A Collection of Memories 
of DeWitt, Nebraska
by Frank F. Nicholas

 


Table of Contents
Part 3

102 The Old Swimming Hole

102
Life-like dummy drowning victim

103
Glenn A. Buck, NE Farmer Publication

103
Narrow escapes in Blue River swimming

104
Hotel history 

104
More on "Wild Bill" story

106
More on Jim Whitewater

106
Kilpatrick railroad builders

106
More cattle stampede

106
More Indian raid, 7 Aug 1864 

106
Chief Red Cloud Raid of 1864

109
Capt. E.B. Murphy memorandum 

109
Wm Eubanks and Laura Roper 

109
Laura Roper, 1st Mrs. Soper, 2nd Mrs. Vance

110
"Register Champion" of Hebron NE

110
John Comstock account of the Indian Raid 

112
Volney Whittemore, oldest frontiersman

113
U.S. Land Office at NE City NE

113
U.S. Land Office to Beatrice NE 10 Nov 1868

113
James M. Norton and gold fields of SD

113
Climbing a windmill to escape range cattle

113
Swindler on black horse met his match

114
Description of early fences

114
Wood stake mend with hay grain bins 

114
Starting point for all surveys and boundaries

117
Pioneer women make cheese

117
Boy's recollections of early school 

118
Flustered teacher fell off of the school platform

118
Main Street in about 1875 

119
Identifying the buildings in picture

120
Francis Grantham 

120
G.E. Lemmon opinion of Wild Bill 

121
Varied heritage of early DeWitt residents

123
Settlers in Clatonia area

123
DeWitt public school report

124
Perfect attendance, DeWitt school 

124
Damkroger, Kracke, Riecher, Burger, Bergmeier 

125
Success of early farmers

125
Rural churches around DeWitt 

126
History of DeWitt telephone system

128
First rural telephone line to Jacob Weibel 
  129 More telephone system history 

129
Frank Nicholas & Charlie Tull take a trip

130
William H. Daubendick comes to DeWitt 

130
1st marriage in Saline County, 10 Feb 1866 

132
Description of threshing machine and "horse power"

132
Smothers Family 

132
Kinzie Family 

132
More on Kinzie Family

133
Prof. Roscoe Weibel speaks at church

133
Robert Utteridge and horse & dog show

134
Last Indian scare on the Cheyenne River

134
Death of George Newton Shoemaker 

135
A day in the old saloon 

136
Congregational Church organized 27 Dec 1873

140
Deadwood SD and Mike Russell

140
Blizzard 12 Jan 1888 

142
Minutes of Congregational Church
 
141-153
Mr. Scott and the striped kitty 

144
Resolution of Thanks to Mr. Dennison
 
144
Fred Waldo and Schuyler Wallack

147
Charles H. Colson painted the scenery at opera house 

152
Selling lots and property of Congregational Church

153
Red Cloud & Spotted Tail Agencies, 1887

154
Roundup formations & Observations 

155
Republican River mail route 1871 

156
G.E. Lemmon bandied record amount of cattle

156
Large caravan of Indians passed through DeWitt, 1878 

157
Alfred McClellan never heard from again

157
Items from "Opposition", 12 Nov 1876

159
Businessmen in DeWitt 1876

159
School Exhibition-15 June 1877

160
Ladies' Booster Club Decoration Day dinner

161
Diphtheria epidemic 1877

161
Clatonia Methodist church organized June 1863 

162
Former home of Carey brothers is home of Presidents Adams

163
Presidents Adams family, England

163
Account of "Steam Wagon" 

164
E. E. Butler family 


 Copyright © 2011 
by Doris Peters
Saline Co., NEGenWeb Project