What a wonderful look at life in 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Antelope County and its people.

 

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1909.

 

A History

of

Antelope County,

Nebraska

 

FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1868 TO

THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1883.

 

By

A.J. Leach

 

Secretary and Historian of the Antelope County Pioneers.

 

 

1909

260 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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Table of Contents

 

CHAPTER I – Geography and Topograpy

CHAPTER II - Location of Indian Tribes

CHAPTER III - Elk or Wapiti Deer

CHAPTER IV - The County as it Appeared to the First Settlers

CHAPTER V - Erroneous Opinions

CHAPTER VI -Temporary Settlement

CHAPTER VII - Tide of Immigration

CHAPTER VIII - Settlements in 1869, 1870, 1871

CHAPTER IX - The First County Convention

CHAPTER X - The Grasshoppers

CHAPTER XI - The First Indian Raid

CHAPTER XII - Indians Raid the House of Robert Horne

CHAPTER XIII - A Talk with the Indians

CHAPTER XIV - The Indians Continued

CHAPTER XV - "Doc" Middleton

CHAPTER XVI - The Horse Thieves

CHAPTER XVII - The Markets

CHAPTER XVIII - The Storms

CHAPTER XIX – Storms Continued

CHAPTER XX - The Narrative of Andrew P. Bennett

CHAPTER XXI - Continuation of A. P. Bennett's Narrative

CHAPTER XXII - A. P. Bennett Continues His Narrative

CHAPTER XXIII - A Chapter of Incidents.

CHAPTER XXIV - The Second General Election

CHAPTER XXV - The Death of William P. Clark

CHAPTER XXVI - The County Seat War

CHAPTER XXVII - The Settlement of the County Continued

CHAPTER XXVIII - Condition of County Finances

CHAPTER XXIX - The Assessed Valuation of the County

CHAPTER XXX - A Brief Sketch of the Schools

CHAPTER XXXI - The Experiences of a School Teacher

CHAPTER XXXII - The Experiences of a School Teacher - continued

CHAPTER XXXIII - A Mother's Experiences in Raising a Family in the Early Days

CHAPTER XXXIV - A Little Girl's Life in Antelope County in the Early Days

CHAPTER XXXV - The Pioneers of Antelope County as I Knew Them

CHAPTER XXXVI - Reminiscences op the Early Days

CHAPTER XXXVII - Character and Nationality of the Early Settlers

CHAPTER XXXVIII - The Sunday School Work of Antelope County in the Early Days

CHAPTER XXXIX - The First Mail Route

CHAPTER XL - The District and County Courts of Antelope County

CHAPTER XLI - The District and County Courts of Antelope County and

A Sketch of Members of the Bar, Continued

CHAPTER XLII - The District and County Courts of Antelope County

CHAPTER XLIII - The District and County Courts of Antelope County

CHAPTER XLIV - A Chapter on Botany

CHAPTER XLV – The Climate and Climatic Changes that Have Taken Place SINCE the County was First Settled, and the Probable Reasons Therefore