Young Adventurer Bicycle Birthday on a Long Road
Charles Read of Davenport Iowa started his fifteenth birthday with a long road trip to Palo Alto Cal he pedals a Schwinn Ten Speed Varsity averaging near 20 mph for four days totaling about 600 miles He travels light carrying clothes two canteens and stationery and camps in hotels or motels each night setting off at 6 am daily while planning for tougher climbs ahead
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Read
Davenport
Iowa
Sidney
Young Read
Palo Alto
Cal
Charles
Rocky
Sierra Nevada
Telegraph
Birthday Surprise for Henry Florke Draws Neighbors
Rush Creek neighbors gathered Monday evening at the Alvin Bartling home to help Henry Florke celebrate his birthday. Guests included the Flessners, Bruns, Florke and family, Wittrock, Fre richs family, Straub family of Denver, and others from Dalton Gurley and Lodge Pole. Several other locals visited in nearby homes and community groups hosted activities such as a hayrack ride by the Wee Luther League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Florke
Edme Flessner
Harry Lee
Floyd Bruns
Herman Florke
Floyd Miller and
Arden
Jerry Wittrock
Willard Frerichs
Dalton
Alvin Bartling
Louis Straub
Denver
Lewis Bruns
Wee Luther League
Gurley
Lodgepole
Archie Greenwood
George Bailey
Pat Naylor
Sidney
Barbara Frerichs
Patty
Stanley Flessner
Myron Flessner
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Ednie Flessner
Doyle Flessner
Lavern Bower
Ivan Kayton
Chappell
Armin Oakin
Ed Boehmer
Irene Thompson
Thomas
Beverly
Vicki Hart
John Armbruster
Omaha
Lavern Bauer
Edward Borges
Harry Gartner
John Otterberg
Littleton
Dennis Borges
Floyd Miller
Dennis
Lavern Flessner
Alfons Schumacher
Peetz
Bruce
Fern
Gaylen
Wm. Bartling Sr
Weyerts Junior Lutheran
Chappell Pool
First Schools In Nebraska and Tuition Beginnings
Records show the first Nebraska school began in 1822 at Fort Atkinson in present Washington County with Sgt Thompson Mumford teaching under Col Leavenworth. In the 1830s and 1840s missionary schools appeared near Bellevue, followed by pay schools after 1854 including Walnut Creek near Nebraska City where Margaret Martin opened a pay school in 1855, likely Nebraska Territory’s first.
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Lucy N. Bowen
Nebraska City
Vermont
Nebraska University
Fontenelle
Nebraska
Omaha
Howard Kennedy
New York
City
William E. Harvey
Nebraska State Historical Society
Fort Atkinson
Washington County
Thompson Mumford
Col. Leavenworth
Bellevue
Henry C. Cowles
David M. Martin
Walnut Creek
Margaret Martin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rush Creek News
Mark
Old
Sidney Country Club
Stickney’s
Melnor
Edmonton
Ben Franklin
von O
Royal Prince
del Monte
Shurfine
Duncan Hines
Cheyenne County
Fort
Sic
Decker
Ated Atlas
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