Early Pioneers of Cass County Gather in Murray
From Saturdays Daily, David A. Young of Murray visits Plattsmouth with sisters Mrs. Henry Beeck of Plattsmouth and Mrs. M. A. Stafford of Clarinda Iowa. The account recalls the Young family voyage to Cass County in 1854 1855 and their frontier life including log homes and Indian encounters. The article praises aging pioneers Mrs. Beeck and Mrs. Stafford and notes David A Young remains active and healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
David A. Youn
Murray
Plattsmouth
Henry Beeck
M. A. Stafford
Clarindis
Willian
Territory
Nebraska
Gienwood
Young
Glenwood
Institute For the Feeble Minded
Elizabeth Young
Nodawavy County
Missouri
David A
Ellen Young
Clarinda
Youngs
Mary Pollen
Wiliam Taylor
Miss Pollen
Stafford
David A. Young
William R. Young
Beeck
Notable visitors greet Home Coming in Plattsmouth
R W Hyers former Cass county sheriff and state official visited Plattsmouth during the Home Coming festival on his way from Kansas City. His son Gus A Hyers serves Lancaster county sheriff and seeks re election. Also noted is Frank Hager and his wife visiting from Lincoln, descendants of Plattsmouth families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Hyers
Lincoln
Neb
Hyers
Plattsmouth
G. A. R. National
Kansas City
Hoyers
Cass County
Weeping Water
M. B. Cutler
Pume
Aldrich
Lancaster County
Hyer
Gus A. Hyers
Frank Hager
Burlington
William Herold
Former Plattsmouth Girl Wins a Pair of Trousers
Mrs. W. E. Maxon daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer McKay of Plattsmouth traveled from Colon Panama to New York and by rail home for Home Coming week earning the longest distance prize. C E Wescott Sons awarded a pair of Dutchess trousers for the farthest traveler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Maxon
Homer McKay
Maxon
Colon
Panama
New York
Plattsmouth
Canal Zone
United States
Returned to His Former Home in Plattsmouth
Professor E. L. Rouse dean of the Penu State Normal school and former Plattsmouth superintendent visited during Home Coming week. He led the school parade and greeted old pupils and friends, receiving many congratulations on his long service to the schools and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Rouse
Penu State Normal School
Plattsmouth
Rouse
Main Street
Festival notes highlight Waverly merchant Gust Brandeen
Gust Brandeen, a successful Waverly merchant, visited the Home Coming festivities with his wife. He once lived in Plattsmouth and worked with C. E. Wescott & Son and other firms, remaining an astute and handsome figure. Charles D. Cummins is mentioned as another person in the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gust Brandeen
Waverly
Mr. Brandeen
Plattsmouth
C. E. Wescott & Son
Tax list exhibition at Wescott’s Sons store 1857
A book listing Cass county taxes for 1857 is on display in a show window at C. E. Wescott’s Sons store. It contains many names still familiar to readers today, reflecting local history through a dated register of property assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
C. E. Wescott’s Sons
Plattsmouth Pioneer Visits From California
Mr. Morgan Waybright of Los Angeles visits Plattsmouth from California. He arrived via the steamer Waverly on November 14, 1866, after coming from Virginia and working here as a drayman. Now a California resident, he tours with County Judge Beeson and plans to stay a couple weeks, noting Plattsmouth’s improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platsmouth
Morgan Waybright
Los Angeles
Calif
Waybright
Plattsmouth
Waverly
St. Louis
Nebraska
Virginia
Hazel Patch Jury Deliberation Recalls Early Plattsmouth Pioneer
Mrs. Magdelena Vallery, widow of Jacob Vallery Jr., noted as Plattsmouth Cass county’s oldest pioneer, recounts 1853 settlement from Glenwood Iowa. She recalls early Slaughter and Vallery store, first lawyers, and a 1854 civil case deliberated in a hazel nut bush patch near a one room schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdelena Vallery
Jacob Vallery, Jr
Plattsmouth
Cass County
Glenwood
Vallery
William Garrison
Slaughter & Garrison
T. M. Marquette
General Council
Burlington Railroad
Third Street
Perkins
Marquette
Mollie Slaughter
Plattsmouth Civil War Flag Makers Remembered
In Plattsmouth Nebraska memories of the Civil War era are recalled by Mrs J E Clement and Mrs J D Simpson and others who with Miss Abbie Buck and Mrs Klepser formed the circle that made the battle flag carried by the First Nebraska regiment. The piece recalls early stores Stroud and Anderson and the Urwin and Clement families and a tale of Indians visiting the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Clement
Plattsmouth
Klepser
Plattsmouth Company
Clement
Mrs. Clement
Pioneer John D. Tutt Recalls Cass County Claim Club
John D. Tutt, a Plattsmouth pioneer from Glenwood Iowa, recalls early Cass County days. He describes land surveying work, trading, flour milling at Pacific Junction, freighting, and later business ventures before noting a 1850s claim club era with four men disappeared, likely murdered, and one widow’s 160 acre claim sustained by the land office. Tutt remains in good health in Plattsmouth with many local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Tutt
Plattsmouth
Glenwood
Bixby & Tutt
Tutt
Stonder & Anderson
Sixth
Main Streets
Coates
Iowa
Pacific Junction
Tootle and Hanna
Cass County
Johnson
Kelley
General Land Office
Homecoming visit by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wescott of Los Angeles
Mr. C. E. Wescott and wife and grandson arrive in Plattsmouth from Los Angeles for the Home Coming festival. They recall early business growth since 1879, with family ties in Nebraska, and plan a brief stay before eastward travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Wescott
Plattsmouth
Los Angeles
Calif
Wescott
Golden West
la Porte
Ind
Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
Clif
Hill
A Cass County Pioneer Captain Isaac Wiles Featured
A Cass County resident since 1855, Captain Isaac Wiles settled on 320 acres near Plattsmouth for 1050 gold. He led Company H, Nebraska’s nine months Civil War regiment, under General Sully, fighting hostile plains tribes during campaigns in western Nebraska.
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Plattsmouth
Isaac Wiles
Wiles
Cass County
Lafayette Nuckolls
Nebraska
Nebraska Regiment
Sully
Salute to St Joseph Soldier Recalls Plattsmouth Pioneer Days
Joseph W. Johnson recalls his 1857 move to Plattsmouth Nebraska and the harsh winter of 1856-57. He describes early town life with Harper and Schlater businesses, Joe Cox's near drowning, and a frontier era marked by famine, bloated ice, and a band of thirty Indians near Happy Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Johnson
Plattsmouth
Harper
Joe Schlater
First National Bank
Billings
Joe Battery
Dr. Donelan
Johnson
Eight Miles Grove
Joe Cox
Nebraska
Happy Hollow
Burlington Station
Jack McDaniel An Early Plattsmouth Figure
John McDaniel known as Jack McDaniel arrived in Plattsmouth in 1855 and remained a prominent, sturdy resident. He formerly worked as a steamboat man and ferryman on the Survivor, recounting a July 4 excursion up the river with dancers and revelers before noting the Survivor is now buried near the Burlington tracks opposite the grain elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plattsmouth
John McDaniel
Jack” MecDaniels
Wintersteen Hill
Peter A. Surphy
Jack
McDaniel
Burlington Tracks
James A Walker Pioneer of Rock Bluff
One of Cass County’s best known pioneers, James A. Walker, lives near Murray in Rock Bluff precinct. He arrived in 1856 and has remained within the precinct ever since. He farmed on corn hogs and cattle, with wife and daughter Margaret Ann. A daughter Elizabeth married a Murray physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
James A. Walker
Murray
Rock Bluff Precinct
Rock Bluff
Margaret Ann
Elizabeth
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Cummins
Charles D. Cummins
California
Lottie E. Vallery
F. E. White
Omaha
Conrad Heisel
George Heisel
Heisel
Cass County Claim Club
Mr. C. E. Wescott and Wife
Earl
Braska
South Dakota
White Stone Hill
Dakota
Two Bears
John Dryder
Mullen
Divide
South Bend
Eight Mile Grove
Thomas W. Tifton
John M. Hager
Mr. Jobson
Con
Nebraska First Regiment
Jefferson Barracks
John M. Thayer
St. Joe
Himen
Joe
Thayer
Jack McDonald
McDonald
Kansas
Threr
McDowal
Thayer T. McDonald
Hale and Hearty
Jack McDaniel
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