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History of Polk County Nebraska’s early settlement
The piece traces Polk County Nebraska from 1863 pioneer camps along the Overland Trail to formal county organization in 1870. It notes Osceola as the first county seat, fire and rebuilding of the courthouse, railroad arrivals, town founding of Osceola Stromsburg Shelby and Polk, population and land growth, and notable figures including governors Albinus Nance and John H Mickey. It covers early schools churches and residents shaping a farming region.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Fort Kearny
D.A.R
Stromsburg
Clarks
Island and
Clear Creek
Albert Seaver
Blue River
Thomas Connelly
William Patterson
Ned McMurty
John Patterson
W.P. Davis
James Query
C. H. Morrill
Albinus Nance
Butler County
Polk
Hackberry
Platte
Frank Hibler
C. A. Ewing
W. E. Loring
Frank Reardon
James Patterson
J. H. Mickey
Ole Bredeson
Jonathon Crockett
Sid Stone
John Fox
F. M. Stone
Ghordus Stull
A. G. Sherwood
S. O. Whaley
Osceola
David City
Platte River
William Thomas
Clara Cr
Omaha and Republican Valley Railroad
Central City
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Omaha
Fairfield
West
McMurty
Columbus
John P. Hult
Ulysses
Seward
Lincoln
Thornton
Beulah
Redville
Wayland
Pleasant Home
Swede Home
Cyclone
Bay
John H. Mickey
Ashton C. Shallenberger
Alma
John N. Norton
Shallenberger
Congress
William F. Kimmel
F. L. King
J. P. Heald
Owen Wilson
H. A. Scott
W. F. Myers
William E. Loring
William H. Waters
Loring
Wesleyan University
York
Evan Mickey
Record
H. B. Arnold
Lewis Headstrom
Galva
Shelby
Canada Precinct
Arcade
Seth Bennett
Methodist
Greeley Dawson
Shelby Sun
H. Dunning
R. O. D. Cummings
Wesley Wilson
Cass McConnell
Victor Anderson
D. W. Westfall
Eric Forslund
B. A. Darrow
C. C. Tewell
Grant Ramage
Anderson