Saunders County NEGenWeb Project
Wahoo Democrat 50th Anniversary EditionSection BSeptember 17, 1936 |
The City Of Wahoo Founded In 1870Detailed Story Of Founding Of Community And Progress Concerning The Development Of Town. | |
Lee Families Locate On The Present Townsite In Year 1869 Becomes County Seat Election To Decide Location of County Seat Is Held In 1873 Form Pioneer Lodge In 1878 Minnie Manners Teaches 48 Years In City Schools Independent City Ticket Of 1891 Wahoo Postoffice First located On Velicky Site First Religious Meeting In Wahoo Wahoo Steps To The Front With New Opera House Wahoo Streets Are Beautified By Many Trees Helped To Drive The First Nails Caused Excitement When Bank Failed Former Editor - Teacher Dies | Section B, Page 1 |
Early Scene Of Wahoo Civil War Vets Recall Naming of City Of Wahoo Make Plans For First City Hall Wahoo Schools Opened Monday Early Citizens Get Water From Town Windmill Landau Home On Site Of The First Greenhouse Postoffice Moves Indians Had Used Court House Site For Burial Grounds Dedicate First City Hall In 1891 Second Deed Indians Danced; People Contributed | Section B, Page 2 |
Wahoo Won County Seat Fight In October Of 1873 Building Of U.P.R.R. Into Wahoo - 1877 Crowd Between La Grand And Helsings Watching Acrobat Wahoo Aids In Drought Of 1890 Brick & Tile Factory County Attorney Hood Recalls Laying Of Luther College Corner Stone John S. Templeton An Early Pioneer Catholic Church Wahoo in 1875 | Section B, Page 3 |
Lee's Wagon Train City Of Wahoo Founded in 1870 Wahoo Streets Are Beautified By Many Trees (cont.) The First Wahoo Methodist Church Was Built In 1880 Creek Flowed Thru Corner Of Wahoo | Section B, Page 4 |
Wahoo Kid Band Wahoo High School Band County Pioneer And Civil War Vet Lives Here Corner Stone Laid Episcopal Church Superintendent Of Baptist Sunday School | Section B, Page 5 |
Mrs. John Steen Tells Of Early Wahoo Wahoo Sam Crawford Rebekah Lodge 44 Years Old | Section B, Page 6 |
Grain Company Organized In 1881 Does Big Business Wahoo Operated Brewery Allen-Tharp Gave O'possum Roast First Bank In Wahoo Wahoo Prominent In Commercial And Education Celebrate 4th Here In 1876 First Swedish Settler Came To Colon In 1866 | Section B, Page 7 |
First Panorama View Of Wahoo First Church Services Held In Wahoo Shool House Two Wahoo Banks Are Started Over 50 Years Ago Andersons-Hultin An Old Reliable Business Firm Huge Thanksgiving Dinner In 1890 Election Held In 1874 To Decide On Court House Torch Light Parades In Old Political Fights Lutheran Church Bought Equipment Community Hospital Biggest Thing The Lions Ever Sponsored Pioneer Witnesses The Building Of All Three Schools | Section B, Pages 8-9 |
History Pertaining To Union Precinct Union Precinct's Oldest Citizens Killed By Tree Easter Cyclone Will Long Be Remembered Matrimonial Wave Swept County, 1893 No Record Civil War Vets From Saunders County Auto Crash Victim From 1868 Records Of County Officials The New Era Yutan Man Killed By Gun | Section B, Page 10 |
Picture of sod house Wann Is A Busy Place These Days Early Settlers In Mable Precinct Settlers Of Clear Creek Thirty Years First Railroad In Memphis 1887 Blizzard Strikes Without Warning January 12, 1888 Railroad Seeks Aid Of County | Section B, Page 11 |
Incidents In Weston History Started In 1877 Accidental Death Of Kriz And Dolezal Barteks Build Dugout In 1870 John Madigan Buys Land For $8 Per Acre In Chapman First School House In Chapman Precinct Tragic Death Of Rev. Father Bor | Section B, Page 12 |
Ceresco Starts In The Year 1868 Ceresco Founded By Four Brothers Immanuel Lutheran Church, Ceresco Rock Creek Precinct History And Data Valparaiso Boy Is Shot Accidentally | Section B, Page 13 |
Mead Dates Back To The Year 1877 Mead Was First Called Saunders First Football Team Wahoo High School Alma Lutheran Church Of Mead Marietta Precinct Settled In 1867 C. H. Gustafson Tenth President Wm. Ellison Came To Marietta In 1869 | Section B, Page 14 |
J. F. Adams Reviews Incidents Of First Old Settlers Picnic Rev. Peter Lansing, 1st Pres. A. M. Smith, 2nd President W. D. McCord, 3rd President B. M. McCord, 8th President John J. Johnson, 11th President D. H. Thompson, President Twice Wm. R. Mitchell, 12th President R. C. Johnson, President Old Settlers Association Alma Lutheran Church Of Mead (cont.) Emerson Erway Mayor Of Mead Aug. Nygren Built First Frame House Oldest Settler Now Living In Saunders County First Territorial Legislature Convened Union Pacific Agent | Section B, Page 15 |
Wahoo Baseball Team - 1910 Leshara Youngest Town In County Leshara Precinct Different Places Were So Named | Section B, Page 16 |