Platte Bridge Fight and 1865 Frontier Tragedy Detail
A Neb raska Republican report recalls the Aug 4 1865 Platte Bridge attack on the Oregon Trail. Lt Caspar Collins and 27 men fell defending a wagon train near Casper Wyoming as Indians destroyed the telegraph line and the fort held out until 1867. The incident notes Pawnee scouts and a cave relic of High Backed Wolf. Also listed are local social notes and Navy recruitment reports from Stromsburg and Polk.
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Platte Bridge
The
Nebraska Republican
Omaha
Oregon Trail
Caspar Collins
North Platte River
Casper
U. S
Platte Bridge Station
Collins
Republican
Nebraska
House of Yesterday
Hastings
Social Visits Highlight Neighborhood Gatherings Across Lincoln Area
A series of Sunday and Wednesday social events drawn from Lincoln households includes gatherings at the Alfred and Roland Bodine homes with guests from Deerfield Washington Augusta and Central City. Farm Bureau picnic attendees at Osceola park feature Wallace Sandell Ben Peterson and Dwight Burney with Burney as guest speaker on State Government. A Palo Alto visitor accompanies Mrs Bruce Lusignan and grandchildren Jeannie and Kerry while Dr Lusignan joins an international space conference in Athens. An outdoor barbecue at Bob Brazda’s honors daughter Roberta with Jim Brazda Sr Jess Caldwell Rudy Homolka Sterling Anderson Glen Brazda Kenneth Brazda and others from Lincoln and Swanton.
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Charles Lytle
R. Boswell
Lincoln
Linda Lytle
Washington, D.C
Virginia Lytle
Augusta
Kans
Alfred
Roland Bodine
Paul Hertel
Mark
Deerfield
Ill
Lillie Johnson
Wilmer Bodine
Edith Stellars
Harvey Lind
M. G. Lindburg
Raymond Sundberg
Martha Larson
Lowell Bills
Robert Baack
Carl Christiansen
Jolene
Paul Sagehorn
Bruce Lusignan
Jeannie
Kerry
Palo Alto
Calif
Jim Wilson
Lusignan
Europe
Dr. Lusignan
Athens
Bob Brazda
Roberta
Messrs and
Mines Jim Brazda Sr
Jess Caldwell
Swanton
Rudy Homolka
Sterling Anderson
Glen Brazda
Kenneth Brazda
Henry Dittmer
Lynn Churchill
Carl Buchanan
Tommy Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilson Seed Farms
Polk
Nebr
Laura Von-Hausen
Central City
Edna Crow
Admx
Osceola
Neb
Bradley Sundberg
Ron Meerkatz
Ken Benet
Scout
Phone Stromsburg
Mel Olson
Lothrop Herefords
Crete
Cal Board
York
Tonniges
Chevrolet Osceola
Dick Howe
Progress Office
Ritchie Livestock
Ivan Smith Plumbing & Heating
Hampton
Tonniges Chevrolet
Central City Veterinary Clink
Drs. R. S. Barnett
C. R. Johnson
M. L. Mathes
Laird Motors
Leonard Shockey
Stromsburg
Leonard Anderson
Phone Polk
Rocket Girl
Wayne Ramsey
Arnon Dover
Ralph Kahler
Police
Polk County
Selma J. Norton
State of
W. W. Norton
Eldon R. Johnson
Wilmer Rodine
Mmes Roland Rodine
Wallace Lind
Loren
Reuben Hanquist
Roger Hanquist
Todd
Dean Donelson
Lynn
J. Nelson
Denver
Colo
Michigan
Walter Nelson
Osceola Hospital
Ellen Spires
Kearney
Elmer Hanquist
Clara Johnson
Grand Island
Roy Glasser Sr
Dwight Burney
Selma Hopp
Martin Baack
Maynard E. Isaacson
K. L. Stewart
Joyce
Donald
Harold Carlson
Dick Harless
Eldon Johnson
Linda
Glen Babcock
C. Marvin Fredrickson
Becky Brazda
Swenton
Millie Baack
Penny Bills
Milton Johnson
Colorado Springs
South Dakota
Johnson
Hertel
Walter Stohl
Bryan Memorial Hospital
G. Vern Thorell
Holdrege
Navy
Lance Oboye
Bernadine M. Swanson
David E. Michener
Wesley A Micheners
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Cl. Deland C. Flodman
Carrol M. Flodman
Canberra
U.S
Far East
7Th Fleet
Susan Gertsch
Polk County Fair
Polk County Fairgrounds
Igor Vodik
Ivan Kalmikoff
Haru Sasoki
Tiny Mills
Jean Antone
Betty Nicolli
R & L Amusements
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