This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
My Last Buffalo Hunt Ends With Treasured Indian Trophies
J Sterling Morton's concluding installment recounts the 1860s buffalo hunt near Fort Kearney, vivid beaver dam imagery, turkey plums feasts, Pawnee encounters including Crooked Hand the Fighter, and a final note on Arbor Lodge trophies recalling a vanished era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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J. Sterling Morton
State Historical Society of
Nebraska
Plains
Jorge Gillis
Allis
Beaver Creek
Crooked Hand
Arbor Lodge