CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

EARLY HISTORY OF NEBRASKA UNTIL STATEHOOD

FIRST EXPLORATIONS IN MIDDLE WEST--LA SALLE--GRANTING OF LOUISIANA COLONY LANDS--EARLIEST EXPLORATION IN NEBRASKA-OWNERSHIP OF LOUISIANA--THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE--THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION--TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA--TERRITORY OF MISSOURI-THE LONG EXPEDITION--ADMISSION OF MISSOURI--PAWNEE TREATIES
--THE FREMONT EXPEDITION--ORGANIZATION OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY--ORGANIZATION OF NEBRASKA AS A STATE ............................ 7

CHAPTER II

ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS

THE FIRST INDIAN* TRIBES--PAWNEE HOMES AND LIFE--OTOES-THE INDIAN TOWNS OF SAUNDERS COUNTY--THE YUTAN SITE ............... 25

CHAPTER III

THE STORY OF THE FIRST PEOPLE AND INCIDENTS IN SAUNDERS COUNTY

THE FIRST SETTLER--ANOTHER VERSION--EARLY CONDITIONS-- EARLY RAILROAD DIFFICULTIES--FIRST VITAL STATISTICS-- FIRST NATURALIZATION--AN OLD REPORT--WEATHER REPORTS--A TYPICAL PIONEER EXPERIENCE--THE SWEDISH SETTLEMENTS--MISCELLANEOUS SETTLEMENTS . 33-34

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CHAPTER IV

THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF SAUNDERS COUNTY

THE QUESTION OF BOUNDARIES--THE CHANGE OF NAME-OTHER CHANGES--THE ORGANIZATION--1866--THE COMMISSIONERS--COUNTY OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS--COUNTY SEAT TROUBLES--THE FIRST COURTHOUSE AT WAHOO--THE NEW COURTHOUSE................................. 57

CHAPTER V

THE CITY OF WAHOO

THE NAME OF WAHOO--FIRST SETTLEMENTS--GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS--THE POSTOFFICE--BANKING IN WAHOO--NEWSPAPER HISTORY--MISCELLANEOUS NOTES OF THE CITY-- WATERWORKS .............................. 77

CHAPTER VI

THE CITY OF ASHLAND

SETTLEMENT AND GOVERNMENT--FIRST BUSINESS--HOTELS- BANKS--NEWSPAPERS--NOTES ....................... 93

CHAPTER VII

THE CITY OF VALPARAISO

SETTLERS-BANKING--NEWSPAPERS-GROWTH OF THE TOWN- MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ............................. 107

CHAPTER VIII

THE CITY OF CEDAR BLUFFS

BEGINNING OF THE TOWN-FIRST BUSINESS HOUSES-BANKS- THE STANDARD .... 113

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CHAPTER IX

YUTAN

PLATTING AND SETTLEMENT-BANK-NEWSPAPER--THE CYCLONE of 1913...... 117

CHAPTER X

SAUNDERS COUNTY TOWNS

MEAD-MALMO-PRAGUE-SWEDEBURG--CERESCO--ITHACA - COLON-MORSE BLUFF--WESTON-TOUHY--MEMPHIS- LESHARA ......................................... 123

CHAPTER XI

PROGRESS OF EDUCATION IN SAUNDERS COUNTY

PRESENT STATUS-FIRST SCHOOLS--HIGH SCHOOL WORK--DOMESTIC SCIENCE-THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING--NORTH WARD BUILDING--WEST WARD BUILDING--EARLY SCHOOLS OF CEDAR BLUFFS--ASHLAND BUILDING--WESTON HIGH SCHOOL .......................................... 135

CHAPTER XII

THE HISTORY OF LUTHER COLLEGE

COMPLETE RECORD OF THE INSTITUTION SINCE THE ORGANIZATION IN 1883 UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME, WITH AN APPENDED LIST OF GRADUATES ......... 147

CHAPTER XIII

THE CHURCHES OF SAUNDERS COUNTY

THE BEGINNING OF RELIGIOUS WORK IN SAUNDERS COUNTY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHURCH SOCIETIES AND DENOMINATIONS SINCE THE FIRST ...................... 163

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CHAPTER XIV

COURTS AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION

FIRST LAWYERS--PRESENT BAR-FIRST COURT AND CASE- JUDGES--DISTRICT COURT CLERKS . ................... 177

CHAPTER XV

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF SAUNDERS COUNTY

THE FIRST DOCTORS--THE MEDICAL SOCIETY. ..............181

CHAPTER XVI

MILITARY AFFAIRS IN SAUNDERS COUNTY

THE TIME of THE CIVIL WAR--THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ENLISTMENTS FROM THE COUNTY-THE RETURN--CASUALTIES ................... 187

CHAPTER XVII

THE SOIL SURVEY OF SAUNDERS COUNTY

DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA--CLIMATE--AGRICULTURE--SOILS-MARSHALL SERIES--KNOX SERIES--SHELBY SERIES-LANCASTER SERIES--WAUKESHA SERIES--SIOUX SERIES--WA-BASII SERIES--CASS SERIES--SARPY SERIES--MUCK-RIVER-WASH--SALINE SOILS--SUMMARY... 191

CHAPTER XVIII

MISCELLANEOUS

THOMPSON BISSELL, BY L. W. GILCILRIST--CLIMATIC CONDITIONS --VEGETATION--SAUNDERS COUNTY CREEKS--THE SAUNDERS COUNTY FAIR--STATISTICS--POPULATION--STATE REPORTS-NOTES--SKETCHES OF EARLY MEN--AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MOSES STOCKING--A BIT OF DESCRIPTION ........ 249

VOLUME I NAMES INDEX

Volume I Names Index compiled from the original volume by Doris Treakle, Omaha Chapter DAR, 1990. Compilation scanned and proofed by Marilynne Bergman 2003

VOLUME II

Volume II contains biographical sketches and is currently under construction. Please check back for new additions to this volume.