
Garfield County
A HISTORY OF OF GARFIELD COUNTY
FOR THE PEOPLE HERE NOW AND FOR THE
GENERATIONS WHO FOLLOW US
This book was produced as a
Centennial project in 1984, to commemorate
the one Hundredth Anniversary of Burwell
and Garfield County
1884 - 1984
Compiled by
the Garfield County Historical Society
Burwell, Nebraska
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Chapter | Pages | |
| I | Beginnings | 9 |
| II | Government | 31 |
| III | Schools | 33 |
| IV | Services | 39 |
| V | Health Care | 44 |
| VI | Churches | 53 |
| VII | Civic Organizations | 62 |
| VIII | Veteran's Organizations | 66 |
| IX | Fraternal Organizations | 70 |
| X | Extension Clubs and others | 75 |
| XI | 4-H Clubs | 85 |
| XII | Business | 96 |
| XIII | Philanthropic Foundations | 129 |
| XIV | Recreation | 130 |
| XV | Memories of the Past | 134 |
| XVI | Biographies | 141 |
| XVII | Nebraska's Big Rodeo | 314 |
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