The first settlers of Lyons came in the summer
of 1866. The fertile soil of the Logan Valley, combined
with the commercial promise provided by access
to the railroad after 1881, assured the life of the
town. Incorporated in 1884, the village was . . . — — Map (db m269772) HM
Val Peterson was born July 18, 1903, in the Oakland Swedish Lutheran Church parsonage, where his grandfather R.N. Swanberg was the pastor. Returning to live in Oakland at age fourteen, Peterson kept busy with school activities and various jobs, . . . — — Map (db m266055) HM
The Aron Arlington family arrived as the area's first Euroamerican settlers in 1857, later moving near Decatur.
Norwegian John Oak and his wife, Inger Askwig Oak, came to the Logan valley in 1866, occupying the abandoned Arlington cabin. As . . . — — Map (db m266049) HM
Logan Creek was named for Logan Fontenelle, a chief of the Omaha tribe killed by Oglala Sioux in 1855. The first recorded settlers in this area were the Aaron Arlington family, 1857, who settled at the site of present Oakland, and John Oak, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m266046) HM
In the summer of 1866 John Oak (namesake of Oakland) assisted Swedish immigrant families to take up homesteads here in the Logan Creek Valley. Among the first settlers were Victor Colson and his family. He is said to have broken the first sod in . . . — — Map (db m266100) HM
Old block house was built by U.S. War Department on this site in 1855 to protect white colony from Indians.
Crowning achievement of the pioneers was a gold medal award for best agricultural display at World's Fair 1893 in . . . — — Map (db m28077) HM
Tekamah, county seat of Burt County, was laid out
on October 7, 1854, by a group of settlers led by
Benjamin R. Folsom. They chose this location for
its abundant water, timber, stone, and the rich soil
of the Missouri River Valley. The site was . . . — — Map (db m269773) HM
