for
home
made
soap
25
Other
wild
game
27
Many
birds
28
Catfish,
Buffalo,
Pike
fish
29
Fish
in
the
Big
Draw
30
Earthquake
1860's
31
Sheep
from
Wisconsin
31
Thomas
Wheeler
walked
to
Brownsville
32
First
bridges
32
Mrs.
Emily
Hood
and
family
arrive
32
Prairie
dog
towns
33
Clay
County
divided
between
Lancaster
and
Gage
33
Gage
County
School
District
13
34
Henry
Richardson
introduces
bees
36
Joseph
Suiter
arrives
at
Dan
Freeman's
36
George
Grant-1st
sorghum
mill
37
1st
brickyard,
H.
Hollingworth
38
Suiter
Brothers
built
first
mill
38
1849
auction
sale
bill
39
Government
surveyors
in
this
area
1855 |
|
40
1st
grist
mill
at
Swan
City
40
Saline
County
organized,
18
Feb
1867
40
Highlights
of
Swan
City
41
Officials
of
Saline
County
41
Swan
City
when
a
Real
Town
42
Early
mail
service
42
Organization
of
Saline
County
schools
43
1870
District
6
school
census
44
Ira
Waldo
one
of
earliest
blacksmiths
45
Ed
Cartwright's
breaking
plow
45
Pleasant
Hill
became
Saline
County
Seat
45
Dennison
or
DeWitt
est.
1872
with
RR
45
John
Dunbar
had
driving
team
of
elk
46
1874
County
jail
burned
killing
4
persons
46
Henry
Burden,
Negro
homesteader
47
Revolting
murder
47
Wes
Cox
on
Swan
City
schools
48
1871
prairie
fire
49
Prairie
fire
kills
school
children
50
Jim
Whitewater,
Otoe
Indian
50
Fred
Elliott,
more
on
children
killed
in
fire
52
Wm
Remington
house,
later
Norton,
Wm
Wohenburg
53
Abe
Cox
hunts
elk
53
1870
Dist.
6
school
census
54
DeWitt
Dist.
6
school
teachers
55-58
School
graded
in
1886
58
11th
grade
added
1896
58
12th
grade
added
1914
58
John
Dunbar
and
his
circus
59
Henry
Biggs
and
the
blizzard
59
Wes
Cox
letter-buffalo
hunt
60
Wm
Burgess
81st
birthday
61
Blue
River
Valley
productive
62
History
of
RR
through
Gage
and
Saline
63
1884
branch
line
from
DeWitt
to
Tobias
63
Train
meets
train
64
Naming
of
RR
towns
65
Kansas
City
Wyandotte
and
Northwestern
RR
65
Rock
Island
RR
66
Austin
Boyer
hack
line
67
Yankee
Robinson
Circus
67
Daring
train
stories
68
Story
of
Artist
family
69
John
Gilbert
and
Frank
P.
Baker
69
Frank
P.
Baker
stage
coach
tales
70
Joseph
Suiter
70
Henry
Biggs,
Robert
Nicholas'
cousin
71
Story
of
Wm
Pierce
and
family
71
Drowning
of
Wm
Pierce
72
Jewell,
Rathbun,
Griffiths,
Green,
Pike
families |
