It has been estimated that at least 20,000 persons died on the overland trail, between 1842 and 1859. This averages ten graves per mile over the 2,000 mile trail. Of the hundreds who died while crossing Nebraska, only seven identifiable graves . . . — — Map (db m231177) HM
In 1905, Fred and Hannah Williams moved from Ovid, Colorado where he farmed, to Oshkosh and built the hotel. The family operated it as the Williams Hotel. In 1907, he traded the hotel plus $4,000 to A. C. McCoy for property northeast of Lewellen. . . . — — Map (db m315194) HM
Thar’s gold in them thar hills! The Black Hills Gold Rush 1874: Two scientists attached to the Custer Expedition uncover gold in sacred Sioux land in South Dakota—and the Black Hills Gold Rush is on. During the Allison . . . — — Map (db m257339) HM
At one time there were five newspapers in Garden County. The Garden County News actually began in 1909 at Lewellen. Clark and Buren Briggs bought the Garden County News from Charles L. and Mary Tomppert on June 1, 1936. They also bought the West . . . — — Map (db m315191) HM
In 1885, five men from eastern Nebraska traveled to this area and established the Oshkosh Land and Cattle Co. These men were John Robinson, Henry Gumaer, Alfred Gumaer, Bert Potter and George Kendall. After several years of enduring freighting . . . — — Map (db m315095) HM
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