Early Cheyenne County life from John Davison’s memories
John Davison recalls the Cheyenne County settlement history 69 years living on his birth farm. He notes Civil War veteran James Davison arriving in 1884, homesteading 160 acres, and neighbors Eckbert and Bailey in 1885. The Ickes Post Office began 1890 with evolves in postmasters and mail routes, plus early telephone lines to Sidney and Redington by 1898 and 1902.
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Cheyenne County
John Davison
James Davison
Nebraska
Sidney
Dalton
Jacob Eckbert
John Bailey
Davison
Ickes
Middle Creek
Lewis
Jacob Eckert
Eckert
John Sanders
George Moore
Bybe
Walker
Walkers
Ickes Postoffice
John Braton
Jacob Getert
James
Mary Davison
Redington
St George
Sager
Sager & Lathrop
Bessie Ruhter
Ed Stockdick
From MUSTANG to MINUTEMAN memories in Cheyenne County
Narrative recalls early telephony and waterholes in Water Holes and Redington, 1890s to 1900s life, local rodeos, wild horse races, and mock Indian stage holds. It covers Meadow Lawn District 70 school origins, the first teachers, sod and rock schoolhouses, and community ties among families like Davison, Brayton, Eckert, Harper, and Walsh, plus a memory of Christmas cards promotion.
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Sidney
Water Holes
Ickes
Redington
Davisons
Art Borcher
J. W. Harper
Dessie
Anton Rudd
Basset
Meadow Lawn
Cheyenne County
James Davison
John Braytons
W. Sedams
Jacob Eckerts
Abraham Lambs
John Baileys
Ed Walsh Sr
Richard Brayton
John Brayton
John Bailey
Jacob Eckert
Bert
Dan Laura
Anna
Maud Davison
Wallie
Dessie Brayton
Burt Sedam
John Hiram
David
George
Rose
Harper) Eckert
Hagley
John Lamb
Harold Bailey
Minnie DeBolt
Dick Brayton
Harper Slingoff
Marie Henke
Miss Oldershaw
$110.50 Per Acre Paid for Farm West of Rushville
A record price of 110.50 dollars per acre was paid for the 805 acre Pete Gaspers farm three miles west of Rushville. Dale Gardner of Gordon was the high bidder for the entire unit which includes no irrigable bidders on all or parts of the farm. Gardner's bid topped all other offers.
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Rushville
Pete Gaspers
Dale Gardner
Gordon
Gardner
Dry bean crop insurance indemnities to top $200000 in area
Ed Finigan reports Nebraska farmers in Box Butte Morrill and Scotts Bluff counties will receive about 200000 dollars in crop insurance indemnities after roughly 400 claims. He says about half of local producers hold contracts and small communities will benefit as money flows into the area.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Ed Finigan
Box Butte
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Finigan
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By John Davison
Clark Fuller
Mustang
Minuteman
Rock Schoolhouse
A. Pease
August Johnson
Eckerman
Oqsterhoudt
A Pearson
J. Eckert
J. Davison
Ed Walsh
Edward Walsh
P. T. Higgins
Jess
Grandpa Walsh
Globe-Telegraph Printing Co
Jackson St
Inneapolis
Behlen
Ioear
Inlinois
WTA
AML
United States
Boeing Company
Renton, Wash
Seattle
Boeing Styl
Conoco
Aw Conoco
Gib Holtman
Lodgepole
Dart
Deeter
Dodge
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Elvvell Motors
Illinois St
Atest
Toca Roller Lac
Hans
America
Larson
Ombery
Larson Machinery Co
Massey- Ferguson
Telegraph
Sidney Trade
Sidney Telegraph
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