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BLAINE
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BLAINE
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Named for
James G Blaine (1830-1893), an American Statesman.
Established 5 March 1885.
THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BLAINE
COUNTY.
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OUTLINE OF BELLE DUNN'S PAPER
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I.
Introduction. A.
Description of Sandhills. B.
Name of unorganized country. II.
First white men in North and Middle Loup Country. A.
Introduction by “O bury me not on the lone prairie.” B.
Stage route. 1.
Purpose. 2.
Abandonment. 3.
Assistance in developing country. C.
First ranchers. 1.
Cowboys. 2.
Situation of each ranch. 3.
Name of each ranch. III.
Pioneers of North and Middle Loup Valleys. A.
Introduction by “My little old sod shanty on the claim”. B.
Hardships and compensation of pioneers 1.
First settler, Mr. Geo. F. Purdum. a.
Situation. b.
Hardships. 2.
Postoffices. a.
P. O. at Purdum. 11.
First at Mr. Purdum’s. 21.
Moved to Mr. Aras B. Cox’. 31.
Next to Jeff Brown’s. 41.
Last move to Mrs. Geo. White’s. b.
P. O. at Hawley Flatts. 11.
Mr. Northup first P. M. 21.
Pat Murphy 2nd. P. M. c.
Ladora P. O. 3.
Other early settlers. a.
Introduction. b.
German Valley. 11.
Mr. Schipporeit. 21.
Other settlers there. c.
Post Offices. 11.
Scheding. 21.
Giles. d.
East Part of County. .
Introduction. 21.
E. B. Smith as a pioneer. 31.
E. P. Dunn. 41.
Several others.
a1. Worths.
b1. Golsons.
c1. Bartons.
d1. Sawyers. e.
Bivens outside of Blaine Co. 4.
Prairie fire a terrible hardship. a.
Description of Prairie fire. b.
Mrs. Levi Cox in a prairie fire. 5.
Lost in the Sandhills. a.
The German family. b.
Fate of two little girls. 11.
To one, terrible suffering. 22.
To other, death. 6.
The Snowstorm. a.
The Storm. b.
Damage. 7.
Grasshoppers. 8.
Schools. a.
Good schools near Purdum. 11.
Names of several teachers. 21.
Rank of the school. 9.
Homestead law. a.
Provisions. b.
Benefits. c.
Mr. James Teaford. A
homesteader. 21.
One of many. 10.
Timber Claims. a.
Provisions. b.
Benefits. c.
Mr. Ed. Oldham. 11.
Use of timber claim act. 21.
Love of trees. 11.
Pre-emption. a.
Provisions. b.
How used. 12.
Minor hardships and compensation. a.
Fuel. 11.
Cow dung or ships. 21.
Cobs, if they had corn. 31.
Hay.
b. Non-production.
11.
Drought.
21.
Hail.
31.
Freeze. c.
Wild animals as food. d.
Wild fruits.
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Plums.
21.
Cherries. C.
Lives of two women pioneers. 1.
Introduction. 2.
Mrs. Greenland. Home
in Custer County. b1.
Married very young. c1.
Life of husband. d1.
Hardships in her own words. 3.
Mrs. Sanford Oldham. IV.
Organization of Blaine County. A.
Legislative Act, forming a county. 1.
Name suggested by Dunn. 2.
Description of County. 3.
County seat at Brewster by legislature. B.
County Seat Fight. 1.
Cause – Mr. Brewster action without consent of people. 2.
First fight. 3.
Vote of people made Blaine Center county seat. a.
Description of Blaine Center. 4.
Second County fight. a.
Ladora wins. 11.
Description of Ladora. b.
People pooled interests. 11.
Fight over. 21.
Brewster made Co. seat. C.
Description of County. 1.
Soil. 2.
Possibilities D.
Officers. 1.
Appointed. 2.
Elected. V.
Summary. A.
Introduction. B.
Dunning 1.
History. 2.
Development. 3.
Hinterland of Dunning. C.
Brewster. 1.
Development. 2.
Hinterland. D.
Purdum. 1.
Development. a.
Levi Cox and son. 2.
Hinterland. E.
General view of County. F. “That’s Nebrasky.”
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Ona S. Patrick, owner and transcriber.
The owner has granted permission to publish to Blaine NEGenWeb and
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