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Title: Collection of Nebraska pioneer reminiscences
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life
Publisher: (Cedar Rapids, Ia., The Torch Press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ttention was attracted byher loud and gleeful crooning. Looking up, we saw her pokinga stick at a big rattler, coiled, ready to spring, about three feetaway. I have always detested snakes and would give even aharmless bull-snake a wide berth. However, I took one bigjump and landed on Mr. Rattler with both feet, while my wifesnatched the baby out of harms way. The next ten years made a great change. We had proventhat farming on the tablelands could be made a succe^, rail-roads had been built, and towns and villages had sprung uplike mushrooms. We even got a telephone. The wildernesshad been conquered. When I look back upon those first years of early settlement,with their privations and hardships, I cannot refrain from think-ing they were the happiest ones of my life, especially after I gotmarried in 1877 and my dear wife came to share joy and sorrowwith me. To her I attribute to a very large extent what littleI may have achieved in the way of helping to build up thisgreat commonwealth.
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Mrs. Frances Avery Haggard Third State Eegent, Nebraska Society, Daughters of the AmericanRevolution. 1898 EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF GAGE COUNTYBy Mrs, E. Johnson Emerson aptly said, America is another word for opportun-ity. We realize this most truly when we compare presentprosperity with early day living in the middle West. In 1878 ray brother, A. M. McMaster, and family, arrived inNebraska City. They came overland to Gage county and set-tled on section 15, two and a half miles northeast of Filleyand one mile south of what was then known as Melroy postoffice,so-called in honor of two little boys bom the same year the post-office was established, Mell Gale and Roy Tinklepaugh, whoseparents were among the earliest settlers in this neighborhood. My brother built his house of lumber he had shipped to Ne-braska City. Beatrice was our market plaee. We sold all ourgrain, hogs, and produce there. Eggs were five cents a dozenand butter six cents a pound. The first year we came webought five hun

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