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A History Of The Kearney Public Library & Information Center: The First Century 1890-1990, Ron Norman
A History Of The Kearney Public Library & Information Center: The First Century 1890-1990, Ron Norman
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History of the Kearney, Nebraska Public Library, written for its centennial in 1990.
A Short History Of De Witt 1872-1972, Bonnie Runty, Rhonda Powers, Julie Bergmeier
A Short History Of De Witt 1872-1972, Bonnie Runty, Rhonda Powers, Julie Bergmeier
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History of De Witt, Nebraska written by three Tri County Schools students for a local history organization. Includes images and maps. It covers early settlement to 1930. Discusses the history of the town, including labor, organizations (including the Klu Klux Klan), rural education, and more.
The Wild Bill-Mccanles Tragedy : An Actual Photographic Reproduction, Charles Dawson
The Wild Bill-Mccanles Tragedy : An Actual Photographic Reproduction, Charles Dawson
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Part of the Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County series. Reproduction of a 1912 publication that recounted the story of Wild Bill Hickock and D.C. McCanles
Printing date of the reproduction approximate.
The Kearney Boom And Its Relation To The Economic Situation In Nebraska 1882-1892, Margaret Ellen Nielsen
The Kearney Boom And Its Relation To The Economic Situation In Nebraska 1882-1892, Margaret Ellen Nielsen
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Education 694 seminar work.
From the paper:
"Kearney's development from frontier village to "Chicago of the West", took place within one of the economic cycles which play such an important part in American history. During the nineteenth century, these years of alternating prosperity and depression, occurred at intervals of about twenty years."
Bellevue, Larimer & Saint Mary, Their History, Location, Description And Advantages, Charles Chaucer Goss
Bellevue, Larimer & Saint Mary, Their History, Location, Description And Advantages, Charles Chaucer Goss
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Original published 1859 by John Q. Goss.
Digitized from a 1957 reproduction
Early history of Bellevue, Nebraska, Larimer, Nebraska, and Saint Mary, Iowa.
Kearney Cotton Mill: A Bubble That Burst, Charles Jankins
Kearney Cotton Mill: A Bubble That Burst, Charles Jankins
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Paper drawing on primary sources and oral history interviews to tell the story of the Kearney, Nebraska cotton mill
Pioneer Recollections - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project
Pioneer Recollections - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project
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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska
"These reminiscences of life in Nebraska during the 1870s and 1880s have been obtained through personal interviews with pioneers by members of the Nebraska Writers' Project."
Includes several stories about pranks, information on pioneer remedies and medicine, as well as tales of a more historical nature.
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Days Of Yore: Early History Of Brown County, Nebraska, Lillian L. Jones
Days Of Yore: Early History Of Brown County, Nebraska, Lillian L. Jones
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History of Brown County, Nebraska. Detailed coverage begins in 1857, and includes settler colonialist interpretation of the relationship between the Sioux, the U.S. government, and colonists.
Written drawing on primary sources collected from early residents by the author. Also contains quotes from interviews with early white settlers. Includes individual sections on Ainsworth, Meadville, Long Pine, and drought in the 1890s.
Statement on Harmful Material
Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are …
Chadron : A Chronological View Of The Early History Of The Old-Home-Town, H. D. Mead
Chadron : A Chronological View Of The Early History Of The Old-Home-Town, H. D. Mead
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History of Chadron, Nebraska from 1885-1925, with the bulk of the time spent on 1885-1910.
A History Of Kearney, Nebraska, Ella L. Bessie
A History Of Kearney, Nebraska, Ella L. Bessie
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History of Kearney, Nebraska written for the Kearney Woman's Club. Primarily personal reminiscences covering 1871-1884.
Illustrated Edition Of The Hastings Exchange Journal, Queen City Land Company
Illustrated Edition Of The Hastings Exchange Journal, Queen City Land Company
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Illustrated Edition of the Hastings Exchange Journal; Hastings, Nebraska; The Queen City of the West. Booklet designed to sell Hastings to potential land buyers.
From the book:
"Brief resume of her possessions, needs, and probabilities. Reliable facts and figures worthy of consideratio. Read it and preserve it for future reference."