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    Buffalo Co. Courthouse
    from Standard Atlas of Buffalo County Nebraska 1907

    AUTOGRAPH BOOKS
    Sarah and Mary Cleveland's book contain several names, and are
    dated from Stanley Nebraska in 1887-1889.
    Autograph book of J.W. (Joseph) TYLER,
    teacher in near Elm Creek area, 1897 - 1901.



    BITS & PIECES
    Snippets and items from old newpapers.
    Peckham
    Fourth of July, 1874 Use your browser's BACK button to return here.
    Ravenna News, October 20, 1922. Use your browser's BACK button to return here.
    November 2, 1911 issue of The Shelton Clipper


    Link to 1886 Elm Creek "Stars" Baseball team photo.
    Click your brower's "Back" to return here.


    EPWORTH LEAGUE
    Program from the Kearney District Annual Convention, 1909.


    FARM SCENES
    Farmsteads
    Old house, formerly belonging to H.L. Friend, Scott twp. new April 2009
    John Merryman's team of horses
    House at Poole

    LINKS TO OFF-SITE PAGES

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    Solomon Butcher photos.
    Enter "Buffalo" and change the number of entries to display
    to "950" for a complete listing. Or search using a surname,
    town, or other feature such as "farm" or "sod", etc. Be aware
    that surnames are sometimes misspelled. Click here for a
    list of Buffalo County Surnames in these photos.



    KEARNEY SCENES
      Andrews Block
      Brown Transfer
      Cottonmill Lake & Club House
      City Hall, Kearney, about 1910.
      Frank House
      Good Samaritan Hospital
      Tower and Rock Garden in Harmon Park
      Kaufmann-Wernert Tailor Shop
      Methodist Episcopal Church, Kearney.
      Midway Hotel & Soldiers' Monument
      Military Parade, 1921
      One Hundred Views of Kearney, 1892
      Opera House
      1733 Ranch Updated
        Ranch hand's home at 1733 Ranch
      1733 Oxen
      Stickel Lumber Co.
      Watson Boulevard, "Seedling Mile"

      Cards from a collection of Will C. Mueller, several
      of them dating from his school years of 1911-1918:

        Chautauqua
        Making Hay
        Military Academy
        Platte Bridge
        Soldiers' Monument
        West 22nd Street

      Fred's Post Card collection of Kearney views.
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    MEMOIRS
    Memories of a Pastor's Wife, Mrs. Gans
    Journal of Victor League
    Stories of Seth T. Tatum


    MILITARY
    World War I Draftees, April, 1918 new April 2009
    World War I Draftees, August 29, 1918

    PEOPLE
      Wilhelm Dahlke
      Cecil and Reamor DeLaBarre
      Bernice Eberly
      FITCH Photos - - Alva Levi Fitch Family
      - - Alva Levi Fitch
      - - Daughter of Alva Levi Fitch
      - - John Albert (Bert) Fitch
      - - Dorothy Fitch
      Hannemann Family
      Gans & Jones (Johannes) girls
      Thyra Hultman, tailoress
      Franz Kargl Familiy
      Chester Kinnear
      Mr. & Mrs. Horatio Lewis
      Mr. & Mrs. William Luehr, 50th Anniversary
      Family of Mr. & Mrs. William Luehr
      George & Mary Morris Family
      Mr. & Mrs. John Rumbeck
      Scheihing Boys
      Schwiesow Sisters
      Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Strandt
      Mary Talbott and grandson
      Walker Family Reunion, Gibbon, 1908

      UNIDENTIFIED
      Two young ladies Are these your family?
      Mrs. & Mrs. John Ring of Gibbon?
      Five Young Women
      Perhaps Schwiesow or Hunt related?



    SCHOOLS
    For more information about school names,
    district numbers and locations, see the Schools Page.
    Bryant Elementery School, Kearney, about 1928.
    Bryant Elementery School, 1st grade, 1934.
    Bryant Elementery School, 3rd grade, 1934.
    Bryant Elementery School, 4th grade, 1934.
    Bryant Elementery School, 5th grade, 1936.
    Buda High School Graduation, about 1917
    Buffalo County Eighth Grade Graduation, 1923
    District 15, Riverdale 100th anniversary
    District 20, Cedar Creek, 1912
    District 35, Hopewell School, Photo 1928-1929
    District 45, Sunny Side School, 1903 Souvenir booklet new April 2009
    District 45, Sunny Side School, 1910 Souvenir booklet new April 2009
    District 45, Sunny Side School, 1915 Souvenir booklet new April 2009
    District 45, Sunny Side students, about 1910 new April 2009
    District 45, Sunny Side School building new April 2009
    Ona Lemon, who taught at District 45 around 1910 new April 2009
    District 46, Concord School taught by Zana Beryl Huggins
    District 55, Divide Township, School program, 1903,
    District 55, Photo, about 1913
    District 57 - Mt. Pleasant, Photo, 1925
    District 66 - Majors, 1892-93
    District 66 Program Souvenir 1897-98
    District 73 - Sartoria School, 1917 Souvenir booklet new April 2009
    District 87 - Mt. Zion, 1910 Souvenir Booklet new April 2009
    District 91 Program Souvenir 1897
    District 112 - Gardner
    Kearney Longfellow graduates, 50th anniversary of class of 1932 new April 2009
    Kearney, unknown schools
    Ravenna Grade School, 1916
    State Normal School, Kearney

    German & religion school,
    held in the building of Dist. 100 during the summers.
    Photo from about 1915

    Link to an article about West Kearney High School,
       formerly known as the Boys' Training School and
       Boys' Industrial School. Click your browser's
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    VILLAGES and TOWNS
    Amherst Train Depot
    Early Gibbon homes
    Link to Gibbon Connection --
    (Off-site. Use your browser's BACK button to return here)
    History of Pleasanton
    Ravenna Mill and Spillway
    Sartoria - Swenson's Store Promotion new April 2009
    Watertown, date unknown, probably before 1910
    See also Bassett's Buffalo County and Its People, Volume I chapters XXXIII - XL




    WEDDINGS
    Wedding of Albert Hauschild and Marie Ahrens
    Wedding of Carl Labs and Josie Schukar
    Wedding announcement of Jean Lesan and Sigbal Johnson
    Wedding of Emil Parks and Florence Miller
    Wedding photo of John Thirtyacre and Sadie Lewis
        Link to Thirtyacre Farm in Oklahoma. Use your
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