Major Frank North and the Pawnee scouts story prize
The narrative honors Major Frank North, famed leader of the Pawnee scouts, who earned the 200 prize in a Pioneer story contest. It chronicles his six years among the Pawnee, key battles from 1864 to 1869, and his role protecting the Union Pacific railway with Pawnee allies, including ties to Buffalo Bill.
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Frank North
James Francis Connell
Lincoln
Nebraska
Pani-LeShar
Major North
Platte
Blue Rivers
United States
West
Columbus
Red Cloud
Union Pacific Railway
Lexington
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Major Frank North and Pawnee scouts in Nebraska history
The narrative chronicles Major Frank North and his Pawnee scouts from guarding the U P railway in the 1860s through campaigns against Red Cloud and later Cheyenne and Arapaho bands in 1876 77. It notes their muster out in 1871 and 1876 77, their 1882 Nebraska legislature election, and the death of North at Columbus on March 14 1885 with his family left to mourn.
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Turkey Leg
North
West State
Nebraska
Tall Bull
Kansas
Platte River
United States
Major North
U P
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Little Big Horn
Custer
Indian Territory
Pawnee City
Okla
Pawnee Reservation
Fort Robinson
Sioux County
United States Cavalry
Red Clod
Father
Big Horn Mountains
Oklahoma
Plate County
Buffalo Bill
Major Frank North
Columbus
Power company ordered to disclose maintenance costs
In Dawson county the state railway commission directed Gothenburg Light and Power of North Platte to submit data on operations for 1925 26 27 28. Water users seek clear costs for maintenance wages and operating expenses tied to a proposed $1.50 ditch maintenance rate increase.
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Dawson County
State Railway Commission
Gothenburg Light and Power Company
North Platte
John Curtis
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Connell
Atlantic
Pacific
Cody
Power Company
U. P. Sidney Athletic Club
Wal-Bur Hall
Grabill
Merrymakers
Sargon
John Rundberg
Dodge St
Omaha
Finke
Fox USA Theatre
William Fox
Sue RO Barry T
Irene Rich-Albert
Wall Irwin
James Tinling
Princess
New York
Little Kingdom
Conrad Nagel
Lois Wilson
Edna Murphy
Warner Bros
The
Ritz
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