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Lost on Pie Prat and a fatal prairie fire tale
In December 1855 W Spears and his sons chased a cow home when the wagon broke loose. They spent a day wandering, found a track to Crab Apple Grove, and returned home after twenty four hours with no food. Other 1860s incidents include H W Zimmerman and companions getting lost in a snowstorm and reaching safety after a long ordeal. A fall 1860 event details Rev Thompson and family enduring a prairie fire near Bethel post office. Thompson and his son escape, but the boy is missing and later found dead. the family burials occurred in West Union. The piece also includes hog cholera guidance with disinfectants and care tips for swine.
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Speare
Barnes
Folka
Home
Nabh
Ward
Woun
Thompson
Lis Dingery
Crane Creek
Bradford
Meftregor
Howe
Thompsen
Mr.Thompson
Corey
McGregor
Prairie
Ilin
Romning
West Union