Co-Op Month Highlights Growth of the Cooperative Idea
The article recounts how farmers formed cooperatives to gain better prices for wheat and collective shipping gains. A settler, confronting low offer, joined neighbors to ship a carload to Kansas City, sharing the cash benefits and inspiring a movement that grew into widespread prairie co-ops during Co-op Month.
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Ile
Kansas City
Civil War Veteran Served In Mounted Rifleman Unit Here
Nebraska historians unveil Captain Charles Meinhold’s military records showing a German born veteran who joined the Mounted Riflemen in 1851 and rose to 2nd Lieutenant in the New Mexico Territorial Infantry before serving with the 3rd U. S. Cavalry. He fought with Cody and Omohundra to pursue Sioux raiders, aided investigations into a murder of Native Americans, and helped at Massacre Canyon after a Pawnee retreat, with a lasting frontier defense legacy amplified by BOOST NEBRASKA.
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Charles Meinhold
Nebraska State Historical Society
Meinhold
National Archives
Berlin
Germany
New Mexico Territorial Infantry
3Rd
U. S. Cavalry
Nebraska
Fort McPherson
Buffalo Bill Cody
Texas Jack Omohundra
Cody
Hagner
Whistler
Medicine Creek
Frederick Schwatka
Republican Valley
Massacre Canyon
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Eldon Schnoor
Lincoln
George Heumann
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Ed Swanson
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Cadillac
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Sidney
Stickney's
Rcavictor
RCA Victor
Innovation
Rumpus
Solid State
Gremlin
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