This index was created, and transcribed, by Sondra Watrus at the request of the Blaine NEGenWeb.  

We would like to express our sincere appreciation for Sondra's willingness to undertake this project for us.  We could have not accomplished this without her willingness to step forward and undertake this task.  

Sondra's accomplishment, together that of with Karolee (Ingraham) Plock's for the Loup portion of the book, now provide researchers added information for many years to come.
  

On behalf of the Blaine NEGenWeb, and Blaine County researchers, we would also like to express our appreciation, and thanks, Colleen Switzer for her vision in writing this volume in order to preserve the history of the sandhill counties of Loup and Blaine, Nebraska.

The author, Colleen Iris (Goehring) Switzer, was born in Loup County, Nebraska  Her Geohring family had roots in Blaine County.  Collen's expressed interest in writing this volume was so ". . . that her children might have knowledge of the early history of the area in which they were born and in which their ancestors had a part in settling.  For the most part this history covers only those years prior to 1890."  

Switzer, Colleen, The Settlement of Loup and Blaine Counties, 
Purcell, Inc., Broken Bow, NE, 1977.  Library of Congress Catalog Number 76-42169.

This book is out-of-print but  it can be found in many libraries, as well as purchased through used book sellers.

Below is a listing of public and academic libraries that have a copy in their collection:

Denver Public Library, Colorado
Allen County Public Library, Indiana
Beatrice Public Library, Nebraska
Grand Island Public Library, Nebraska
Kearney Public Library, Nebraska
Lincoln Public Library, Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska
Omaha Public Library, Nebraska
Scottsbluff Public Library, Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska
New York Public Library Res Library, New York