Early Polk County Pioneers Describe Harsh Frigid Road to Settlement
In Polk County reminiscences settlers recall hauling grain from Columbus and Seward, enduring deep snow and subzero mornings. J. P. Smith and wife journeyed from Hamilton County Iowa in 1871 with six cattle, snowbound three days near North Bend, finally reaching Polk County.
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Query
Wm. H. Record
Calmar McCune
Columbus
Nebraska
Seward
J. P. Smith
Polk County
Hamilton County
Iowa
Mr. Smith
North Bend
Schuyler
Loup River
Texas
Smith
Riverside Social Roundup Florida? No, Nebraska Kept
Riverside notes list Sunday dinners and weekday visits among locals and nearby towns including Mrs. John Stohl Egnar Carlson hosts Har old Grossnicklaus and family. Grand Island visitors Cecil Larson stops by C O Carlson. Riverside school opens with 18 pupils Julie Carlson Susan Lamb beginners Dale Gary Carl son new pupils. Dora Lockard Osceola visits W B Dake.
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John Stohl
Egnar Carlson
Harold Grossnicklaus and
Cecil Larson
Grand Island
C. O. Carlson
Don Hayes
Joe Spencer
Seneca
Jack Wieseman
C. R. Carlson
Henry
Lottie Galus
Emil Koziol
Margaret Feehan
Joe Ourada
Clarks
Joe Karges
W. B. Dake
Don Douglas
Fritz Engel
Dewayne Douglas
Lena Bryan
Guildford Bryan
Riverside School
Julie Carlson
Susan Lamb
Dale
Gaylene Carlson
Dist
Dora Lockard
Osceola
Local social round up of visits and travels
Mrs. Maury Watts and child ren and Miss Mavis Carlson visited the C. R. Carlson home. Lincoln visitors Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jaworski and daughters stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karges. Karen Ferris returned to Kearney to resume teachers college. Several families hosted or attended gatherings with Central City Osceola Stromsburg and Phillips area residents. A Gerald Bryan family and others attended the State Fair in Lincoln. The Evans family moves to Omaha for dental school. A picnic at Fairview Hall honored Mrs. Carl Karbach and William Love of St Louis with multiple local guests.
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Maury Watts
Mavis Carlson
C. R. Carlson
Joe Jaworski
Lincoln
Joe Karges
Karen Ferris
Kearney
Teachers State College
Geo. Geier
Guildford Bryan
Lester McCormick
Central City
Herman Hansen
W. B. Dake
August Sean
Wm. Heitzman
Osceola
Luther Kreis
Near Stromsburg
Henry
Lottie Galus
Joe Tomasiewicz
Gerald Tomasiewicz
John Stohl
Alfred Yungdahl
John Gestrine
Edna
Ruth
Don Evans
Cole
Bill Ferris
Roy Horst
Fairview Hall
Carl Karbach
William Love
St. Louis
Horst
Rex
LaVerne Dake
Bill Nuebel
Rising City
Dale Dake
Ethel Dake
Jim
Phillips
Mae Wisely
Mrs. Crouse Hosts Dinner. Guests From St. Louis Visit
Mrs. Sam Crouse attended a Thursday dinner at the Walter Watts home. Over the past week Mrs. Carl Karbach and William Love from St. Louis visited Roy Horst, being sister and brother of Mrs. Horst.
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Sam Crouse
Walter Watts
Roy Horst
Carl Karbach
William Love
St. Louis
Mrs. Horst
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A. T. Record
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B. F. Smith
A. P. Buckley
R. T. Buckley
J. C. Smith
A. Larson
M. F. Barber
Daniel Swalley
N. F. Peterson
Louis Oakland
Thmoas Record
W.A. Shoemaker
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Louis Headstrom
Edgar Roberts
James
Ally
W. A. Shoemaker
Rosene Farm
L. Headstrom
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Nebraska Territory
Congress
West
Colne Treval
United States
Syedata Somat Lincoln
Assay
Stromsburg, Nebr
State Farm Mutual
Boomington
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Riverside
Mrs
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Mgr
Federal Land Bank Association
David City
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Overland Sand & Gravel
Firestone
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Famous
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ABC Television
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