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Rosebud lottery brides change Bonesteel town life
In Bonesteel Nebraska hundreds of Rosebud land lottery winners arrive to claim farms, bringing a frontier social shift. Letters from suitors flood in as farmers seek wives, while old saloons wane and social clubs form around the new arrivals. One schoolteacher from Missouri among the winners contemplates a quiet future despite community curiosity.
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