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Full-Text Articles in History
Early Fremont, E. H. Barnard
Early Fremont, E. H. Barnard
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
When in the early autumn of 1856, from the bluffs near Elkhorn City, my eye first beheld this portion of the great Platte valley, I thought I had never seen so goodly a landscape. For many miles the windings of the Elkhorn and Platte rivers were outlined by a fringe of timber, bounding the valley on either side, while the meanderings of the now classic Rawhide were as distinctly traceable by an occasional tree and clump of bushes. The sight filled me with rapture and made the blood fairly bound in my veins. In all my life I had never …
History Of Sarpy County, S. D. Bangs
History Of Sarpy County, S. D. Bangs
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
At the time that Napoleon was first consul of France, the French possessions in North America were exposed to the maritime power of Great Britain, with whom France was at war, and were really a source of weakness to the mother country from their remote situation and their liability at any moment to fall into the hands of the enemy.
In this emergency Napoleon resolved to abandon his cherished notion of colonial dependencies, which could not be protected, and entered into negotiations with the United States for their relinquishment.
In 1803 a treaty was consummated between the two countries, which …
Forty Years Among The Indians And On The Eastern Borders Of Nebraska, Samuel Allis
Forty Years Among The Indians And On The Eastern Borders Of Nebraska, Samuel Allis
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
I was born in Conway, Franklin Co., Mass., Sept. 28, 1805. My parents were members of the Congregational church of that place, Rev. John Emerson, pastor.
I was dedicated to God in baptism at the age of five years, and like most in those days, raised to honor my parents. I was catechized by my mother on the Sabbath, and taught to keep it holy. I was raised to industry and good morals, for which I have been ever thankful. My educational advantages were limited, consequently, should this come before the public they will not expect much that will interest …
Biographical Notices Of Henry Martyn Atkinson, J. L. Mitchell, Thomas B. Edwards, Sterling Perry Majors, William D. Gage, Harrison Johnson, Geo. B. Graff, Frank J. North, Maria Tiernan Murphy, Antoine Barada, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hawke, And Peter Hugus
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Approximately 1 page each, these are unsigned, except for the final one (Peter Hugus), which is by Robt. W. Patrick.
The Discovery Of Gold In Colorado, J. Sterling Morton
The Discovery Of Gold In Colorado, J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Since replying to your letter this A.M., in looking over a daily journal for 1859, I find recorded on the 5th day of January of that year the advent to Omaha from the Rocky mountains, of AI. Steinberger and Colonel Wynkoop, bringing the first gold from Cherry creek placers, where Denver now stands. The precious metal was in goose quills. The feather end had been cut off below the pith, right where the hollow trunk begins, and into this delicate, translucent receptacle the scale gold had been poured. There were not to exceed six quills full altogether, but there were …
John Brown In Richardson County, A. R. Keim
John Brown In Richardson County, A. R. Keim
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
In 1855, John Brown went to Kansas “for the sole purpose of fighting if need be for liberty." He soon had occasion to teach the "Border Ruffians" that he could strike hard blows in behalf of free homes and an enslaved race. In repeated encounters, with a handful of men, he worsted the pro-slavery forces that came against him, and his success at the battle of Black .Tack, and Ossawatomie, and Lawrence made old John Brown of Ossawatomie, one of the foremost men of Kansas. The Missouri slave holders recognized him as the most vigorous and uncompromising of all their …
Proceedings: Secretary's Record And Reports Of Officers, Robert W. Furnas, George E. Howard, W. W. Wilson
Proceedings: Secretary's Record And Reports Of Officers, Robert W. Furnas, George E. Howard, W. W. Wilson
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Annual Session, Jan. 13-14, 1885
Annual Session, Jan. 12-13, 1886
Report of the Presidext, January 12, 1886
Report of the Recording Secretary, January 12, 1886
Treasurer's Report for 1884
Treasurer's Report for 1885
Additions to the Society Library, by Geo. E. Howard, Librarian
Sketches From Territorial History, A. G. Warner
Sketches From Territorial History, A. G. Warner
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
One not acquainted with the early history of this commonwealth may be startled, while looking through a file of newspapers handed down from the fifties, to see the headline, "Discovery of Gold in Nebraska." The explanation is that Pike's Peak itself was once included within the generous limits of this territory. By the act of congress, which brought into existence Kansas and Nebraska, the twin children of Douglas' ambition to do something spectacular in national politics, the boundaries of the latter territory were described as extending from the northern boundary of Kansas to the southern boundary of the British Possessions, …
A Visit To Nebraska In 1662, James W. Savage
A Visit To Nebraska In 1662, James W. Savage
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
When, a few years since, a paper was read before this society,* containing some reasonable grounds for belief in the theory that Coronado, in his expedition to the mysterious kingdom of Quivira, reached the territory now embraced within the state of Nebraska, there was little foundation for an argument that the gallant and uxorious knight marched any considerable distance beyond its southern boundary. The relation of his patient and painstaking follower, Castaneda, and his own report, left him at the fortieth parallel of latitude, now the dividing line between the states of Kansas and Nebraska; and the only reason for …
John Mcmechan, A. C. Mcmechan
John Mcmechan, A. C. Mcmechan
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Died, November 3, 1883, at "Headwood," the family residence, in Otoe county, near Nebraska City, Nebraska, of the infirmities incident to old age, John McMechan, aged 83 years and 23 days. The McMechan family is of Scotch origin, and lived in Ayreshire, but being active and leading members of the" Solemn League and Covenant," was forced, by religious persecution, to leave Scotland in 1650, and settled in the county Antrim, in Ireland, near “White Abbey,” five miles from the city of Belfast.
John McMechan, the father of the subject of our sketch, was a wealthy land-owner, and the family estate …
E. H. Rogers, Samuel Maxwell
E. H. Rogers, Samuel Maxwell
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Among the pioneers of this state entitled to honorable recognition, who assisted in the formation of its laws and the founding of its institutions, was E. H. Rogers. The subject of this sketch was the second son of a Methodist minister, and was born at Litchfield, Herkimer county, New York, January 12, 1830.
We have but few incidents of his early life. The meager compensation accorded to ministers generally seems to have taught him the necessity of care in the expenditure of money, and also that true happiness does not depend upon the possession of wealth. It is worthy of …
Index To Transactions And Reports Of The Nhs, Volume Ii
Index To Transactions And Reports Of The Nhs, Volume Ii
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Index
James Thomas Allan, Grace Allan
James Thomas Allan, Grace Allan
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
James Thomas Allan, the only child of James and Jean Bowman Allan, was born in Pontiac, Oakland county, Michigan, Saturday September 30, 1831.
From his Scotch father he inherited a strong intellect and a tenacity of opinion, which was chastened and refined by his more sympathetic English mother, while from both he received a reverence and faith in a higher power, which in times of deepest gloom never wavered.
His education was principally in the academy of his native city. There he earned the reputation of a scholar, not only in the English branches, but also in the Greek and …
Transactions And Reports Of The Nebraska State Historical Society, Volume Ii
Transactions And Reports Of The Nebraska State Historical Society, Volume Ii
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
A considerable portion of the historical matter contained in this volume consists of papers read at the last two annual meetings of the Society. However, in the suggestion of topics for some of these and in the selection of matter derived from other sources, the attainment of a certain degree of unity has been kept in view: by confining the discussions, so far as practicable in a publication of this character, to the territorial and earlier periods of Nebraska history.
The Society has recently come into possession of a copy of the manuscript of the late Samuel Allis, transcribed by …
Sketch Of The First Congregational Church In Fremont, Nebraska, I. E. Heaton
Sketch Of The First Congregational Church In Fremont, Nebraska, I. E. Heaton
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
October 28,1856, I arrived in Fremont. Sabbath, November 2, I preached the first sermon in this vicinity. This was at the house of Seth Marvin, a mile and a half west of Fremont. No house in Fremont was sufficiently finished to contain an assembly of twenty-five. The next Sabbath we commenced a service in Fremont in the house of Robert Kittle (in a little shanty just south of the knoll on Military Avenue on which E. Abbott's house now stands). From that time Sabbath services were continued with special exceptions.
Notes On The Early Military History Of Nebraska, Edgar S. Dudley
Notes On The Early Military History Of Nebraska, Edgar S. Dudley
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
At the request of the secretary of the State Historical Society, Prof. Geo. E. Howard, I undertook recently to look up the military history of the state, hoping and expecting to find in the records of the state department, and especially in the adjutant general's office, all necessary data and information. But upon examination I find that, through lack .of appropriation for its proper maintenance, and for the care of the records, etc., it fails to supply what I expected, and any effort to obtain information as to the special service of Nebraska's citizens in the late war, beyond what …
History Of Dodge County, L. J. Abbott
History Of Dodge County, L. J. Abbott
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
The meet to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of our national birthday. To-day, we as a nation exhibit to the world a solution of the problem that not only in numbers, in wealth, in the advancement of commercial and agricultural prosperity, in our ability to protect ourselves from both foreign and domestic enemies, but also in age, in permanency, a government "of the people, for the people, and by the people " can endure. The history of the world for the past two thousand years has been marked with the successive rise and fall of republics. Greece and Rome, Venice …
How The Kansas-Nebraska Line Was Established, Hadley Johnson
How The Kansas-Nebraska Line Was Established, Hadley Johnson
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
When I received a letter from the President of your society, the Honorable Robert W. Furnas, asking me to so time a contemplated visit to Nebraska as to meet you on this occasion, although the visit had only been spoken of as likely to occur, but not positively decided on, my thoughts naturally reverted to the past; and indeed I have proved the saying to be true, at least in my own case, that in youth we are always looking forward to the future, while in old age our thoughts are more intent upon a review of the past. I …
The Relation Of History To The Study And Practice Of Law, H. H. Wilson
The Relation Of History To The Study And Practice Of Law, H. H. Wilson
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
In this age of accumulated knowledge, he who would know anyone thing well must be content to remain ignorant of many others. In order to bring a limited area up to its highest state of productiveness the ordinary man must leave a vast region uncultivated. When one like Mill urges that there is time for all learning, the old as well as the new, it is well to remember that but few can bring to the task the leisure, and still fewer the mind, of a Mill. The question is ever being asked, "How can I best employ a few …
Slavery In Nebraska, Edson P. Rich
Slavery In Nebraska, Edson P. Rich
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
It is curious and somewhat romantic to note, that this territory, which was for several years the battle ground of a constitutional struggle over the question of slavery, was, if we are to accept the theory so eloquently defended by Colonel Savage,* first pointed out to a modern race by one himself a bondsman; and that later, a patriotic slave, in order to save his own country from the ravages of the Spaniards. led them to this territory in search of the "seven cities of Cibola," in the land of Quivera. It had been the dream of the Spaniards to …
On The Establishment Of An Aboreal Bureau, J. Sterling Morton
On The Establishment Of An Aboreal Bureau, J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
[A letter of Hon. J. Sterling Morton to Secretary Howard, Jan. 5, 1886.]
First White Child Born In Nebraska
First White Child Born In Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
The following correspondence relating to the first white child born in Nebraska was published in the Omaha Herald at dates indicated therein.
Anecdotes Relating To "White Cow" Or "White Buffalo", R. W. Furnas
Anecdotes Relating To "White Cow" Or "White Buffalo", R. W. Furnas
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
NOTE.-The editor of this report was, during the life-time of “White Cow” or “White Buffalo," agent for the Omaha Indians, and familiar with the peculiar characteristics referred to by Mr. Fontenelle. A reference to two instances may not be an unpleasant digression.
I was once sent for in great haste by "White Cow," on an exceeding bitter cold day in December, the messenger stating the old Indian was about to die, and desired to make his will, appoint his successor, and such like. I went at once, and found the old man stretched out on a buffalo robe before a …
Amelia Fontenelle Lockett
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
This lady, notice of whose death appeared in last week's Economist, was a native of Louisiana, and a direct descendant of a powerful family of the French nobility, a daughter, if we are informed correctly, of the Marquis de Fontenelle, a nobleman of great wealth and character, whose property was contiguous to the city of Marseilles, but who in all probability had sought, like many others, either health or increased fortune on the fertile shores of New France.
Frontmatter And Contents
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
No abstract provided.
Indian Names Of Streams And Localities, Henry Fontenelle
Indian Names Of Streams And Localities, Henry Fontenelle
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
The following Indian names of streams and localities, is furnished by Henry Fontenelle.
Historical Recollections In And About Otoe County
Historical Recollections In And About Otoe County
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
To James Fitche, of Nebraska City, the Society is indebted for the following recollections, reminiscences, and records. A portion are papers read before the Otoe county Old Settlers' Association, and others as furnished and published in the local newspapers.
Joel T. Griffen, L. G. Egbert
Joel T. Griffen, L. G. Egbert
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
JOEL T. GRIFFEN was born in Otsego county, New York, May 22d, 1817. His parents (Rachel Willson and Stephen Griffen) were of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, American born, his father being of Welsh descent. He carried. on a small farm, beside running a grist mill, at which on mill days all the farmers congregated for a friendly chat and to procure their monthly flour and meal. It was proverbial of him that he was never heard to utter an oath or laugh out loud. Joel was the third son in his father's family, having two brothers and two …
Historical Letters From Father De Smet, Father De Smet
Historical Letters From Father De Smet, Father De Smet
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
The following letters were written by Father De Smet, a Roman Catholic Missionary among the Northern Indians in a very early day. One was written to the St. Louis Historical Society, and the other to A. D. Jones, Secretary of the Old Settlers' Association of Omaha.
Constitution And By-Laws
Nebraska State Historical Society: Transactions and Reports
Table of Contents:
Name of the Society
Objects of the Society
Officers
Membership
Active Members
Correspondents and Honorary members
Forfeiture of Membership
Meetings of the Society
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Manuscripts, Correspondence, Etc.
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Corresponding Members
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