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Title: S.D. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Butcher, Solomon D. (Solomon Devore), 1856-1927
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: Broken Bow, Neb. : (Merchants Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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d motherat ten oclock that same night. And she never seemed dearer to me beforeor since. Two days later my father returned with the other horse. My nexttrip to Custer county w^as after posts to Cedar canon, and with six othersmade the trip in the month of April. My father was greatly pleased w ith mysuccess, and these posts may still be seen on our old homestead near Gibbon.In 1878 my sister moved into Custer county, locating w^here Berwyn nowstands, and^ my mother became uneasy and sent me over to find out how theywere getting along. I made this trip on horseback, found my sisters home,and found them getting along all right. In 1887 I came into Custer county, locating permanently, and leased theranch where I now live, which I afterwards bought from my uncle, H. W.George. It consists of 1.550 acres of deeded land and a lease of 640 acres ofschool land, located on the South Loup river in Loup township. In 1888 Ibought out a small store that had been started on the ranch by a firm named
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AND SHORT SKETCHES OF EARLY DAYS IN NEBRASKA. 379 Sterk & Means. In 1893 we sold out the store and engaj?ed in ranehino exclu-sively. We have added to the place until it comprises over 40U0 acres otdeeded land and one school section of leased land. We have over forty milesof fence and our live stock at this time consists of three hundred cattle, twohundred and fifty hogs and seventy-five horses, with wagons, buggies,tools and farm machinery sutficient to carry on the place. W(^ have theBaptist church on the east, the Presbyterian on the west, the Christian on thenorth and the Methodist on the south. Our schools are laid out about threemiles apart, which places all the pupils within easy access to them. Among the old settlers of Loup township who might be mentioned aslandmarks are D. and J. M. Downey, Will P. Trew, Lon Davis, Nc. George.Al. Morgan, Diah Woodruff, Phil. Campbell, J. E. Myers, Peter Beck andJosh Woods, the latter being a member of the firm of Woods & Hamer. Tothe

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